Jurors found a 59-year-old physician Ona M. Colasante, guilty of 162 counts of health care fraud where the evidence indicated that he intentionally misdiagnosed patients and did unnecessary medical tests, according to officials.
Virginia police launch investigation after video shows cops threatening witnesses
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Portsmouth police are investigating a controversial cell phone video that’s circulating on social media.
The video was shot Saturday around 3 p.m. at the London Oaks Apartment Complex and runs about 3 1/2 minutes. It shows a man in handcuffs on the ground and two officers standing over him. Then you can hear people surrounding the officers berating them, yelling and cursing and claiming the officers beat the man.
48 Alleged Gangster Disciples Gang Members Including a Cop indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Racketeering (News Video)
Forty-eight alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples Gang – including the top leaders in Tennessee and Georgia – have been charged in two indictments and accused of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that included multiple murders, attempted murder and drug crimes.
NYPD Cop Admits to Supplying Oxycodone to Drug Dealers and Money Laundering
A New York City police officer plead guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute Oxycodone in Vermont, according to officials this week.
Ex-DEA Agent Got $200,000 Payment to Help Prison Inmate Get Reduced Sentence, He Demanded $750,000
In federal court, Samuel Murad, 62, plead guilty to tax evasion and witness tampering.
Murad, of Clearwater, Florida, is facing up to five years’ imprisonment for the tax evasion and up to 20 years in federal prison for the witness tampering count.
Two Members of La Cosa Nostra Mob Sentenced for Extorting Video Poker Machines Business
Two alleged members of the New England Family of La Cosa Nostra were sentenced in federal court in Boston this week in connection with extorting a video poker machines business, according to officials.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patti B. Saris sentenced Anthony Spagnolo, 74, of Revere, to 20 months in prison and order a fine of $5,000.
Violent Pimp Who Didn’t Punch Prostitutes in the Face so He Wouldn’t Damage “His Merchandise” Sentence to Life
A federal judge sentenced a vicious pimp, who brutally beat, burned, threatened and tortured current and former prostitutes, to life in prison.
Shahid Hassan Muslim, aka “Sharp,” 33, operated an extensive sex trafficking enterprise that recruited women and girls – some as young as 16 years old – into prostitution, according to officials.
Man Who Helped File Hundreds of Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking More than $4.4 Million Sentenced to prison
WASHINGTON D.C. A federal judge sentenced a Bowie, Maryland man to four years in prison after he plead guilty in January for his involvement in a widespread ID theft and tax fraud…
Man Charged with Attempting to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction on a Synagogue
FLORIDA A 40-year-old self-professed anti-Semite was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction on a synagogue in Aventura, Florida, officials announced this week. James Gonzalo Medina, 40, of Hollywood,…
‘It makes me sick,’ police chief says of officer accused in shakedown
GEORGIA A Clayton County Police officer is off the force after Channel 2 Action News played a recording for the police chief, who said the shakedown it depicts turns his stomach. A…
White House Forum on Increasing Access to Justice
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch last month spoke at a White House forum on increasing access to injustice. She spoke about the administration’s “bone deep” dedication about creating and expanding a pathway to justice.
“Here in this country every single person should be equal under the law,” she said.
Vice News: The Rise of Mexican Black Tar Heroin (Video)
As the rate of opioid addiction has surged in the United States, Mexico has become the world’s third-largest producer of opium used to process heroin. Mexican cartels are now the primary suppliers of the drug to the US, producing a crude and unrefined form known as black tar, according to Vice News.