Tag: Waste and Fraud

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks at a press conference, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, in New York. Federal prosecutors in New York say hedge fund giant SAC Capital Advisors has agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges and to pay a $1.8 billion financial penalty. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

SAC Capital pleads guilty in New York in $1.8 billion deal

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

United States Enrichment Corp. is trying to attract private investment against another $750 million it expects to receive from DOE, money the government refuses to discuss.

Energy and Environment

Republicans, and some Democrats, backed tax dollars, loan guarantee for failing energy firm

Luke Rosiak · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Herald: Political operative at center of S Florida ballot-fraud investigation

Washington Examiner · November 9, 2013 5:00 am

Edward Woodard, former CEO of the Virginia Bank of the Commonwealth, was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for masterminding a massive fraud scheme that lined his own pockets and led to the bank's failure. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Banker gets 23 years for TARP fraud, must repay $333 million

Ethan Barton · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy has been subpoenaed by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.,ÃÂ to produce documents he requested more than six months ago.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Darrell Issa subpoenas EPA’s Gina McCarthy for documents requested six months ago

Kelly Cohen · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

This undated photo provided by United States Enrichment Corp shows Ronnie Kineman, a member of USEC's cylinder handling crew, moving a Department of Energy-owned depleted uranium "tails" cylinder into a staging area at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. This is one of the roughly 1,100 tails cylinders whose contents were re-enriched at the plant 15 miles west of Paducah as part of the contract in 2012 that extended USEC jobs at the plant until May of this year. (AP Photo/United States Enrichment Corporation)

Energy and Environment

Privatizing energy project enriched bureaucrats, drained federal coffers

Luke Rosiak · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

A pair of California brothers pleaded guilty to an attempted beef theft. (Photo: Thinkstock).

Brothers pleaded guilty to failed beef theft scheme

Ethan Barton · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Former EPA official who claimed to be CIA spy took $40,000 luxury trips to London

Michal Conger · November 8, 2013 12:00 am

This photo taken March 22, 2013, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. The IRS issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year to people using stolen identities, with some of the money going to addresses in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Ireland, according to a Treasury report released Thursday. The IRS sent a total of 655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 refunds went to a lone address in Shanghai. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Report: IRS refunded $4B to identity thieves

Associated Press, Stephen Ohlemacher · November 7, 2013 9:16 pm

Half of Tax Returns Prepared by IRS Volunteers Completed Incorrectly

Jeryl Bier · November 7, 2013 2:45 pm

William D. Montague, 61, took payoffs in exchange for inside information on future construction and other contracts, according to the federal indictment. (Thinkstock)

VA official charged with taking bribes for inside info on $1b in contracts

Mark Flatten · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

NY Times: Records cite lavish gifts from ‘Fat Leonard’/’Lion King’ in Navy bribery case

National Security

NY Times: Records cite lavish gifts from ‘Fat Leonard’/’Lion King’ in Navy bribery case

Washington Examiner · November 7, 2013 5:00 am