USA v. DUNHAM et al

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Case Number:

5:15-cr-00602

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

JEFFREY L. SCHMEHL

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  1. August 07, 2020

    Ex-Pa. Biofuel Exec Gets 7 Years After Fraud Conviction

    A disgraced former Pennsylvania biofuel executive was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Thursday after being convicted on charges that he used his company to bilk the government out of tens of millions of dollars' worth of industry subsidies.

  2. May 01, 2019

    Pa. Jury Convicts Former Biofuel Exec Over $50M Fraud

    A Pennsylvania federal jury found a former biofuel executive guilty of crimes related to claims he used his company to receive $50 million in fraudulent revenue from the federal government by exploiting programs aimed at encouraging renewable energy use, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

  3. April 30, 2019

    Feds Slim Charges Against Ex-Biofuel Exec In $50M Scheme

    A Pennsylvania federal judge allowed prosecutors to slice several dozen claims from the indictment of a former biofuel executive the same day a jury was set to begin deliberating over his role in a $50 million fraud scheme.

  4. April 24, 2019

    Pa. Jury Convicts Ex-Biofuel Co. Execs Of $10M Tax Fraud

    A Pennsylvania federal jury has convicted a biofuel company and its former owners of defrauding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by lying about how much biodiesel they were creating to claim millions of dollars in renewable energy tax credits.

  5. April 09, 2019

    Ex-Biofuel Boss Bilked Gov't Credit Programs, Pa. Jury Hears

    Using overstated production figures and doctored invoices, the former executive of a defunct biodiesel company bilked tens of millions of dollars from federal programs designed to encourage renewable fuel use, a Pennsylvania jury heard Tuesday during opening arguments in a criminal fraud trial.

  6. March 27, 2019

    Ex-Biofuel Exec Can't Bar His Statements In $50M Fraud Case

    A Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday rejected a former biofuel company executive's bid to scratch a proffer letter in a case over an alleged $50 million fraud scheme, saying he failed to show an agreement with the government was not voluntary.

  7. April 23, 2018

    Alleged Atty Conflict Not Enough To Doom Biofuel Indictment

    A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Friday to throw out a criminal fraud case against a former biofuel company executive who had alleged the government was aware his attorneys at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP had a conflict of interest but did not intervene.

  8. July 11, 2017

    Morgan Lewis Tells Judge Privilege Breach Dooms Fraud Case

    A Pennsylvania federal judge was urged during a hearing Tuesday to throw out charges over an alleged green energy scam after government investigators accessed a privileged memo that a defendant in the case sent to a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney.

  9. July 10, 2017

    Feds Deny Privilege Violations In Energy Tax Credit Row

    Federal prosecutors used a hearing in Reading, Pennsylvania, on Monday to refute claims that investigators had improperly accessed privileged information in building their case against a businessman facing charges over an alleged multimillion-dollar green energy scam.