09/04/2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. The largest group of Cuban nationals to be removed on a single flight in recent years occurred Aug. 30. Officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement…
Drug Maker Agrees to Pay More Than $15 Million to Resolve for Allegedly “Wining and Dining” Doctors
PENNSYLVANIA Pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt ARD LLC (formerly known as Mallinckrodt ARD Inc. and previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. “Questcor”), agreed to pay $15.4 million to resolve claims that the business paid illegal kickbacks,…
Man Arrested for Allegedly Selling Fentanyl Pills to Rapper Mac Miller Two Days Before his Overdose Death
LOS ANGELES A Hollywood Hills resident was arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging that he sold counterfeit pharmaceutical narcotics containing fentanyl to Mac Miller two days before the hip-hop…
CONSUMER AFFAIRS: Do you know your rights as an airline passenger
The contract of carriage that travelers sign comes with many stipulations By Gary Guthrie 08/30/2019 | ConsumerAffairs | Airline and Airport News Photo (c) Ralf Geithe – Getty Images In today’s world, most travelers jump on an…
Court Orders Company to Stop Distributing Unapproved New Drugs, Misbranded Dietary Supplements
TENNESSEE A federal court entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against defendants Basic Reset and Biogenyx, as well as their owner, Fred R. Kaufman III, and Kimberly Kaufman, the Department of…
Four Peruvians Sentenced for Threatening and Extorting U.S. Consumers
FLORIDA A federal judge last week sentenced four residents of Lima, Peru, charged with overseeing a series of call centers that threatened and extorted Spanish-speaking victims in the U.S., according to authorities….
Auditing the Auditors: Cops Have a Right to Ask a Motorist to Step Out of a Vehicle
Audit The Audit Published on Sep 2, 2019 Welcome to Audit The Audit, where we sort out the who and what and the right and wrong of police interactions. Help us grow…
Mexican Mafia “Shot Caller” Convicted of 2016 Murder and Other Federal Crimes
LOS ANGELES A federal jury this week found Mexican Mafia member and “shot caller” of the Santa Fe Springs- and Whitter-based Canta Ranas street gang guilty of crimes including the murder of…
JUST SAYING: Fox to Trump — “We don’t work for you.”
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] “We don’t work for you. I don’t work for you” — Neil Cavuto said to Trump after Trump criticized Fox News, according to Huffington Post….
Physician’s Assistant Sentence to Prison for Fraudulently Prescribing 40,470 Oxycodone Pills
LOUISIANA A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based physician’s assistant was sentenced to seven years in prison today for his role in a scheme to unlawfully distribute prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills, according to…
Man Sentenced to Six Months of Home Detention for Trafficking in Protected Turtles
PENNSYLVANIA A federal judge sentenced David Sommers, 64, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, to six months imprisonment, three years of supervised release including six months of home detention, and to pay $250,000 in restitution…
An Associate of a Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced for Taking Money from Drug Dealers
TEXAS A federal judge sentenced an associate of a former U.S. Border Patrol Agent to four years in prison followed by one year of supervised release for conspiring to accept money in…