LOS ANGELES A former Antelope Valley physician pleaded guilty Monday to federal narcotics charges for illegally dispensing prescriptions for often-abused controlled substances – including opioid-based medications – during telemedicine sessions with “patients”…
Category: American Justice
More Than a Dozen Broward County Deputies Charged with PPP Loan Fraud
According to authorities, Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony joined federal law enforcement officials Thursday for a news conference announcing the arrests of 17 Broward Sheriff’s Office employees suspected of fraudulently applying for…
Ten, Including Pastor, Charged for $950,000 COVID-19 Relief Fraud Schemes
A federal grand jury in Tennessee returned an indictment this week charging 10 individuals for their roles in schemes to defraud the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection…
Former Accounting Manager of Pasadena Storage Guilty of Insider Trading That Led to Nearly $500,000 in Profits
LOS ANGELES A former employee at a publicly traded Pasadena-based company has agreed to plead guilty to buying more than 66,000 company shares based on non-public information that the company was about…
JUST SAY: The NBC “Interview” of a Six-Foot-Two, 215 Pound Orange Man
HUFFINGTON POST/ Sep 17, 2023, 01:55 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot…
MS-13 Gang Member “Spooky” Sentenced to 28 Years for Racketeering, Including Murder
A Maryland man was sentenced Wednesday to 28 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy, including murder, related to his participation in the La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, officials stated. According to court…
Korean-Based Co. to Pay $9 Million Fine Related to Bid Rigging at U.S. Military Bases
First guilty plea and sentence in an ongoing investigation into bid rigging and related fraud at U.S. military installations in South Korea J&J Korea Inc. (J&J Korea), a company based in the…
Five Memphis Detectives Indicted for the Beating Death of 29-Year-Old Man
A federal grand jury on Tuesday in Memphis indicted five former Memphis Police Department (MPD) detectives with federal civil rights, conspiracy, and obstruction offenses resulting in the death of Tyre Nichols on…
Belize Man Sentence to 10 Years in Prison for Money Laundering for International Drug Trafficking Organizations
Federal officials stated that a Belize man was sentenced Tuesday to ten years in prison and ordered to forfeit $6 million for conspiracy to commit money laundering. He laundered millions of dollars…
Two Brothers Guilty of Fraudulently Getting $7.6 Million in COVID-Relief Money
Federal officials stated that two brothers pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking approximately $7.6 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Officials stated…
Alleged Prolific Human Smuggler Extradited to U.S. from Mexico
U.S. and Mexican authorities announced the extradition of a human smuggler who allegedly operated in Mexicali on the U.S.-Mexico border for several years as part of an international human smuggling conspiracy, officials…
L.A. Man Guilty of Robbing Eight Businesses and Carjacking in Four Days
LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Wednesday to carjacking and eight armed robberies of gas stations and convenience stores in Los Angeles County during four days in April of this…