PITTSBURGH P July 2 2021 The now-former general manager of a security company that is used by Highmark is being accused of defrauding Highmark. According to court records, Derek Dowiak of Indiana was the general manager of Allied Universal Security, the company that provides security to Highmark, allegedly defrauded Highmark for more than $50,000. Dowiak allegedly […]
El Monte CA May 25 2021 The city of El Monte failed to disclose its police chief held a high-profile position in a security company that was paid $152,000 from a federal grant to help combat homelessness, the Southern California News Group has learned. The company, Absolute International Security based in El Monte, was the lowest […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio April 28 2021 A retired Cleveland police officer has been accused of tax violations in a federal indictment that involves his security business. Harry Gant, 70, of Mentor will appear for an arraignment Thursday before U.S. District Judge James Gwin on four charges of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. […]
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. April 25 2021— A Prince George’s County Police Department lieutenant is now facing charges after a federal criminal complaint was filed regarding his attempt to evade paying taxes for his business. Edward Scott Finn, of Dunkirk, Maryland, was arrested on Thursday and is charged for attempting to evade or defeat taxes […]
TAMPA, Fla. Sept 14 2020– Four people, including one security guard, were shot at a Tampa night club early Sunday morning, according to the Tampa Police Department. Officers responded to Club 1828 where multiple shots were heard inside the business around 12:40 a.m. While investigating, police said shots were fired from a vehicle at officers […]
SEATTLE WA Sept 10 2020 — A Washington-based security company backed out of an agreement with the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation after aggressive demonstrators harassed guards, causing them to fear for their safety. The Seattle Police Department cleared out Cal Anderson Park on Tuesday for the second time in a month. The park, which […]
Pembroke FL Aug 27 2020 The city of Pembroke Pines paid over $1.2 million for a security company’s services. But when investigators checked the logbooks, it turned out to be more of a ghost patrol: At times, no guards were on duty. That’s what the Broward County Office of Inspector General concluded in its final […]
WEST CHESTER PA Aug 17 2020— Representatives of a Harrisburg-area security firm that allegedly broke rules when hiring state constables to work as guards along the Mariner East Pipeline project in Chester County have been held for trial on bribery and other criminal charges. The Chester County District Attorney’s Office has accused the two men […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. Aug 4 2020– The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged a San Jose police officer with using his private security company to commit insurance fraud, tax evasion, wage theft, and about $18 million in money laundering. Robert Foster, 47, the Morgan Hill owner of Atlas Private Security, self-surrendered on Thursday […]
SAN JOSE CA Aug 1 2020 A veteran San Jose police officer is the subject of dozens of criminal charges that allege a multi-layered conspiracy in which he ran a private security business that exploited and underpaid mostly minority workers, and aggressively hid millions of dollars in revenues from state unemployment and other taxes. In an […]