All students to wear face masks in New Jersey schools regardless of vaccination status

TRENTON, NJ – Later today, Governor Phil Murphy is expected to announce a new public school face mask mandate for K-12 students statewide. After saying the decision is up to local school…

Shepherd man charged in COVID-19 relief fraud scheme

BILLINGS – A Shepherd man who owns a restaurant was arraigned today on charges in connection with a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration (SBA) of approximately $75,000 in a COVID-19…

Phil Murphy to announce school face mask mandate tomorrow

TRENTON, NJ – After saying the decision is up to local school boards, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will announce a mandatory mask mandate for New Jersey public school students on Friday.…

Knoxville Woman Pleads Guilty To Scheme To Defraud The Small Business Administration’s COVID-19 Economic Relief Programs

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On August 5, 2021, Porsha Tims Bush, 41, of Knoxville, entered a guilty plea to one count of executing a wire fraud scheme in the United States District Court…

DeSantis says Biden is America’s biggest importer of COVID-19 as immigrants continue to flow across the border untested

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis slammed President Joe Biden after the President singled out Florida’s latest executive orders banning mask mandates and forced COVID-19 vaccinations. This week, President Biden said DeSantis wasn’t doing…

Congresswoman pushing for eviction moratorium was evicted twice and sued for stiffing her landlord

Congresswoman Cori Bush knows what it feels like to owe her landlord thousands of dollars because she can’t afford to pay rent. She has not only been evicted twice in her 45…

According to the CDC, every New Jersey county but one is now required to wear face masks

RED BANK, NJ – Last week we reported that according to CDC guidelines, 8 New Jersey counties were in the substantial to high-risk level for COVID-19 infections and are in danger of…

Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Fraudulently Acquire Personal Protective Equipment and Event Tickets

OKLAHOMA CITY – Yesterday, STEVEN MESROP, 29, of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving a scheme to fraudulently acquire personal protective equipment and…

Florida governor DeSantis trails Democrat opponent in latest poll

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is running just behind Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist, a new poll shows. The survey, from Florida-based St. Pete Polls, found that 45% of voters would back Crist, who served…

Private companies added 50% fewer jobs than expected in July

Private companies added 330,000 jobs in July, far fewer than expected and the lowest amount since February, according to a major payroll report. The 330,000 jobs added to private payroll last month…

Two Montana men charged with $1 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme

BILLINGS – Two Montana men were arraigned recently on charges in connection with a scheme to defraud a bank of approximately $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and to use…

Jury Convicts Leader of Nevada City-Based Mortgage Fraud Scheme

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Monday, a federal jury found James Christopher Castle, 57, formerly of Petaluma, guilty of 35 counts in a bank fraud scheme that sought to fraudulently eliminate home mortgages…

Stonecrest man sentenced to jail for defrauding the USDA COVID-19 relief program

ATLANTA – Christopher Hayes has been sentenced for defrauding the USDA’s Coronavirus Food Relief Program and attempting to defraud the IRS’s COVID-19 relief program. “The government has provided significant relief for Americans…

Stockton Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Benefits and Identity-Theft Fraud Schemes

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hopelyn Rhiannon Ausk, 25, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents,…

Three Federal Trials: Three Guilty Verdicts

LITTLE ROCK—The week of July 26, 2021, brought three guilty verdicts in separate federal trials. A combination of pandemic-related delays and a significant increase in caseload resulted in four…

Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud

Miami, Florida — A Florida man has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for fraudulently seeking over $7,263,564 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA)…

McDonald’s to require facemasks for all employees, customers vaccinated or not

Fast food chain McDonald’s is requiring all its staff and customers, vaccinated and unvaccinated, to resume wearing masks in its restaurants in areas deemed high risk by the Centers for Disease Control…

Want a job with New York City? You need a vaccination first Mayor says

NEW YORK, NY – New York City has announced that all new hires for city jobs will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 Mayor Bill De Blasio said. “The COVID-19…

Beginner’s luck, new lottery player wins $50,000 prize

Prakash Pandey of Fairfax, Va., who immigrated legally to America several months ago, just won a Maryland Lottery nest egg to help him get settled. He started playing Lottery games after he…

GOP lawmakers claim ‘conclusive’ evidence that COVID-19 was lab leaked

Andrew Kerr The virus that causes COVID-19 entered the human population due to a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sometime before mid-September 2019, according to a new report from…

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