PENNSYLVANIA A Colombian national who was arrested in Colombia and extradited to Pittsburgh was sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in prison in federal court for his role in the Hobbs Act robbery…
Category: Courts & Cases
Pharmacist Sentenced to More Than Five Years for Illegally Distributing Opioids
LOS ANGELES A federal judge Monday sentenced a High Desert pharmacist who illegally distributed oxycodone by filling hundreds of counterfeit prescription to five years and three months in federal prison, according to…
Former CEO of Israeli Company Guilty of $145 Million Fraud Scheme
MARYLAND A federal jury Wednesday found the former CEO of the Israel-based company Yukom Communications, a purported sales and marketing company, of orchestrating a scheme to defraud investors in the United States…
Mississippi Man Guilty of Federal Hate Crime of Crossburning
MISSISSIPPI Graham Williamson plead guilty this week to federal charges related to the commission of a crossburning on Oct. 24, 2017, in Seminary, Mississippi. Williamson, 38, plead to one count of interference…
Ex-Sheriff Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Bribery and Kickbacks
PHILADELPHIA U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone sentenced the former Sheriff of Philadelphia John Green, 72, of Philadelphia, was sentenced Friday to serve five years in prison, and ordered to forfeit $76,581, according…
Chinese Billionaire Indicted for Alleged Scheme to Avoid $1.8 Billion Anti-Dumping Fees
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges a complex financial fraud scheme in which a Chinese company exported to the U.S. large amounts of aluminum – disguised as…
Chinese Man Sentenced for Trafficking in Counterfeit Apple Goods
NEW JERSEY A Chinese national living in the United States on a student visa was sentenced Tuesday to three years and a month in prison for his role in a scheme to…
Patient Recruiter Guilty of $1.3 Million Kickback Scheme
MICHIGAN A federal jury in Detroit found a patient recruiter guilty Tuesday for his role in a scheme involving approximately $1.3 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for home health care that were…
Man Guilty of Stealing Trade Secrets for China
TEXAS A man was convicted Monday by a federal jury in Washington D.C. of conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets, according to authorities. Following a nine-day trial, Shan Shi, 54, of…
New York Man Arrested for Trying to Help Terrorists
NEW YORK Federal authorities arrested Delowar Mohammed Hossain at John F. Kennedy International Airport while he tried to go overseas to join the Taliban in order to kill Americans, according to officials….
Judge Grabs Court Employee by Neck, Shakes Him for Being Unprepared (Video)
Video, released by the Florida Supreme Court, shows Broward Circuit Judge Vegina Hawkins shaking a court employee. The incident has led a state commission to recommend she be suspended from the bench….
Violent TTG Gang Member Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Racketeering/Drugs
MARYLAND U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Timothy Floyd, aka Tim Rod, 28, of Baltimore, to serve 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring…