Online Romance Scam Targeted Senior Citizens

BOSTON, MASS – A Lynn man was sentenced yesterday for his role in an online romance scam that robbed elder victims of more than $180,000. Fortune Aikorogie, a/k/a Imuetinyan Aikorogie, a/k/a Fortune…

State continues investigation into political corruption in Toms River, Mo Hill, HR Manager Lou Amoruso

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development are continuing their massive investigation into the inner workings of possible political corruption in…

Lynn Man Used Online Romance Scam to Rob Senior Citizens

BOSTON, MASS – A Lynn man was sentenced yesterday for his role in an online romance scam that robbed elder victims of more than $180,000. Fortune Aikorogie, a/k/a Imuetinyan Aikorogie, a/k/a Fortune…

Toms River Councilman’s Uncle Gets $189,000 Appointment, Opponent Says

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Pay to play politics and nepotism are nothing new in Ocean County. In fact, Ocean County is second in state corruption only to the Democrat controlled Hudson County,…

Embattled Toms River Mayor Mo Hill Hiring Public Relations Firm

TOMS RIVER, NJ – He already has his own private reporter on the books, but as taxes in Toms River skyrocket this year, up to nearly 7%, Toms River Mayor Mo Hill…

Mo Hill gets his $8,000,000.00 to buy long abandoned Oceanfront property in Ortley Beach

TOMS RIVER, NJ – In the end, everyone is happy. Toms River Mayor Mo Hill and Maria Maruca are able to spend $8,000,000 of taxpayer money to purchase the long-abandoned Joey Harrison’s…

Six indicted for operating seven Turkish “Birth Houses” in Suffolk County

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – A scheme Led to More Than 100 Turkish Children Obtaining Birthright U.S. Citizenship and a $2.1 Million Loss to Medicaid and now seven will be facing trial. Earlier…

Former Craighead County Clerk Federally Indicted

LITTLE ROCK – A federal grand jury has indicted former Craighead County Clerk Jacob Kade Holliday for allegedly taking more than $1.4 million in county money for his personal use. Cody Hiland, United…

Six Defendants Indicted for Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

LONG ISLAND, NY – Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, an indictment was unsealed charging Ibrahim Aksakal, Indicted Co-conspirator #1, Enes Burak Cakiroglu and Sarah Kaplan with conspiring to…

Chick-fil-A to open distribution center in North Carolina, Creating 160 New Jobs

MEBANE, NC – Chick-fil-A, one of the nation’s leading quick service restaurant companies, will locate a major distribution center in Alamance County, investing an estimated $52 million to build the new facility,…

Illegal Alien, Felon Kicked out 4 Times Arrested in Hanover County

RICHMOND, VA – An illegal alien who has been deported from the U.S. at taxpayer expense on four occasions, pleaded guilty yesterday to once again illegally entering the United States. According to…

Need a COVID-19 test in Illinois? Here’s the mobile testing schedule

SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has several mobile testing teams that are dispatched to various locations around the state each week to provide COVID-19 testing. Anyone can…

Central Islip Man Pleads Guilty in Long Island Federal Court to Transnational Fraud Scheme

LONG ISLAND, NY – Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Ajay Sharma, a citizen of India and the director and owner of APS Technology, a telemarketing call center located in…

Ohio sees record number of COVID-19 related hospitalizations as second wave continues

COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have hit an all-time high at 5,060 people hospitalized with the coronavirus across Ohio as compared to just under 1,700 COVID-19 patients on November 1. Of…

Jersey Woman Defrauded Elderly Through Lottery Scam Feds Say

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, woman was charged with defrauding elderly victims through a lottery scam in which victims were falsely told that they had won large sums of…

Feds Say Owner of India-Based Call Centers Scammed U.S. Victims out of Millions of Dollars

DALLAS, TX – An Indian national was sentenced today to 20 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release in the Southern District of Texas for his role in operating…

Hours after locking down Los Angeles, county supervisor who voted for ban goes out to dinner in Santa Monica

LOS ANGELES, CA – Hours after declaring a total lockdown in Los Angeles, County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who had just voted to ban outdoor dining in the city’s 31,000 restaurants went out…

Chicago bookie gets one year in federal prison, nabbed on IRS charges

CHICAGO — A north suburban man was sentenced today to a year in federal prison for operating an illegal sports bookmaking business and filing false income tax returns. DOMENIC POETA, 63, of…

Toms River Mayor Mo Hill, Council Agree to Hire Public Relations Firm

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill and six out of the council’s 7 member body have agreed to hire a public relations firm to assist the township with…

Sierra Club Says Fishy $8M Haines-Hill Oceanfront Real Estate Deal to Sell Protected Land to Buy Surf Club is a Bad Idea

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Usually the Sierra Club is all for purchasing land to preserve open spaces, but when that land is already preserved and politicians are trying to play shell games…

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