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Multiple Defendants in ‘Grandparent Scam’ Network Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy

Note: Click to view the indictment. A federal grand jury in San Diego has returned an indictment against eight defendants for their alleged roles in a federal racketeering conspiracy. The indictment alleges the…

Marion Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud

A man who received over $13,000 in fraudulently obtained CARES Act unemployment funds was sentenced today to nine months in federal prison. Brian Lynn Whorton, age 55, from Marion, Iowa, received the…

Las Vegas Tax Preparer Sentenced For Filing False Tax Returns

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas tax preparer was sentenced today to two years in prison for filing fraudulent tax returns for her clients over approximately five years, causing a total…

Co-Founder And Former CEO Of Palo Alto-Based Start-Up Technology Company Headspin Charged With Securities Fraud And Wire Fraud

SAN FRANCISCO – Manish Lachwani, co-founder and former CEO of technology company Headspin, was arrested today on charges of securities fraud and wire fraud perpetrated to raise money from investors, announced Acting…

New Jersey Man Arrested for COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Fraud

BOSTON – A New Jersey man was arrested today in connection with his alleged involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance. Omar Thompson, 39, of Paterson, N.J., was charged…

New Jersey News

Former Airline Pilot from Kenosha County Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on August 24, 2021, Devery Moses (age:29), a former airline pilot from Kenosha, Wisconsin, was sentenced to…

Charleston Rioter Who Livestreamed Looting and Firing Gun Sentenced to 24 Months in Federal Prison

Charleston, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Orlando Shalrocko King, 32, of North Charleston, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison after pleading guilty…

Atlantic City teens who targeted Ocean County in car theft spree caught, but now what?

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, NJ – With New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s new juvenile justice reform policies, there’s literally no longer a deterrence for juveniles not to commit a crime. A gang of teenagers…

Atlantic County News·New Jersey News·Ocean County News·Police Blotter

Illegal possession of firearm, ammunition sends Browning man to prison

GREAT FALLS — A Browning man who admitted to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced on Monday to 27 months in prison to be followed…

Florida Man Sentenced for Selling Counterfeit Drugs on the Dark Net

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Inverness, Florida, man was sentenced today to three years in prison for selling hundreds of thousands of counterfeit prescription drug pills through the Internet. “By selling counterfeit drugs…

Washington tech executive sentenced to prison for COVID-19 relief fraud scheme

Seattle – A Washington tech executive was sentenced today to 2 years in prison for perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 disaster relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA)…

Federal Grand Jury B Indictments Announced- August

Acting United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the August 2021 Federal Grand Jury B. The grand jury met the week of Aug. 16. The following individuals have been…

Ridgeland Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Benefits Fraud

Jackson, Miss. – A Ridgeland woman pleaded guilty to theft of government funds involving unemployment insurance benefits fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and U.S. Secret Service Resident Agent in…

Pizza Hut to test “meatless pepperoni” at 70 restaurants

Pizza Hut and Beyond Meat have reunited, and it tastes so good. The two innovation leaders are entering another milestone in their partnership with the debut of Beyond Pepperoni™, a delicious plant-based version…

Food & Dining

Brooklyn Dumping Shop announces major New York City expansion

Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, the nation’s fastest-growing dumpling automat concept, today announced it signed a multi-unit franchise agreement to bring at least six units to Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn Dumpling Shop closed the…

Business News·Food & Dining·New York News

McDonald’s to enter the donut game in September

McDonald’s is about to get into the donut game starting in September and we’re not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing. As of now, they look like supermarket glazed…

Food & Dining

Comirnaty: Pfizer vaccine approved by FDA opening the door to more vaccine mandates

Until the FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use officially, it would have been difficult for governments and businesses to mandate an ‘experimental’ vaccine. This weekend though, the FDA did just…

Government News

Fall Creek Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Illegal Possession of Firearm

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Roy Hopp, 41, Fall Creek, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William…

Feds searching for Akron drug dealer granted furlough who never returned

Akron, Ohio – The United States Marshals Service is in search of Joe Fletcher, 34. Fletcher is currently wanted for failing to return to prison after he was granted furlough. Fletcher is…

Ohio News·Police Blotter

East Harlem gang members busted after plotting their crimes on social media

Over a dozen members of the East Harlem, New York, “Chico Gang” were indicted in a joint investigation between police and prosecutors Wednesday, according to a press release from the Manhattan District…

New York News·Police Blotter

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