California Man Sentenced to More Than Six Years In Prison For Federal Hate Crime Conviction

SAN JOSE –Ole Hougen was sentenced to 82 months in prison for committing a federal hate crime in connection with attacking a Black man with a knife on a street in Santa…

Repeat Violent Offender Caught Trespassing with a Weapon Sentenced to Prison

MACON, Ga. – A convicted felon with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to serve more than six years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm after U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officers…

United States Attorney Damian Williams Announces Investigation Of The Mount Vernon Police Department

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), along with Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced today that the…

‘Effectively Overcharges Seniors’: AARP Rakes In Record Profits Selling Brand Royalties While Overcharging Members

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) raked in massive profits in 2020, mostly from royalties on branded health insurance policies, not memberships, according to company financial documents. AARP’s 2020 Form 990…

Waco Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Sexually Exploiting a Minor

AUSTIN – A Waco man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of children. According to court documents, Arthur Ray Dickey Jr., 32, produced a video while…

Federal Correctional Officer Charged With Sexual Abuse Of An Inmate

OAKLAND–John Russell Bellhouse appeared today in federal court to face the charge of sexual abuse of a prison ward, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, Department of Justice Office of the…

Owner of Blair Pharmacy Pleads Guilty to Providing Illegal Payments to Independent Marketers to Induce Them to Refer Business to His Pharmacy

Baltimore, Maryland – Matthew Edward Blair, age 48, of Timonium, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to payment of illegal remunerations to encourage independent marketers to refer federal health care related business to Blair’s…

ATTENTION Holiday Shoppers: CBP Just Seized Over $30 Million Worth of Fake Designer Products

CBP Officers at the LA/Long Beach Seaport seized more than 13,500 Counterfeit Products in a Shipment arriving from China LOS ANGELES— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Los…

Phones Of State Department Officials Hacked With Foreign Spyware: REPORT

Several U.S. State Department officials had their Apple iPhones hacked by an unknown entity who used foreign spyware to access data on their devices, Reuters reported. The hacks were carried out using…

Maryland Attorney Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Over $8 Million Escrow Fraud

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation…

Clay County Pharmacy Investigation Results In Criminal Charges Against Six More Individuals In Opioid Distribution And Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

NASHVILLE – Charging documents unsealed yesterday charge six more individuals in relation to a massive opioid distribution and health care fraud conspiracy orchestrated from pharmacies in Celina, Tennessee, announced Acting U.S. Attorney…

Republican lawmakers walk through Murphy administration’s vax pass at state capitol building

TRENTON, NJ – The administration of Governor Phil Murphy and the Democrat party announced this week that no person shall be allowed entry into the state’s capitol building unless they show proof…

CIA Covered Up Staff Sex Crimes Committed Against Minors

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was aware that at least 10 members of its staff committed alleged sex crimes against children, though only one employee was ever prosecuted, according to released documents…

Four Men Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Construction Insurance Fraud Scheme

Miami, Florida – Today, a South Florida federal district judge sentenced three men from different parts of the country to federal prison terms for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud companies…

Chester County Man Sentenced to 1 ½ Years in Prison for Stealing Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funds

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Jacob Fulton, 33, of Coatesville, PA, was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, five years of supervised release, and…

Flower Mound Hospital to Pay $18.2 Million to Settle Federal and State False Claims Act Allegations Arising from Improper Inducements to Referring Physicians

Flower Mound Hospital Partners LLC (Flower Mound Hospital), a partially physician-owned hospital in Flower Mound, Texas, has agreed to pay $18.2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act…

Driver of Tractor Trailer Carrying 69 Undocumented Non-Citizens Pleads Guilty

SAN ANTONIO – An El Indio man pleaded guilty today to transportation of undocumented non-citizens. According to court documents, on March 22, 2021, Luis Enrique De La Cerda, 55, was identified as…

Two Novus Doctors Sentenced to Combined 23 Years in Prison for Healthcare Fraud

Two doctors who helped a local hospice agency scam Medicare were sentenced today to a combined 23 years in prison for healthcare fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas…

Parents Defending Education Files Civil Rights Complaint Over Middle School’s Plans For Racially Segregated ‘Affinity Groups’

Parents Defending Education (PDE) filed a civil rights complaint Thursday with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) against New York City Public Schools for its plans to hold racially segregated “affinity groups,”…

China Pressures American Corporations To Push Back On Calls To Boycott Olympics

Sebastian Hughes on December 2, 2021 China is attempting to push back on scrutiny over its human rights violations as the Beijing Olympics approach, pressuring American corporations to fight calls to boycott…

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