By PETE WILLIAMS, CRAIG MELVIN and DANIEL ARKIN A white former South Carolina police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the civil rights of Walter Scott, the unarmed black motorist he shot dead…
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Blood Lab That Did Unnecessary Testing and Got Kickbacks Pays $6 Million Settlement
SOUTH CAROLINA Quest Diagnostics Inc. agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the laboratory paid kickbacks to doctors and did unnecessary testing, according to officials. Quest, which is…
Man Who Kicked Gay Man to Death Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison for Hate Crime
IDAHO A federal judge sentenced a 23-year-old man who plead guilty to a hate crime to 28 years in prison for kicking to death a gay man, according to federal officials….
Juvenile Detention Supervisors Guilty of Assaulting Detainees Using Pepper Spray
ARKANSAS The Justice Department announced Wednesday that two former White River Juvenile Detention Center supervisors, Captain Peggy Kendrick, 43, and Lieutenant Dennis Fuller, 40, pleaded guilty to assaulting juvenile inmates. Kendrick also…
Businessman Stole $2.9 Million from NFL Players and Failed to Pay Taxes
NORTH CAROLINA High Point, North Carolina businessman, who provided financial services to NFL players, was sentenced Wednesday to five years and five months in prison for wire fraud and filing a false…
IRS Employee Indicted for Stealing Taxpayers’ IDs and Filing Fraudulent Returns
GEORGIA A federal grand jury indicted an IRS employee Monday for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, officials announced this week, according to officials. The indictment alleges that between September 2012 and April…
Pilot Who Operated Private Jets With Passengers Without License Sentenced to 10 Months
LOS ANGELES An Irvine man who admitted that he illegally piloted private jet airplanes with passengers onboard without having a valid pilot’s license was sentenced Monday to 10 months in federal…
Attorney Performed Fraudulent Marriages for 87 Chinese so They Could Stay in U.S.
LOS ANGELES A Santa Fe Springs man who posed as an attorney as part of an elaborate immigration fraud scheme in which at least 87 foreign nationals – mostly Chinese citizens –…
Russian Cyber-Criminal Sentenced to 27 years for Hacking, Credit Card Fraud
WASHINGTON Russian cyber-criminal was sentenced to 27 years in prison for hacking and credit card fraud scheme, officials announced Friday. He stole and sold millions of credit card numbers, defrauding victims of…
Four Jail Guards Indicted for Beating Handcuffed Inmate
Missouri A federal grand jury indicted four former jail guards from the Jackson County Detention Center for beating an inmate, according to officials from the Department of Justice. The four were charged…
Dermatologist Pays Nearly $2.7 Million to Settle Allegations of Unnecessary Cancer Surgeries.
LOS ANGELES The owner of The Skin Cancer Medical Center in Encino has paid the federal government nearly $2.7 million to resolve allegations that he submitted bills to Medicare for Mohs…
Ex-Sheriff Guilty of Having Sex with Female Inmates, Beating Handcuffed Male Prisoner
Tennessee The sheriff of Fentress County, Tennessee, plead guilty Thursday to having sex with female inmates in exchange for favors and to beating a handcuffed male prisoner, officials said. Charles Cravens, 47,…