WASHINGTON D.C. A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday against a former attorney, charging her with duping investors out of $2 million through the Baylor & Jackson trust account, officials announced…
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Six Soldiers, Two Others Allegedly Sold Sensitive Military Equipment on eBay Worth $1 Million
TENNESSEE A federal grand jury indicted eight defendants, including six Fort Campbell soldiers, for allegedly stealing and selling sensitive military equipment, officials announced Thursday. The equipment was sold and shipped to anonymous…
Feds: Owner of L.A. Medical Supply Company Fraudulently Billed Medicare for $4 Million
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentence a West Los Angeles man who was the owner of a medical supply company to five years in federal prison for his role in a scheme…
Brooklyn Man, Two Russians Arrested for Illegally Exporting Controlled Technology to Russia
NEW YORK Federal authorities arrested Alexey Barysheff of Brooklyn, New York, a naturalized citizen of the United States, on charges of illegally exporting controlled technology from the United States to Russia, officials…
Feds: White Supremacist Who Brutally Attacked Black Man Sentenced to 10 Years
IOWA A convicted felon and white supremacist who assaulted a black man told bar patrons before the attack that he hated black people, bragged to the bar’s owner about being involved in…
Man Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison for Illegal Gun Sales
LOS ANGELES A Ventura County, California man who illegally sold five firearms in less than a month and agreed to sell three more during an undercover operation last year has…
Contractor Allegedly Stole Top Secret Information from Federal Spy Agency
MARYLAND Federal authorities allege that Harold Thomas Martin III, 51, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, stole Top Secret and other information that were found in his home, storage sheds and vehicle. The thefts…
Feds: 17 Charged with Sex Trafficking Hundreds of Thai Women or “Flowers” for Prostitution
St. Paul, Minnesota Federal indictment unsealed Tuesday charges 17 members of an international sex trafficking organization with transporting hundreds of women into the U.S. for prostitution, officials announced Wednesday. The charged defendants…
Jail Supervisor Indicted for Denying Insulin to Diabetic Inmate Who Died as a Result
OKLAHOMA A federal indictment alleges that Wayne Barnes, then a lieutenant at the McClain County Jail in Purcell, Oklahoma, denied insulin to an inmate who needed it because he suffered from…
Ex-Federal Supervisor Sentenced for Accepting Bribes to Allow Illegally Dumping
ATLANTA A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced George H. Bell, former Georgia Department of Transportation’s Assistant Area Maintenance Foreman to four years and six months in prison for accepting bribes to allow…
Major Healthcare Provider Pays $513 Million for Illegal Patient Referral Kickbacks
ATLANTA A major U.S. hospital chain, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and two of its Atlanta-area subsidiaries will pay over $513 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to…
DOJ Awards $119 Million to 184 Law Enforcement Agencies To Do Community Policing
The Department of Justice awarded 184 law enforcement agencies $119 million to hire cops to increase community policing and crime prevention, Community Oriented Policing or COP officials announced Monday. The Cops Hiring…