"COVID-19"

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A St. Albans woman was sentenced Friday to five years of federal probation and ordered to pay $25,830 in restitution after admitting to defrauding the Paycheck Protection …

NEWARK, N.J. – Richard Fadraga, a 53-year-old business owner from Elizabeth, New Jersey, admitted in federal court today to his role in a fraud scheme involving COVID-19 relief funds, fraudulent …

CAMDEN, N.J. — Three New Jersey residents have been indicted for their involvement in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme, with two of the three also charged with defrauding federal COVID-19 …

NEWARK, N.J. — A Bergen County man was indicted today for allegedly fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Malak …

TRENTON, NJ – Remember the days of endless Zoom classes, sanitizer on every corner, and facemasks that became a permanent part of our outfits? Well, it seems like a déjà …

PHILADELPHIA, P.A. — Justin Heimbach, 33, of Bath, Pennsylvania, has been indicted on charges of mail fraud and wire fraud in connection with schemes to defraud the federal government and …

TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey couple admitted to fraudulently obtaining approximately $790,000 in federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) payments, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday. Diana …

NEWARK, NJ — Two more defendants have been sentenced in connection with a national COVID-19 fraud scheme, bringing the total number of sentenced individuals to 22. Toni A. Smith, 46, …

WASHINGTON, DC – Khin Phoo Ngon, a 27-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today in D.C. Superior Court to 23 months in prison for her involvement in a scheme …

TRENTON, NJ – If you’re one of those people still hiding in your house masked up, with stocks of toilet paper and bottled water, we have the thing for you. …

BEL AIR, MD—The Office of the State Medical Examiner has determined that the death of Brittani Ugrotzi, a 33-year-old inmate at Harford County Detention Center (HCDC), was due to natural …

LAS VEGAS, NV — President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, as announced by a leader at the UnidosUS conference in Las Vegas. Janet Murguia, president of UnidosUS, shared …

NEWARK, N.J. – The former CEO of SCWorx Corp. (SCWorx), Marc Schessel, was convicted today on two counts of securities fraud. A federal jury found Schessel guilty of misleading investors …

Governor Hochul Updates New Yorkers on COVID-19 Situation Amid Rising Hospitalizations ALBANY, NY— Governor Kathy Hochul today addressed the current state of COVID-19 in New York, highlighting the impact of …

(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Julie DeVuono, 51, of Amityville, was sentenced following her guilty plea in September of 2023 to charges including filing forged COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards, money laundering, …

CAMDEN, NJ – Tommy Hawkins, a former branch manager of a national bank, and Sieff Robert Sargeant, a New York resident, have pleaded guilty to charges related to a multi-state …

SEATTLE, WA – Donte McClellon, a 30-year-old from New York City, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison on charges of wire fraud and bank fraud for misusing the …

According to court documents, Toland attempted to obtain a total of over $13.4 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief, including by filing multiple false tax returns with the IRS seeking refunds …

During 2020 and 2021, Harper, assisted by another person, submitted applications for Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) program loans. Those loan programs were created or …

Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and James Smith, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), announced the arrests and …

Facebook executives believed they were engaged in a “knife fight” with President Joe Biden’s White House on COVID-19 censorship, according to a House Judiciary Committee report published on Wednesday. Biden …

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “These defendants stole from a taxpayer-funded program intended to help small businesses that were in desperate need of assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.  As their …

CAMDEN, NJ – U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced the indictment of three individuals for their involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain roughly $5 million from federal COVID-19 relief …

Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana demanded the Pentagon give updated data on diseases rates that could show whether COVID-19 or the vaccine caused the illnesses to spike as side …

BROOKLYN, NY – Two individuals were sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fraudulent COVID-19 Vaccination Cards. Jia Liu has been sentenced to 21 months in …