LOS ANGELES A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier plead guilty Wednesday to federal criminal charges for stealing debit cards containing unemployment insurance benefits, officials stated According to authorities, she stole the…
Category: American Justice
Man Guilty of Hate Crime Death Threats Targeting Black Lives Matters Supporters
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that Kenneth Pilon, 61, plead guilty in federal district court to intimidating citizens from engaging in free speech and protests in support of Black Lives Matter. Pilon…
Just Saying: China Protests Are Growing, Economy Tanking, and U.S. Media is Out to Lunch
China’s Xi Faces Threat From Public Anger Over ‘Zero COVID’ —Huffington Post Demonstrators poured into the streets over the weekend in cities including Shanghai and Beijing, criticizing the policy, confronting police —…
Former Amtrak Employee and Her Husband Guilty of Stealing Nearly $1 Million in COVID-19 Jobless Relief
LOS ANGELES A former Amtrak employee plead guilty to federal criminal charges this week for conspiring with her husband to steal nearly $1 million in COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, officials…
Pharmacist Guilty of 22 Felonies for Role in $11 Million Scheme to Defraud Military Heath Care
LOS ANGELES A jury found a licensed Orange County pharmacist of nearly two dozen federal criminal charges for her role in a healthcare fraud scheme in which more than 1,000 bogus prescriptions…
Maui Men Convicted of Hate Crimes for Beating White Man, Each Facing Up to 10 Years in Prison
HAWAII After a two-week jury trial, a federal jury in Honolulu, Hawaii, found defendants Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, 32, and Levi Aki Jr., 33, guilty of a hate crime for their racially motivated attacks…
Two Estonian Citizens Arrested in $575 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud, Money Laundering
WASHINGTON Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia, Monday on an 18-count indictment for their alleged involvement in a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering conspiracy, officials stated. The indictment…
Investment Manager Arrested for His Alleged Involvement in $10 Million Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme
An Ohio man was arrested Friday on criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme that raised at least $10 million from investors, officials stated. According to…
JUST SAYING: Re-Enlightened Evangelicals Accuse “Schoolchild” Trump of Using and Abusing Them
Key Evangelical Figures Turn On Trump: ‘He Used Us’ One ripped the ex-president for acting “like a little elementary schoolchild.” Another warned that if the GOP turns to him in 2024, “we…
Former Auditor for a Real Estate Agency Arrested for Allegedly Stealing $2.5 Million from Employer
SANTA ANA, California Officials stated that a former executive at an Orange County commercial real estate agency was arrested Monday on a federal criminal complaint alleging a decade-long scheme in which he…
Ex-Oklahoma Undersheriff Facing Up to 10 years in Prison For Beating Handcuffed Suspect
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that Kendall Morgan, 44, the former undersheriff of the Le Flore County Sheriff’s Department (LCSO) in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, plead guilty to a criminal, civil rights…
Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison For Illegally Taking Control of Online Accounts
LOS ANGELES A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced Monday to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a series of “SIM swapping” schemes. This scheme allowed him…