Fujitsu Delivers Cloud Services Enhancing Business ICT Operations

Fujitsu today announced the launch of On-Demand Virtual System Services, an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solution for business ICT environments offering server, storage, and network capabilities on an as-needed, when-needed basis, to customers on a trial basis starting May 10, 2010 in Japan. Since July 2009, the service has undergone successive testing through 39 different internal projects, and will be available commercially as of October 2010.

Four Indicted in $25 Million Scheme Defrauding and Hacking Ticketmaster, Tickets.com, and Other Ticket Vendors

NEWARK—Three men who used fraud, deceit, and computer hacking to make more than $25 million by acquiring and reselling more than 1.5 million of the most coveted tickets to concerts, sporting events, and live entertainment throughout the United States surrendered to federal authorities this morning after being charged in an indictment, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Local Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Attempted Murder and Armed Carjacking

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced that the Honorable Lynn Leibovitz sentenced Christopher “Barbeast” Holmes to 18 years of imprisonment for his role in armed carjacking and related offenses committed in October of 2008, and obstruction of justice committed in the fall of 2008, all in Southeast Washington, D.C. Also today, the Honorable Ronna L. Beck sentenced Holmes to an additional 10 years of imprisonment on the charge of assault with intent to kill while armed, which Holmes committed in November 2008, also in Southeast Washington, D.C.

Former Bank Vice President Sentenced for Fraudulently Transferring Money from Clients’ Accounts Made 21 Fraudulent Wire Transfers in Seven Months Totaling $226,000

BALTIMORE, MD—U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Andrew Rosenfeld, age 39, of Ellicott City, Maryland, today to one year and a day followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Judge Motz also ordered that Rosenfeld pay restitution of $226,000.

Annapolis Mortgage Broker Pleads Guilty in $2.3 Million Fraud Scheme Stole Millions of Dollars to Day Trade and Pay Personal and Business Expenses

BALTIMORE, MD—David Wehrs, Sr., age 54, of Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud investors and financial institutions of more than $2.3 million.

Honda Sets All-Time Monthly Record for Production in Asia

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of January 2010.

BAE Systems plc Pleads Guilty and Ordered to Pay $400 Million Criminal Fine

WASHINGTON—BAE Systems plc (BAES) pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia to conspiring to defraud the United States by impairing and impeding its lawful functions, to make false statements about its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance program, and to violate the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), announced Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary G. Grindler. BAES was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates to pay a $400 million criminal fine, one of the largest criminal fines in the history of DOJ’s ongoing effort to combat overseas corruption in international business and enforce U.S. export control laws.

Pioneer Announces Determination of Offer Price Relating to Issuance of New Shares

Pioneer Corporation (hereinafter "Pioneer") hereby announces that it has determined today the offer price and other matters relating to the issuance of new shares in the international offering, which was resolved at the meeting of the board of directors of Pioneer held on February 9, 2010. Details are provided below.

Pioneer Announces Amount to Be Paid Relating to Issuance of New Shares to Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Pioneer Corporation (hereinafter "Pioneer") hereby announces that it has determined today the amount to be paid and other matters relating to the issuance of new shares through the third-party allotment to Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (hereinafter "Mitsubishi Chemical"; and the third-party allotment to Mitsubishi Chemical shall be referred to as the "Third-party Allotment"), which was resolved at the meeting of its board of directors held on February 9, 2010. Details are provided below.

Pioneer Announces Amount to Be Paid Relating to Issuance of New Shares to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Pioneer Corporation (hereinafter "Pioneer") hereby announces that it has determined today the amount to be paid and other matters relating to the issuance of new shares through the third-party allotment to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (hereinafter "Mitsubishi Electric"; and the third-party allotment to Mitsubishi Electric shall be referred to as the "Third-party Allotment"), which was resolved at the meeting of its board of directors held on February 9, 2010. Details are provided below.

Rush Center Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud

WICHITA, KN—Patrick J. Renz, 45, Rush Center, Kan., has pleaded to bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said today.

Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty to Intimidating Witnesses

PHILADELPHIA—Dawud Bey, 41, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Kaboni Savage, charged in a separate indictment, and others, to tamper with witnesses slated to testify against them in a federal narcotics trial, announced United States Attorney Michael L. Levy. Bey agreed to tamper with witnesses between December 2003 and January 2005. His actions included multiple attempts to threaten, intimidate, and coerce witnesses into refusing to testify in federal court. The four witnesses that Bey admitted to intimidating include Eugene Coleman. Coleman’s family home, on the 3200 block of N. 6th Street, was firebombed on October 9, 2004, killing six people, including Coleman’s mother, Marcella, his infant son, Damir, and four other family members. Bey is not charged with the murder or conspiracy to murder the Coleman family, crimes for which Savage and others were separately indicted in 2009. Savage, in fact, is awaiting trial for those murders and five others.

Former Federal Juror Convicted of Jury Tampering

HOUSTON—A former federal juror who served on the jury of the 2008 trial of two brothers charged with drug trafficking which ended in a mistrial has been convicted of jury tampering, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno and Ralph G. Diaz, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI San Antonio Division announced today.

Chico-Area Businessman Convicted of Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography

SACRAMENTO, CA—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that last Friday, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against JAMES THOMAS FLOCKER, 69, of Paradise, for distribution and possession of child pornography.

Two Former Executives of Medical Manager Found Guilty in Securities Fraud Scheme

Two former executives of Medical Manager Health Systems Inc., (Medical Manager), a subsidiary of WebMD Corporation from 2000 to 2005, were convicted today by a federal jury in Charleston, S.C., with participating in a conspiracy to fraudulently inflate the reported earnings of Medical Manager by more than $16.8 million between 1997 and 2003, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division ; Kevin F. McDonald, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina; David A. Thomas, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Columbia Division; and Jeannine Hammett, Special Agent in Charge of the Charlotte, N.C., Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation.

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