[UPDATE, July 8, 2021: Claypool on Wednesday was sentenced to three years in federal prison. He agreed to forfeit $7.8 million in “criminally derived proceeds” after already paying more than $8 million in restitution.] The U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon charged former grass seed company executive Christopher Claypool with multiple counts of wire…
It was a record year for U.S. federal prosecution of corruption and fraud. The Justice Department Criminal Division in 2019 charged more individuals, and secured more guilty pleas, for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act than in any year since it was enacted four decades ago. This topped the previous two years, which were…
Authorities on Friday arrested a senior sales director for St. Louis-based cheese wholesaler Swiss American Inc. on three counts of wire fraud related to use of a company credit card. According to a U.S. Department of Justice complaint, Tara Sabatini during 2017 and 2018 used her card for personal expenses including flights and hotel rooms…
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