The former chief financial officer of the Manhattan-based brokerage firm Needham & Co. has admitted that he stole $1 million from his former employer through an elaborate false invoicing scheme. Glen W. Albanese pleaded guilty before U.S. District... Read More
Aleksandr Andreevich Panin, a Russian national also known as “Gribodemon” and “Harderman,” has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud for his role as the primary developer and distributor of the malicious software... Read More
Three former investment advisers – William J. Ferry, a former stock broker and investment adviser; Dennis J. Clinton, a former real estate investment manager; and Paul R. Martin, a former senior vice president and managing director of Bankers Trust... Read More
Two of the stars of the Bravo TV show “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” have admitted committing a string of crimes as part of a long-running financial fraud conspiracy. Teresa Giudice, 41, and Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, 43,... Read More
Two former Japanese Yen derivatives traders at Rabobank and the trader responsible for setting Rabobank’s Yen London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) have been charged as part of the Justice Department’s ongoing criminal investigation into the... Read More
Bridgestone Corp., a Tokyo, Japan-based company, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $425 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts installed in cars sold in the United States and elsewhere... Read More
Steven Davis, Stephen DiCarmine, and Joel Sanders – the former chairman, executive director, and chief financial officer at the now-bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP – have been indicted in Manhattan. Also indicted was Zachary Warren... Read More
The former chief executive officer of Taupa Lithuanian Credit Union has been charged with engaging in a conspiracy that defrauded the credit union out of $15 million, some of which he used to build a home, obtain a luxury suite at Cleveland Browns games... Read More
Peter Madoff – Bernard Madoff’s brother – has been disbarred. Just about five years to the day after Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme came to light, just about one year to the day after Peter Madoff was sentenced to consecutive... Read More
Mary Young and her husband, Christian Young, and her son, Octavious Reeves, have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme. Mary Young was sentenced to serve 87 months in prison, Christian Young was sentenced... Read More
Approximately 29,655 Bitcoins, worth approximately $28 million, that had been seized from the Silk Road server have been forfeited to the U.S. government in what federal prosecutors called the largest ever forfeiture of Bitcoins. Preet Bharara, the... Read More
Christopher Brecciano, an attorney in Stamford, Connecticut, has pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court to conspiring to defraud financial institutions through an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that involved dozens of Connecticut properties. According... Read More
Matthew Merritt Jr., 82, of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after his guilty plea to charges that he engaged in a scheme to defraud a health care program and commit tax fraud. U.S. District Judge William... Read More