Former Purchasing Manager for Safeway Inc. Agrees to Plead Guilty to Fraud Charges in Connection with His Acceptance of Bribes from SK Foods SACRAMENTO, A former purchasing manager for Safeway Inc. Michael Chavez, 52, of Fremont, has been charged with…

by Joel Fortner Arnold Engineering Development Center Public Affairs ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. (AFNS) -- Arnold Engineering Development Center officials have launched a YouTube channel to showcase various systems tested at the center, including the F-35 and F-22 fighter…

HOUSTONWilliam James Dennis, aka Willie D, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges stemming from his purported sales of Apple iPhones through a company known as Texas One Wireless. At a hearing today before United States District Court Judge Gray…

HOUSTONJames Brooks, the former managing director of North American natural gas sales for El Paso Merchant Energy, and El Paso natural gas traders Wesley C. Walton and James Patrick Phillips have been sentenced for conspiracy, false reporting, and wire fraud.…

HOUSTONDr. Michael D. Kim, 69, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison today for engaging in a conspiracy to illegally distribute more than 1.7 million tablets of hydrocodone to drug users and addicts and was also sentenced to prison for…

The United States and Japan reached agreement on the text of a landmark Open-Skies aviation agreement, liberalizing U.S.-Japan air services for the carriers of both countries. The agreement was reached after five rounds of negotiations focusing on Open Skies, beginning…

by Derek Kaufman 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs An Air Force Flight Test Center B-52H Stratofortress performs a captive carry flight of the X-51A WaveRider Dec. 9, 2009, over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The captive carry mission is…

by Airman 1st Class Jessica Green 129th Rescue Wing Public Affairs MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, California (AFNS) -- An Air National Guard member from the 129th Rescue Squadron here recently returned home from her deployment to Afghanistan after being wounded by…

WASHINGTON Detroit-area residents Baskaran Thangarasan, Sandeep Aggarwal and Wayne Smith pleaded guilty this week for their roles in connection with several Detroit-area health care fraud schemes. Thangarasan, 37, pleaded guilty on Dec. 9, 2009, to one count of conspiracy to…

WASHINGTONA federal grand jury has indicted a Ft. Worth, Texas husband and wife, Emmanuel and Ngozi Nnaji, on charges of engaging in a nine-year scheme to compel the labor of a Nigerian victim as their domestic servant. According to the…

SynPep Corporation Also Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements OAKLANDSynPep Corporations CEO, Dr. Chi Yang, was sentenced to eight months in custody of the Bureau of Prisons, and ordered to pay a total of $100,000 in fines and restitution for…

$5,000 Reward Available The Oregon Financial Institutions Security Task Force (FIST) is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a serial bank robbery wanted by the FBI for a series of…