Nearly $1 million lottery prize claimed in Poconos
Monroe County lottery player wins $925,843.50 Cash 5 with Quick Cash jackpot on ticket sold in Pocono Township Middletown, PA – A Pennsylvania Lottery player in Monroe County is holding a ticket…
Robert Lenard Booth Convicted Of Defrauding Investors Of Nearly $2 Million
Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT LENARD BOOTH, a/k/a “Trevor Nicholas,” was found guilty on all counts of a three-count Indictment that…
Nearly one in three ECB bosses is German as France lags
FRANKFURT – One in three managers at the European Central Bank is German, giving the ECB’s host country an ever bigger representation than its size would imply, ECB data showed on Thursday.…
Philadelphia Man Sentenced to Nearly 22 Years for Kidnapping and Robbing United States Postal Workers
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that James Chandler, 55, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in prison, and five supervised release by United…
Nigerian woman sentenced for scamming Social Security Administration and FEMA out of nearly a million dollars
ATLANTA – Ivie Shevon Sajere has been sentenced for her role in a conspiracy that defrauded the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) out of nearly $1,000,000. …
Edinburg woman sentenced for importing nearly 25 kilos of heroin
McALLEN, Texas – A 29-year-old Edinburg resident citizen has been ordered to prison for importing more than $827,000 in heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Amanda Zaragoza pleaded guilty July 29, 2021.…
Former Chiropractor Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Submitting $2.2 Million in Billings to Health Insurers
SANTA ANA, California – A former Orange County chiropractor was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for stealing from health insurers by fraudulently causing the submission of $2.2 million…
Authorities Seize Nearly $2 Million In Cocaine, Meth, And Marijuana In Four Days At The Border
Authorities Seize Nearly $2 Million In Cocaine, Meth, And Marijuana In Four Days At The Border Jennie Taer on April 19, 2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted nearly $2 million…
Ogle County Man Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Federal Prison for Bank Robbery
ROCKFORD — An Ogle County man was sentenced today to nearly four years in federal prison for robbing a bank in Rochelle, Ill. RODNEY BEESE, 64, of Rochelle, Ill., admitted in a plea…
New Mexico Man Sentenced to Nearly 22 Years in Federal Prison for Fraud, Money Laundering, and Obstruction Conspiracies
United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that John Rick Winer, age 68, of New Mexico, convicted for his role in fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice conspiracies, was sentenced on…
Admitted drug trafficker sentenced to nearly a decade in federal prison
SAVANNAH, GA: A Liberty County drug trafficker has been sentenced to nearly a decade in federal prison. Rae Winn-Young, 39, of Hinesville, Ga., was sentenced to 110 months in prison after pleading…
Nearly $1.1M Worth of Narcotics Seized Over the Weekend
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted four narcotic smuggling attempts, including a cocaine seizure valued at almost $1M. On April 17, a Mazda CX-9 arrived at the…
Santa Clarita Man Sentenced to Nearly 3½ Years in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-Relief Loans
LOS ANGELES – A Santa Clarita man was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for attempting to steal millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) COVID-relief loans for…
Traffic Sop Leads to Nearly Two Pound Cocaine Haul but Driver Escaped
UTICA, NY – A routine traffic stop led to officers hauling in nearly two pounds of cocaine seized during the incident. According to the Utica Police Department, at approximately 8:30 PM on…
Attleboro Gun Trafficker Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison
BOSTON – An Attleboro man previously convicted of illegal gun possession in Rhode Island was sentenced yesterday for trafficking dozens of guns from Georgia into Massachusetts. Richard Philippe, 42, was sentenced by…
U.S. SEC announces asset freeze against those allegedly behind nearly $450 million Ponzi scheme
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday announced charges and an asset freeze against several Las Vegas-area individuals and companies allegedly behind a nearly $450 million Ponzi scheme.…
Local felon admits to smuggling nearly 100 in trailer
LAREDO, Texas – A 49-year-old Desoto man has entered a guilty plea to alien smuggling, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Dedrick Lindell Coleman pleaded guilty to smuggling 95 non-U.S. citizens in…
Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 6 ½ Years in Prison for Stealing Nearly $1 Million in PPP Funds
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Devron Brown, 50, formerly of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison, five years of supervised release,…
Meta to take nearly half of sales made by its metaverse creators as fees
(Reuters) – Facebook parent Meta Platforms will charge creators around 47.5% on sales of digital assets and experiences made inside the company’s virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds. The overall charge comprises of…
Brockton Man Sentenced to Nearly 10 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy that Spanned Across Southeastern Massachusetts
BOSTON – A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging drug trafficking conspiracy that spanned from Boston to Brockton to Cape Cod. Jermaine Gonsalves, 35,…
Oklahoma Gov Signs Law Banning Nearly All Abortions
Oklahoma Gov Signs Law Banning Nearly All Abortions Laurel Duggan on April 12, 2022 Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law Tuesday banning abortion in nearly all cases. The…
Transgender Patient Regrets Sex Change Surgery Nearly Thirty Years Later
Transgender Patient Regrets Sex Change Surgery Nearly Thirty Years Later Laurel Duggan on April 12, 2022 Corinna Cohn, a biological male who had sex change surgery at 19 years old, described the…
Oklahoma City Man Pays Nearly $123,000 to Settle Claims That He Wrongfully Obtained Social Security Benefits to Which He Was Not Entitled
OKLAHOMA CITY – David Lehman (“Lehman”), paid $122,949 to settle civil False Claims Act allegations that he obtained and used Social Security benefits to which he was not entitled, announced United States…
New York City Man Sentenced To Nearly Six Years In Federal Prison For Failing To Register As A Convicted Child Sex Offender
Jacksonville, Florida – United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Samuel Maldonado (48, New York City) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for failing to register as…
Oklahoma Moves To Ban Nearly All Abortions
Oklahoma Moves To Ban Nearly All Abortions Laurel Duggan on April 6, 2022 The Oklahoma legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would ban abortions statewide in nearly every case. The Oklahoma House…
Rusal exports first Guinea bauxite in nearly a month, data shows
JOHANNESBURG – Russian aluminium giant Rusal, whose global operations have been hobbled by the war in Ukraine, has exported its first bauxite shipment from its mines in Guinea in nearly a month,…
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