Booker clashes with Senate Republicans over judicial nominee in heated committee exchange
NEWARK, NJ— Sen. Cory Booker drew sharp criticism Thursday after a tense exchange during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing over the nomination of Emil Bove to a federal judgeship. The incident drew…
Third Founder Of Cryptocurrency Exchange Pleads Guilty To Bank Secrecy Act Violations
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SAMUEL REED, one of three co-founders and a high-ranking executive of purportedly “off-shore” cryptocurrency derivatives exchange the…
Founders Of Cryptocurrency Exchange Plead Guilty To Bank Secrecy Act Violations
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Arthur Hayes and BENJAMIN DELO, founders and executives of purportedly “off-shore” cryptocurrency derivatives exchange the Bitcoin Mercantile…
Former Fort Dix Correctional Officer Sentenced to 26 Months in Prison for Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Delivering Contraband to Inmates
NEWARK, N.J. – A former federal correctional officer was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for accepting approximately $50,000 in cash bribes in exchange for delivering contraband to federal inmates, U.S.…
Florida man offered young girls vape products in exchange for smelling and touching them, police say
PINELLAS COUNTY – Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit have arrested 22-year-old Brandon White for multiple counts of Lewd and Lascivious Acts with minors. Detectives began an investigation after they learned…
‘The Mute With The Deaf’: Russian And British Ministers Have Harsh Exchange After Ukraine Meeting
The foreign ministers of Russia and the U.K. exchanged harsh words while giving a press briefing after diplomatic talks on Thursday, The New York Post reported. “I’m honestly disappointed that our conversation…
Bank CEO Stephen M. Calk Sentenced To One Year And One Day For Corruptly Soliciting A Presidential Administration Position In Exchange For Approving $16 Million In Loans
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEPHEN M. CALK was sentenced to one year and one day of imprisonment for corruptly using…
Russia Denies Responding To US Proposal After Heated UN Exchange
Russian officials denied they sent a response to a U.S. proposal aiming to deescalate the conflict at the Ukrainian border just one day after a tense exchange at the U.N. Security Council,…
‘That’s A Problem’: Leaked Footage Captures Heated Exchange Between Border Agents And Chief
In a video leaked to The Washington Examiner, border agents openly aired their frustrations over the Biden administration’s policies in a heated exchange with Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz in Laredo, Texas,…
Cyber Criminals Steal Millions After Hacking Popular Crypto Exchange
Hackers stole millions in digital assets from popular cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, the company announced Thursday. Crypto.com said in a blog post that hackers had compromised 483 traders’ accounts and stole 4,836.26 of ethereum…
Greensburg Doctor Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison for Accepting Kickbacks in Exchange for Prescribing Fentanyl
PITTSBURGH – A resident of Westmoreland County, PA, was sentenced in federal court following his convictions for conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, health care fraud, and conspiracy to distribute Schedule IV…
Mayor of Cataño Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Millions in Municipal Contracts and Contractor Arrested for Paying Bribes
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – A mayor pleaded guilty yesterday in Puerto Rico on a criminal charge related to his involvement in a bribery conspiracy in which he received weekly cash payments…
Puerto Rico Mayor Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Millions in Municipal Contracts
A mayor pleaded guilty yesterday in Puerto Rico to engaging in a bribery scheme in which he received cash payments in exchange for awarding municipal contracts to a particular company (Company A).…
Los Angeles-area man who ran multimillion-dollar unlicensed Bitcoin exchange business sentenced to 3 years in federal prison
LOS ANGELES – A San Bernardino County man was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for operating an unlicensed business that exchanged at least $13 million in Bitcoin and cash,…
Queens Man Convicted of Securities and Wire Fraud Conspiracies Relating to the Foreign Exchange Market
John Won was convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn yesterday of all five counts of an indictment charging him with securities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, as well as…
Monmouth County Doctor Charged with Accepting Bribes and Kickbacks from Pharmaceutical Company in Exchange for Unlawfully Prescribing Fentanyl
NEWARK, N.J. – A Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor was charged today for his participation in a scheme to receive bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for unlawfully prescribing…
Four Defendants Face Federal Indictment in Alleged Racketeering Conspiracy to Smuggle Contraband into Maryland’s Metropolitan Transition Center in Exchange for Bribes
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging four defendants with a racketeering conspiracy at the Metropolitan Transition Center (MTC), in Baltimore, Maryland. The indictment charges two former correctional…
Two Correctional Officers Plead Guilty to a Racketeering Conspiracy, Admit to Smuggling Contraband Into Maryland’s Federal Pretrial Detention Facility in Exchange for Bribes
Baltimore, Maryland – Two Correctional Officers, Darren Parker, age 45, of Baltimore, and Talaia Youngblood, age 35, of Randallstown, Maryland, have pleaded guilty to their roles in a racketeering conspiracy at the…
Tijuana Man Sentenced to Nearly 9 Years in Prison for Attempting to Buy Machine Guns, Grenades in Exchange for Fentanyl and Heroin
LOS ANGELES – A former San Bernardino County resident was sentenced today to 105 months in federal prison for providing approximately 1 kilogram of fentanyl and 1 kilogram of heroin in…
San Gabriel Valley Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison for Scheming to Launder Drug Money Via ‘Black Market Peso Exchange’
LOS ANGELES – A West Covina man was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for laundering more than $900,000 in drug money over a two-year period via a “Black…
Tulsa Man Sentenced for Trafficking Firearms in Exchange for Distribution Amounts of High-Grade Marijuana
A Tulsa gang member was sentenced Tuesday for conspiring with others to collect firearms and exchange them for marijuana to sell on the black market, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S.…