NEW YORK Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (Herbalife), a U.S.-based publicly-traded global nutrition company, agreed to pay total penalties of more than $122 million, federal prosecutors stated. The fines resolve the government’s investigation into…
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Miami Neighbors Charged with COVID-Relief Fund After Falsely Claiming to be Farmers
FLORIDA Two neighbors were charged in a complaint unsealed Wednesday with lying on an application, falsely claiming to be farmers, according to officials. They are charged with wire fraud and false statements…
Florida Dog Fighting Defendants Sentenced to Prison
FLORIDA The last of four defendants to be convicted for their roles in a dogfighting conspiracy was sentenced this week in federal court in Pensacola, Florida. David Lee Moser, 37, of…
Texas Rapper Charged with Drug Dealing
TEXAS Authorities have taken nine people into custody on charges involving the distribution of meth, cocaine, and oxycodone and hydrocodone, officials announced Thursday. Rapper Jermaine West, 42, aka Breadman is charged with…
Prison Guard Admits to Getting a Jail Inmate to Beat up Another Inmate
Former Deputy Jailer Sentenced to four years in prison for getting a jail inmate to beat up another inmate, according to federal prosecutors. William Anthony Carey, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District…
U.S. Seize Iranian Fuel from Four Tankers Bound for Venezuela
WASHINGTON D.C. The Justice Department Friday announced the successful disruption of a multimillion-dollar fuel shipment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to officials. The vessel…
Arkansas Project Manager Admits Illegally Filing $8 Million in Fraudulent Covid-19 Bank Loan Applications
OKLAHOMA A project manager employed by a major retailer plead guilty to bank fraud charges for filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking more than $8 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program or…
North Carolina Man Facing 10 Years in Prison for Threatening Black Family Because of Race
NORTH CAROLINA Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that Douglas Matthew Gurkins, 34, admitted to threatening to use force against a Black family they were renting a dwelling in Gurkins’ neighborhood. Gurkins plead guilty…
California Man Indicted for Allegedly Threatening to Injure, Rape and Kill 10 Victims.
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury Tuesday named a Pasadena man in a 26-count indictment for making a series of detailed threats to harm, rape, and kill 10 victims he met in…
Just Saying: Biden’s VP Pick & How Cops Tap Dance Around the Miranda Rights
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ NOTEBOOKVENTURA Biden Picks Harris I applaud presidential candidate Joe Biden’s selection of Sen. Kamala Harris. But the bottom line, I’d vote for Biden if his VP…
Six Sex Traffickers Get a Total of 81 Years in Federal Prison
ALEXANDRIA, VA. Six sex traffickers were sentenced to a total of 81 years in prison for trafficking of a minor victim and an adult victim at multiple locations in Northern Virginia and…