The Department of Justice this week announced that on April 20, the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) began its fifth distribution of approximately $378.5 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. Government in…
California Pastor Guilty of Conning Investors Out of $33 Million
SANTA ANA, CALIF. The pastor of the Westminster-based Church of the Healthy Self has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he orchestrated a church-based investment scam that took in…
Former DARE Police Officer Arrested for Possession of Child Pornograph
In a brief press release, the Department of Justice stated this week: “Kevin A. Kovacs, a former longtime Beavercreek police officer, was arrested this morning on federal charges of producing, distributing, receiving,…
Maryland Cardiologist to Pay for Alleged Kickbacks for Medical Testing
MARYLAND Mubashar Choudry, M.D., and three medical practices —Washington Cardiovascular Institute, Advanced Vascular Resources, and Washington Vascular Institute — have agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations, federal officials…
JUST SAYING: Clorox and Bright Light; Gangster Kim Opens Fertilizer Plant; Banking with the Feds; Trump’s Crash Dummies; Trump Wants to Sink Iranian Gunboats, and Who Can You Believe, the Voices in Trump’s Head or Medical Experts?
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] THE CLOROX SOLUTION Washington Post headline: President erupts at George Conway for ‘Mourning in America’ video, about the ‘deadly virus Trump ignored’ Keeping my fingers crossed…
Feds Denounce Hate Targeting Asians and Others During Coronavirus Pandemic
PORTLAND Federal officials denounced discrimination and acts of hate targeting Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and other racial and ethnic minorities and called on Oregonians to take steps to counter xenophobia…
Laboratory, Former Executives to Pay $41 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Urine Drug Testing
FLORIDA Flordida-based Logan Laboratories Inc., Tampa Pain Relief Centers Inc. (Tampa Pain), a pain clinic along with two of their former executives, Michael T. Doyle and Christopher Utz Toepke agreed to pay…
Iowa Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Repeatedly Raping a 13-Year-Old Girl
CEDAR RAPIDS A federal judge on Monday sentenced Damon Whitebreast, 22, of Montour, Iowa to 10 years in prison for repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl, according to authorities. Whitebreast plead guilty in…
Louisiana Agrees to Pay Millions to Resolve Allegations of Mishandling the Federal Food Stamp Program
WASHINGTON Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services agrees to pay more than $3.9 million to resolve disputes pertaining to the operation of the food stamp program or SNAP, according to officials….
Florida Man Who Threatened to Spread Covid-19 by Spitting and Coughing at Cops Arrested
Tampa, Florida A criminal complaint was filed against James Jamal Curry, 31, St. Petersburg for spitting on an arresting officer multiple times—hitting the officer’s face, nose, and inside her mouth with blood-filled…
N.M. Accountant Guilty of Stealing More than $1.5 Million from Victims During a Real Estate Scam
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Thomas Laws, 62, of Silver City, New Mexico pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico to four counts of wire…
ICE: Salvadoran Gang Member Wanted for Capital Murder Re-Arrested in Texas
DALLAS Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested a Salvadoran man Thursday night in Arlington, Texas, who was wanted for capital murder, according to officials….