OHIO Caleb T. Poole, 26 years of age, was placed into custody this week without incident in Dublin, Ohio, by the FBI,Columbus Resident Agency special agents and Dublin police officers, according to…
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Former Milwaukee Alderman Charged With Wire Fraud
WISCONSIN A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a former Milwaukee alderman, Willie C. Wade (age: 56), with three counts of wire fraud. According to the indictment, Wade obtained $30,000…
Gang Member Convicted for Ambush Murder of Man in Front of 2-Year-Old Son
LOS ANGELES A member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods street gang has been found guilty by a jury for the second time of racketeering offenses that…
Political Consultant and Attorney Sentenced After Finance Schemes Conviction
PENNSYLVANIA A long-time Philadelphia-area political consultant and attorney was sentenced Friday for his role in two criminal schemes to violate federal campaign finance laws, officials announced. Federal Judge Jan E. Dubois sentenced…
Military Dependant Convicted of Attempted Manslaughter of Several U.S. Airmen
ARKANSAS After a three day trial, a federal jury in Little Rock, Arkansas, convicted a man who was then-residing on the Misawa Air Base, a military base in Japan, of multiple charges,…
American Spy Who Worked at the State Department Admitted to Getting Gifts from Chinese
WASHINGTON D.C. Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, plead guilty Wednesday to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement…
Three Pharmaceutical Companies Agree to Pay $122 Million for Kickback Allegations
MASSACHUSETTS Three pharmaceutical companies – Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Jazz), Lundbeck LLC (Lundbeck), and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Alexion) – agreed to pay $122 million to resolve allegations that they violated kickback laws, according…
Former Trooper Indicted for Using Excessive Force
WEST VIRGINIA A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted Michael Kennedy, a former West Virginia State Trooper, for using excessive force against an arrestee, according to officials. Kennedy, 29, of Morgantown, West Virginia,…
Five Arrested in Scheme that Hired People to Take English Proficiency Exams for Chinese weeking Student Visas
LOS ANGELES Federal authorities this morning arrested five defendants linked to a scheme that helped Chinese nationals obtain student visas by hiring individuals who used fake Chinese passports to take an English…
Man Facing Long Prison Sentence for Sharing Child Porn on Russian Website
LOS ANGELES – A former West Covina resident pleaded guilty Monday to knowingly creating and publishing an advertisement that sought to exchange sexually-explicit images of children on a Russian photo-sharing website frequently used…
Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Prison for Bribing Sheriff
PENNSYLVANIA A federal judge sentenced a Wyncote, Pennsylvania man to more than 10 years in prison for participating in a bribery conspiracy involving the former Sheriff of Philadelphia, according to officials. U.S….
Ex-Cop Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Unlicensed Selling of Firearms, Lying to Feds
LOS ANGELES A former lieutenant in the Pasadena Police Department was sentenced this week to a year and one day in federal prison for exploiting his status as a police officer to…