Judge Sends Cocaine Dealer To Prison For Covid-Relief Fraud
Grand Rapids man sentenced to 87 months for role in conspiracy to obtain more than $1 million in COVID-19 relief funds. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — United States…
ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI: Earmarks Are Back With A Vengeance In Congress’ Spending Bill
ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI: Earmarks Are Back With A Vengeance In Congress’ Spending Bill Adam Andrzejewski on December 20, 2022 Last week, Congress advanced another enormous “omnibus” spending bill — a catch-all bill designed to…
Congress Just Supersized A Key Part Of The Pentagon’s ‘Diversity’ Budget. Here’s Where The Money Is Going
Congress Just Supersized A Key Part Of The Pentagon’s ‘Diversity’ Budget. Here’s Where The Money Is Going Micaela Burrow on December 19, 2022 Editor’s note: This article has been updated. A provision…
Nigerian National Sentenced to Prison for Role in Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Kenneth Emeni, 30, a citizen of Nigeria residing in Martinsburg, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised…
EDVA Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud in 2022
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Today, Jessica D. Aber, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), announced an update on the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s criminal and civil enforcement efforts to combat…
United States Attorney Will Thompson to Hold Press Conferences in Huntington and Charleston
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Will Thompson, along with law enforcement partners, will hold a pair of press conferences on Monday, December 19, 2022, to announce outcomes in three high-profile cases.…
Bookkeeper from Pollock Sentenced for Committing Wire Fraud
ALEXANDRIA, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Deonne Drawdy, 50, of Pollock, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge David C. Joseph to 24 months in…
Providence Man Sentenced in Scheme to Defraud Home Depot
PROVIDENCE – A Providence man who admitted to participating in a conspiracy that defrauded Home Depot out of more than one half-million dollars in tools and building supplies was sentenced today to…
Long-Time Employee Of Local Construction Firm Sentenced To Prison For Embezzlement
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Pamela Smith (60, Winter Park) to three years in federal prison for wire fraud. As part of her sentence, the court…
‘We Couldn’t Do It’: US Plan To Track Weapons To Kyiv Depends On Ukrainian Troops
‘We Couldn’t Do It’: US Plan To Track Weapons To Kyiv Depends On Ukrainian Troops Micaela Burrow on December 14, 2022 While the U.S. announced a new plan to monitor weapons aid…
Millions Of Student Loan Borrowers Got Emails Mistakenly Saying Their Forgiveness Applications Were Approved
Millions Of Student Loan Borrowers Got Emails Mistakenly Saying Their Forgiveness Applications Were Approved Bronson Winslow on December 14, 2022 The Department of Education’s (DOE) Federal Student Aid program emailed about 9…
Four Defendants Sentenced for Counterfeiting
LAFAYETTE, La. – Four defendants involved in two separate counterfeiting cases were sentenced today, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge David C. Joseph sentenced the four defendants…
Hedge Fund Billionaire Sues The IRS Over Leaked Tax Records
Hedge Fund Billionaire Sues The IRS Over Leaked Tax Records Trevor Schakohl on December 13, 2022 Investment firm Citadel’s CEO Kenneth Griffin filed a legal complaint against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…
‘Grossly Inaccurate’: Experts Say FBI ‘Botched’ Hate-Crime Data, Underreported Anti-Jewish Incidents
‘Grossly Inaccurate’: Experts Say FBI ‘Botched’ Hate-Crime Data, Underreported Anti-Jewish Incidents Kate Anderson on December 13, 2022 After the FBI released its hate crime statistics for 2021, members of the Jewish community…
Dems Block GOP Effort To Probe Extent Of Gender Ideology In The Military
Dems Block GOP Effort To Probe Extent Of Gender Ideology In The Military Micaela Burrow on December 13, 2022 Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee shot down Republicans’ attempt to investigate…
Justice Department Secures Award Against Tennessee Landlord for Sexually Harassing Female Tenants
Memphis, TN – Following a four-day trial, a federal jury awarded $70,500 in damages to six women who rented homes in Lexington, Tennessee, from defendant Chad David Ables. The jury found that…
Former President Of The New York Building And Construction Trades Council And 10 Other Union Officials Plead Guilty To Accepting Bribes And Illegal Payments
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond A. Tierney, District Attorney for Suffolk County, announced today that 11 former union officials — JAMES CAHILL,…
SIMON HANKINSON: Brittney Griner Trade Shows Who The Real Suckers At The Table Are
SIMON HANKINSON: Brittney Griner Trade Shows Who The Real Suckers At The Table Are Simon Hankinson on December 11, 2022 There’s an old joke among poker players: if you can’t find the…
DEROY MURDOCK: Republicans Should Demolish Democrats’ Voting Schemes — Not Mimic Them
DEROY MURDOCK: Republicans Should Demolish Democrats’ Voting Schemes — Not Mimic Them Deroy Murdock on December 11, 2022 The white flags are flapping in the breeze, thanks to Republicans willing to accept…
Brittney Griner Trade Shows Who The Real Suckers At The Table Are
SIMON HANKINSON: Brittney Griner Trade Shows Who The Real Suckers At The Table Are Simon Hankinson on December 11, 2022 There’s an old joke among poker players: if you can’t find the…
