LAREDO, TEXAS — A Texas county commissioner was arrested today and charged with bribery after he allegedly accepted a Ford pickup truck, cash and electronic equipment in exchange for jobs and for…
Toyota to Pay Record $1.2 Billion Fine for Misleading Consumers About Serious Vehicle Defects
”[box type=”info” font=”georgia” fontsize=”20″]”…companies that make inherently dangerous products must be maximally transparent, not two-faced. That is why we have undertaken this landmark enforcement action. And the entire auto industry should take…
California Lawyer Convicted of Helping Businessmen Hide Millions of Dollars
[box type=”info” color=”FFFFFF” font=”times” fontsize=”18″]“We are getting more and more information all the time about offshore banking activities,” said Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally for the Tax Division. “We are committed to…
Shakespeare Died a Rich Man; He Put a Curse on Anybody Who Would Tamper With His Grave
William Shakespeare had seven siblings. He married Anne Hathaway when he was 18. She was 26 and she was pregnant when they married. Their first child was born six months after the wedding….
Tax Preparer Convicted of Preparing False Income Tax Returns
MICHIGAN – A Detroit man who prepared more than 3,000 tax returns and earned more than $500,000 was convicted today in U.S. District Court of obstructing the IRS and nine counts of…
Terrorist Group Commander Pleads Guilty to Taking U.S. Citizens Hostage
WASHINGTON D.C. – The commander of a Colombian terrorist group pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to taking U.S. citizens hostage for more than five years in 2003, according to federal officials. Alexander…
New York Fire Department Agrees to Pay $98 Million to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
NEW YORK – The City of New York will pay about $98 million to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of blacks and Hispanics who applied for jobs at the city’s…
Two Guilty of Bank Robbery by Staging a Kidnapping and Using a Fake Bomb
LOS ANGELES – Two California residents were found guilty today in U.S. District Court of plotting a bank heist and kidnapping and stealing more than $500,000 from the Bank of America, according…
Man Hacked Facebook Accounts of Young Females to Extort Them for Nude Photos
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Temecula College student to a year and six months in prison for hacking as many as 150 online accounts to extort…
The Feds Have Shutdown Hundreds of Fraudulent Tax Preparation Services – List Available Online
The feds have been busy shutting down many tax preparers throughout the nation who are concocting bogus losses and deductions including medical expenses, education credits, charitable contributions and other unauthorized expenses. One…
Animal Facts: An Elephant Can Eat 600 Pounds of Food a Day
African elephants are the largest and heaviest mammals on land. They weigh up to 14,000 pounds, and can eat as much as 600 pounds of food a day. Here are more facts…
Owner of Medical Clinic Gets Nine Years for Medicare Fraud Totaling $20 Million
FLORIDA – The owner and operator of a Miami medical clinic, Merfi Corp., was sentenced this week to nine years in prison for Medicare fraud. U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro also ordered that…