WASHINGTON D.C. A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced to 19 years and eight months in prison in federal court today for his role in making preparations to launch a terrorist attack with…
DOD Linguist Charged with Spying for Foreign National with Ties to Hizballah
WASHINGTON D.C. Mariam Taha Thompson, 61, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was charged Wednesday with transmitting highly sensitive classified national defense information to a foreign national with apparent connections to Hizballah, a foreign…
Do Car Passengers Have Rights When They Are in a Vehicle Stopped by Police?
Audit The Audit sorts out the who and what and the right and wrong of police interactions. Passengers are often indirectly involved in traffic stops and asked to produce identification by the…
Inmate Who Ran Drug Ring From a Prison Cell Indicted, Thousands of Messages Intercepted
WICHITA, KANSAS A 55-count federal indictment with 24 defendants unsealed Wednesday alleges that an inmate ran a drug ring in Wichita from a prison cell in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, U.S. Attorney…
Extradited Former Auto Parts Executive Guilty of Bid-Rigging Conspiracy
GEORGIA A fugitive for nearly five years who was extradited to the U.S. plead guilty to being involved in a bid-rigging conspiracy involving the sale of instrument panel clusters to several auto…
California Man Charged with Traveling Out of State to Have Sex with Six-Year-Old
SANTA ANA, CALIF An Orange County man surrendered to federal law enforcement Tuesday to face criminal charges that he traveled out of state to have sex with six-year-old and produce child pornography,…
Two Chinese Nationals Charged with Money Laundering More than $100 Million in Cryptocurrency
WASHINTON D.C. Two Chinese nationals were charged with laundering over $100 million worth of cryptocurrency from a hack of a cryptocurrency exchange, according to officials. The funds were stolen by North Korean…
Colorado Man Sentenced to Prison for Involvement in $7.2 Million Biodiesel Tax Scheme
COLORADO A Colorado resident was sentenced to six years and 11months in prison on Friday for his role in a biodiesel tax credit fraud scheme, federal officials announced Monday. According to the…
Diversicare Health Services Inc. Agree to Pay $9.5 Million to Resolve False Claim Act Allegations
TENNESSEE Diversicare Health Services Inc. agreed to pay $9.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims to Medicare, officials stated. The false claims…
Feds: Chinese Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Stealing Secrets Worth $1 Billion
OKLAHOMA A former associate scientist was sentenced to 24 months in prison in federal court today for stealing proprietary information worth more than $1 billion from his employer, a U.S. petroleum company,…
Dual U.S.-Mexican Citizen “La Negra” Arrested for Allegedly Violating Drug Kingpin Act
WASHINGTON D.C. A dual U.S.-Mexican citizen had her initial appearance in federal court Wednesday related to her alleged involvement in five businesses that allegedly were used to support the international drug trafficking…
Former Prisoner Transport Officer Indicted for Abusing Detainees
NEW MEXICO A federal grand jury in Albuquerque indicted former prison transport officer Anthony Buntyn, 53, for abusing detainees who were in his care and for threatening the detainees with retaliation if…