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….
FBI: Money Mule Schemes Exploiting the CONVID-19 Pandemic
Fraudsters are taking advantage of the uncertainty and fear surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic to steal your money, access your personal and financial information, and use you as a money mule, according to…
N.J. Chiropractor Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Allegations of Knee Injections, Knee Braces, Kickbacks
NEW JERSEY David Podell, a New Jersey chiropractor, has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he both knowingly billed Medicare for medically-unnecessary viscosupplementation…
HBO’s John Oliver: Trump’s Favorite Right-Wing Network
One America News, or OAN, is a far-right news network being embraced by President Trump at his coronavirus press briefings. John Oliver takes a look at who they are, how they report,…
British Man Charged Shipping Mislabeled and Unapproved “Treatments” for COVID-19 Patients
LOS ANGELES A British man was named today in a federal criminal complaint that charges him with smuggling into the United States mislabeled drugs purported to be a treatment for those suffering…
Florida Businessman Guilty of Evading Taxes on Millions, Stashing Money Around the World
FLORIDA A Lake Worth, Florida, businessman plead guilty Friday to tax evasion and willful failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank or Financial Account, officials said Friday. According to court documents,…