Atlanta resident, Jessica Loren Posey, 25, was sentenced on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to serve more than 7 years in prison for transporting a 16 year-old girl across State lines for the purpose of prostitution, as reported by the Gwinnett Patch. Posey was charged with transporting a… Continue Reading
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“BadB” Sentenced to 88 Months in $9 Million Worldwide Identity Theft Scheme, Including from Atlanta-Based Company
Posted in Uncategorized“BadB,” also known as Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, a citizen of Russia, Israel and Ukraine, was sentenced on Friday to 88 months’ imprisonment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for participating in a worldwide identity theft scheme which resulted in losses of $9 million. Horohorin was indicted in 2009 in the District… Continue Reading
Senator Saxby Chambliss Requests a Department of Justice Investigation into “SWATing” Pranks
Posted in UncategorizedAccording to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia’s United States Senator, Saxby Chambliss, has sent a letter to United States Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that the United States Department of Justice investigate the phenomenon of “SWATing,” in which a caller contacts law enforcement to report alleged violent incidents and causes police or SWAT teams to be… Continue Reading
Atlanta/Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to Ten Years
Posted in Noteworthy CasesA deputy sheriff with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Atlanta was sentenced in federal court today to serve 10 years in federal prison. Brian Anthony pleaded guilty earlier this year, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, to multiple counts in a superseding indictment. According to the plea agreement, Anthony entered into a binding plea… Continue Reading
Georgia Federal Court Judgeships Remain Vacant
Posted in Courts and JudiciaryA seat on the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and two judgeships with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia remain vacant, as reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All of the three positions have been vacant for at least a year, with one of the District Court judgeship having been… Continue Reading
Atlanta Man Indicted in New York for Securities Fraud, Insider Trading
Posted in Fraud, indictment, Securities FraudImage source: www.google.com/imgres Scott Allen, of Atlanta, was charged last week with securities fraud and insider trading in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, according to the Wall Street Journal. The government alleges that Mr. Allen and John Bennett of Norwalk, Connecticut, conspired to make more than $2.6 million in profits on insider trades… Continue Reading
Two Former Georgia Department of Family and Children Services Employees Sentenced for EBT Fraud
Posted in SentencingThe Atlanta Crime Examiner reports that Gene Tell and Kristy Nicole Williams were sentenced last Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Tell and Williams, employees of the DeKalb County office of the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS), were charged with defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture of nearly… Continue Reading
New Atlanta FBI Team to Investigate Corruption Among Georgia Judges and Legislators
Posted in MiscellaneousImage source: http://www.georgiaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com In other Federal law enforcement news, the Houston Chronicle reports that the FBI has assembled a new team to investigate corruption among judges and legislators in Georgia. Brian Lamkin, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Atlanta Office, told reporters that the team was formed in response to a string of recent corruption… Continue Reading
Cartersville Pain Management Clinic Physician and Employees Federally Charged for Unlawful Oxycodone Prescriptions
Posted in Drug EnforcementA doctor and four employees of Atlanta Medical Group, a pain management clinic, in Cartersville, Bartow County, were arrested last week by FBI agents, according to Examiner.com. Dr. James Chapman, Jason Cole Votrobek, Jesse Violante, Roland Rafael Castellanos and Tara Atkins have been indicted in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for allegedly… Continue Reading
Conversion Solutions Holdings CEO of Adairsville, GA, Arrested in Provo, UT, After Fleeing Trial
Posted in Fraud, Securities Fraud, SentencingAfter a five-day nation-wide manhunt, Rufus Paul Harris, former CEO of Conversion Solutions Holdings Corporation (CSHC), originally of Adairsville, Georgia, was arrested on Sunday by the U.S. Marshal’s Service in Provo, Utah. According to the Rome News-Tribune, Harris fled Atlanta on May 23 following the eighth day of his jury trial for conspiracy, fraud and… Continue Reading
Phony Doctor Indicted in Atlanta Federal Court for Fraudulently Billing Medicare
Posted in Health Care FraudMatthew Paul Brown, of Nashville, Tennessee, was indicted late last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for allegedly persuading Atlanta area physicians to submit claims to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers, according to an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Brown, who is not licensed as a physician in Georgia,… Continue Reading
Tax Fraud on the Rise in Georgia–52,000 False Returns in 2010
Posted in Fraud, Tax FraudAccording to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the IRS found more than 52,000 fraudulent tax returns filed in Georgia in 2010, worth $41 million in refunds, an increase over the 29,000 fraudulent returns discovered in 2009 and the almost 16,000 returns in 2008. Last year, the Service and the Georgia Department of Revenue launched more than 20,000… Continue Reading
Georgia, Atlanta, Identity Theft Hot Spots
Posted in Fraud, Identity TheftThe Federal Trade Commission has ranked Georgia 4th among the States and Atlanta 19th among cities for identity theft crimes, as reported in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The rankings are based on complaints received by the FTC in 2010. Significant among Georgia’s numbers are 2,882 complaints of government benefits or documents fraud; 911 complaints of bank… Continue Reading
Georgia Tech Student’s Dorm Raided by FBI During Investigation of WikiLeaks Retaliations
Posted in CybercrimeLast Thursday, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents searched the dormitory room of Georgia Tech freshman student Zhiwei Chen as part of "Operation Payback," an investigation into cyber attacks launched on companies which cut off sponsorship to the website Wikileaks, including PayPal, Mastercard, Visa and Bank of America, according to Midtown Patch. A group called "Anonymous"… Continue Reading
Former Community Bank & Trust Executive Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Posted in Bank Fraud, FraudRandy Jones, a former executive vice president with Community Bank & Trust who worked for the bank for 30 years, pled guilty last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for an alleged multi-million dollar fraud scheme, according to an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Specifically, Jones was alleged to… Continue Reading
Head of Georgia Medical Equipment Provider Indicted for Medicare Fraud; Atlanta Inmate Indicted for Selling “Cooperation” Information to Defendants
Posted in Fraud, MiscellaneousSamuel Curtis, III, a Texas resident, has been charged with four counts of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia for allegedly attempting to steal more than $500,000 from Medicare, according to an article in the Florida Times-Union. Curtis is alleged to have operated… Continue Reading
Executives of Canada’s Royal Group Technologies (now part of Georgia Gulf Corp.) Acquitted of Fraud Charges
Posted in Acquittal, FraudA Judge in Oshawa, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, acquitted six former executive of Royal Group Technologies on Friday, according to the Toronto Star. Royal Group is a manufacturer of plastic materials for the housing construction industry. The company is a subsidiary of Georgia Gulf Corporation, an Atlanta-based, manufacturer and marketer of chlorovinyls and aromatics, which… Continue Reading
Georgia Piano Importer Charged Over Alleged 100 Year Old Elephant Ivory; Loganville Man Allegedly Bilked New York Investor Into Paying $5 Million in Foreign Currency Scheme
Posted in Fraud, indictment, MiscellaneousIn Georgia Federal Criminal news, the Associated Press reports that Federal prosecutors charged A-440 Pianos, Inc., a piano importer in the Atlanta area, and its owner, Pascal Vieillard, last week with alleged illegal smuggling of 855 elephant ivory key tops into the U.S. Mr. Vieillard and the company pled not guilty, and Mr. Vieillard’s counsel has stated… Continue Reading
Firm’s Brand New Website Launched
Posted in MiscellaneousGillen Withers & Lake LLC has launched a new website at http://twitherslaw.com/. The site lists many of the notable successes which the firm has had in its history. We would like to thank our readers and encourage them to take a look at the new site.
Former Willbros Executives Sentenced for $6 Million Bribe to Nigerian Officials in Violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Posted in Foreign CrimesThe culture of corruption of some foreign nations may heavily influence to U.S. companies doing business abroad to play along in order to be competitive. Regardless of the competitive disadvantages, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) stands as a serious deterrent to engaging in bribery or kickbacks in business transactions abroad. The force of the FCPA was demonstrated once again on Thursday, when two former executives of… Continue Reading
Georgia’s Bank Failures Lead to Prosecutions; Atlanta Man Indicted in Relation to Omni National Bank
Posted in Fraud, indictmentGeorgia leads the nation in bank failures this decade, with 32 failed banks since 2002, 25 of those in 2009 alone, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Fraud has undoubtedly played a substantial role in the failure of many of these banks, and the FDIC and other agencies are especially vigilant in detecting… Continue Reading
Florida Executive Sentenced in $10.5 Million Embezzlement Scheme
Posted in Corporate Crimes, False Claims, Fraud, Money Laundering, Securities FraudAlthough it may be considered small change when compared with the fraud of fellow Floridian Scott Rothstein, according to an FBI press release, Gary Ernest Williams, former Chief Financial Officer for Marian Gardens Tree Farm (MGTF) in Groveland, Florida, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment on Monday in the U.S. District Corut for the Middle District of… Continue Reading
Fort Lauderdale Attorney Scott Rothstein Pleads Not Guilty to Information Alleging $1.2 Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme
Posted in False Claims, Forfeiture, Fraud, High Profile Cases, Money Laundering, Securities FraudIn response to allegations uncomfortably similar to those against former New York celebrity lawyer and arch Ponzi-schemer Marc Dreier, Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein, head of Rothstein, Rosenfeldt and Adler, P.A., appeared in response to a criminal information in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday. The information charges… Continue Reading
Government Drops Prosecution of Miami Attorney Ben Kuehne for Receipt of Legal Fees from Drug Kingpin
Posted in False Claims, Money LaunderingLast Wednesday, the Government, through Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco, filed a brief Motion to Dismiss Third Superseding Indictment with Prejudice seeking to dismiss its indictment against Miami, Florida, attorney Benedict P. Kuehne, and also Colombian attorney Oscar Saldarriaga Ochoa, in the criminal action of U.S. v. Velez, 1:05-cr-20770-MGC, in the U.S…. Continue Reading