OHIO A federal jury Friday convicted Yanjun Xu, a Chinese national and Deputy Division Director of the Sixth Bureau of the Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security, of conspiring to and attempting…
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Man Charged in $100 Million COVID-19 Health Care Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury in Arkansas returned an indictment Tuesday charging an Arkansas man who owned or managed numerous diagnostic testing laboratories with health care fraud, officials stated. The fraud charges are…
Federal Court Shuts Down Tampa Pharmacy for Alleged Unlawful Distribution of Opioid
A federal court in Florida ordered a Tampa-area pharmacy shut down and prohibited two of its employees from ever owning, managing, or operating any business where controlled substances are dispensed, officials announced…
Man Allegedly Ran Ponzi Scheme that Raised Nearly $14 Million with False Promises from House Flipping
SANTA ANA, California – Federal authorities arrested a Costa Mesa man on federal fraud and money laundering charges alleging he helped run a fraudulent investment scheme that raised $13.8 million by promising investors…
Louisiana Man Spent $1.1 Million of COVID-19 Relief Money on Cars and Luxury Goods
LOUISIANA A federal grand jury this week indicted a man with fraudulently getting more than $1.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program Loans, officials stated….
Russian Allegedly Involved in “Trickbot” Cybercriminal Organization Extradited to U.S.
OHIO A Russian national, residing in the Yakutsk region of Russia and in Southeast Asia, had his initial appearance in federal court today after his extradition from the Republic of Korea to…
Former Police Officer Indicted for Kicking Suspect in Face and Head and Allegedly Tried to Cover Up the Beating
A federal grand jury in Shreveport, Louisiana, indicted Jared Desadier, 43, for allegedly assaulting an arrestee in Ouachita Parish. The two-count indictment charges Desadier with willfully depriving an individual of his right…
School Safety Officer Charged with Murdering an Unarmed 18-Year-Old
LOS ANGELES A Long Beach Unified School safety officer was charged today with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed 18-year-old, according to state prosecutors. “We must hold accountable the people…
Former Prison Corrections Officer Sentenced to 18 Months For Having Sex with Female Inmate
ALABAMA Eric Todd Ellis, 32, a former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) corrections officer at the FCI-Aliceville facility in Aliceville, Alabama, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Birmingham, Alabama, to 18 months…
Company to Reduce 10,000 Tons of Emissions and Pay $52 Million Penalty
ILLINOIS Navistar Inc., an integrated manufacturer of trucks and diesel engines based in Lisle, Illinois, agreed to mitigate at least 10,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions, according to federal officials….
Former Private Prisoner Officer Sentence to Life for Sexually Assaulting Two Females in Custody
A federal judge in Little Rock, Arkansas, sentenced Eric Scott Kindley, 53, a former private prisoner transport officer, to life plus five years in prison for sexually assaulting two different women in…
Two Men Sentenced for Providing “Bulletproof Hosting” for Cybercriminals
MICHIGAN Two Eastern European men were sentenced for providing “bulletproof hosting” services, which were used by cybercriminals between 2009 to 2015 to distribute malware and attack financial institutions and victims throughout the…