MASSACHUSETTS Three pharmaceutical companies – Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Jazz), Lundbeck LLC (Lundbeck), and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Alexion) – agreed to pay $122 million to resolve allegations that they violated kickback laws, according…
Former Prison Guard Sgt. is Facing 20 Years in Prison for Assaulting Inmates
ALABAMA Former Alabama Department of Corrections Sergeant Ulysses Oliver Jr., 44, who plead in federal court to assaulting two handcuffed inmates is facing up to 20 years in prison, according to officials….
A former congressional staffer Sentenced to Prison for Fraud and Election Crimes
TEXAS A former congressional staffer was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $564,718.65 in restitution and $156,855.29 in forfeiture, for participating in a multi-year scheme to defraud…
MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 26 Years for Murder, Other Crimes
MARYLAND A federal judge sentenced a gang member to 26 years in prison last week for being involved in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, including murder and…
California Man Sentenced for Deadly Wichita Swatting Incident
California Man Sentenced In Deadly Wichita Swatting Case WICHITA, KAN. – A California man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in federal prison for making a hoax call to Wichita police that resulted…
Just Saying: Princess the Pig; Making Benito Blush & Trump’s Criminal and Financial Empire About to Implode
By Raul Hernandez [email protected] PRINCESS THE PIG “It’s just a really bizarre case,” said Arcata Police Lt. Todd Dockweiler. That’s an understatement. Princess the 400-pound California pig wandered off from her owner’s…
Chicago Company Owner Convicted for Role in $3 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme
ILLINOIS A federal jury found the owner of a now-defunct Chicago, Illinois home health company guilty today for her role in a scheme involving over $3 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare…
Dallas Man Guilty of Targeting, Kidnapping and Assaulting Gay Men
Michael Atkinson, 24, plead guilty Thursday to kidnapping and conspiracy charges in connection with his involvement in a scheme to target gay men for violent crimes, according to officials. “The Department of Justice…
U.S. Citizen Guilty of Attempting to Murder 11-Month Old Daughter In Spain
SPAIN U.S. citizen and military dependent pleaded guilty this week to the attempted murder of her infant child while stationed with her husband in Spain, according to federal authorities. Shawna Chapman, 32,…
Man Guilty of Role in $200 Million Pharmacy Scheme
MISSISSIPPI A Hattiesburg, Mississippi man plead guilty this week for his role in a $200 million compounding pharmacy scheme to defraud health care benefit programs, including TRICARE, according to officials. TRICARE is…
Cops Who Beat a Restrained Suspect Were Charged with Civil Rights Offenses
INDIANA Two Indiana police officers — Cory Newland, 35, and Joshua Titus, 30, — were charged last week with federal civil rights officers with the Elkhart, Indiana, Police Department, were indicted yesterday…
How Cops Can Legally Lie to Get a Confession
Al Jazeera English Published on Jan 9, 2015 Should a confession to a crime be enough to convict someone of a crime?