WASHINGTON D.C. A federal grand jury this week indicted Tyler Raj Barriss, 25, of Los Angeles, Calif. for a so-called “swatting” incident that led to the fatal shooting of a man by…
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Jury Convicts Doctor of $8.9 Million Medicare Fraud Involving Kickbacks
MICHIGAN A federal jury found a physician guilty Friday for her role in a scheme involving approximately $8.9 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for home health care and other physician services. The…
Pfizer Agrees to Pay $23.8 million to Resolve False Claims About its Drugs
NEW YORK Pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc. (Pfizer), based in New York, NY, agreed to pay $23.8 million to resolve claims that it used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays…
Former Judge Guilty of Trading Sex for Favors and Federal Obstruction
TENNESSEE A former Davidson County, Tennessee judge plead guilty Thursday in federal court to five counts relating to obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and stealing money from an organization receiving federal funds,…
32 Defendants Linked to Mexican Mafia Arrested for Drug Trafficking (Video)
LOS ANGELES More than 500 law enforcement officers executed a major operation Wednesday, taking into custody 32 defendants who are charged in two federal racketeering charges linked to the Mexican Mafia, officials…
Five, including Investigator, Arrested for $20 Million Health Care Fraud
LOS ANGELES Five people linked to two San Fernando Valley clinics were arrested Tuesday on federal health care fraud charges, according to authorities. The four allegedly participated in a scheme that submitted…
Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting Two Indian Nationals, Third Man
KANSAS Adam W. Purinton, of Olathe, Kansas, plead guilty in federal court to hate crime and firearm charges for shooting Indian nationals Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani and Kansas resident Ian Grillot…
Three Indicted in California for Exploiting Immigrant Farmworkers
LOS ANGELES Three men were arrested this week for illegally charging Mexican nationals thousands of dollars to get H-2A work visas and for expenses while in the U.S., according to officials. Immigrants…
Former New York City Investigator Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Child Pornography
NEW YORK CITY An investigator with the New York City Correction Department was sentenced to 10 years in prison in federal in Central Islip, New York after being convicted in March of…
Three High-Ranking Bloods Gang Members Convicted of Racketeering
NORTH CAROLINA Three high-ranking leaders of the Nine Trey Gangsters of the United Blood Nation street gang, including the “Godfather” of the organization, who also served as “Chairman” of the Bloods were…
Detective Arrested, Linked to Mexican Mafia and Armenian Criminal Gangs
LOS ANGELES An FBI-led task force on Wednesday arrested a Glendale Police officer on federal charges of making false statements during interviews with investigators who were probing his connections to the Mexican…
Oregon Missionary Guilty of Sexually Abusing Six Cambodian Orphans
Oregon A federal jury found Coos Bay, Oregon man, who was a Christian missionary running an orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, guilty of six counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in…