PETER ROFF: COVID Is Over — But Did We Learn Anything From It?

The lockdowns instituted during the COVID pandemic were only supposed to last a few days. Remember “14 days to flatten the curve” was all that was needed to keep hospitals from being…

Two Individuals Arrested for Defrauding Canadian Company that Sought to Purchase Protective Surgical Masks at Outset of Covid-19 Pandemic

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 charges. Earlier…

Facebook Felt It Was Engaged In ‘Knife Fight’ With Biden White House Over COVID-19 Censorship, Docs Reveal

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 accused Facebook…

Mount Vernon Mother And Daughter Sentenced To Prison For $1.7 Million COVID-19 Fraud Scheme

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 convictions and…

Multistate COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme Leads to Three Indictments

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 programs. The…

‘Very Disturbing’: Ranking Dem Says Dobbs Decision Is Example Of ‘Tyranny,’ Not COVID Lockdowns

The ranking Democrat on a House subcommittee said Tuesday that the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade was a bigger threat to civil liberty than the COVID-19 lockdowns. Democratic…

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Banks Demands Pentagon Hand Over Stats That Could Debunk COVID-19 Vax Argument

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 effects, according…

NYC Scammer Targeted Marine Corps Reservists in Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Card Scam

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 prison by…

Sanctuary City Redirected $700,000 In COVID Relief Funds To Illegal Immigrants, Probe Finds

The blue city of Madison, Wisconsin, funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds to illegal immigrants, according to the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG). The funds were appropriated by…

RICK WHITBECK: Covid-19 Anniversary Always Invokes Good Memories For The Climate Cult

As the world marks the four-year anniversary of the Covid-19 lockdowns, most people look back on those scary times with trepidation and regret. The original “15 days to flatten the curve” transformed…

NYC Public Employees Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — Arthur Cornwall, formerly employed by the New York City Transit Authority, and Sean Williams, a former New York State Court Officer, have each been sentenced to 18 months…

Video Shows New Jersey Governor As He Hopped Around Like an Easter Bunny While Thousands Died of COVID-19

TRENTON, NJ – It was Easter of 2020 and New Jerseyans were locked inside their homes and out of their businesses. Thousands were dying from a deadly pandemic brought about by COVID-19.…

Three Charged for Fraudulently Seeking $2.9 Billion in COVID-19 Tax Credits

Rudolph Johnson, Frantz Pasteur, and Frederick Anderson, all of Irvington, New Jersey, are each charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to file false claims against the government and one count…

Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Prison For COVID-19 Relief Loan Scheme Committed While On Supervised Release

According to court documents, at the time of the fraud scheme, Arian Anthony Bailey, 34, was serving a term of federal supervised release for felony drug and gun convictions. While on release,…

Jury Finds Lexington Couple Guilty of Fraudulently Obtaining COVID Relief Loans

According to the evidence at trial, from May 5, 2020 through July 25, 2020, the Harrises submitted materially false applications to the Small Business Administration (SBA), to obtain Economic Injury Disaster Loans…

Former Cedar Rapids Resident Sentenced to Federal Prison in COVID-19 Pandemic Loan Scheme

A former Cedar Rapids, Iowa, resident who helped other individuals procure more than 30 false and fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic loans, valued at more than $600,000, was sentenced on March 8, 2024, to…

Ohio Women Charged in Multi-Million Dollar COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme

COLUMBUS, OH – Two women from Central Ohio, Lorie A. Schaefer, 62, of Westerville, and Latisha C. Holloway, 42, of Reynoldsburg, face federal charges for their alleged involvement in a scheme to…

D.C. Man Admits to Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Assistance Funds

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ronald Allen, Jr., a 54-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree theft and making false statements. This plea is related to his fraudulent acquisition…

Philadelphia ComicCon Ticket Holders Finally Offered Refunds for COVID-19 Cancellation

HARRISBURG, PA — Attorney General Michelle Henry has announced a significant agreement with Easton-based Great Conventions LLC and its owner, Christopher Wertz, offering refunds to consumers affected by the cancellation of the…

Rutgers University Last College in New Jersey Still Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Rutgers University remains one of the few colleges in the United States, and the last in New Jersey, to require COVID-19 vaccinations for its students. This policy contradicts…

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