HOUSTON Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed three fugitives Wednesday wanted for homicide in Mexico, according to officials. Alfredo Medina-Martinez, 29, Guillermo Vazquez-Saenz, 51,…
CNBC: How the Bail Sytem Works
CNBC: “When someone finds themselves in jail, they can often gain their freedom while they await trial by posting bail. But even small bails amounting to just $500 or $1,000 can prove…
Feds Disrupt Hundreds of Online COVID-19 Scams, Offer Tips on How to Keep from Getting Ripped Off
WASHINGTON D.C. Federal authorities announced Wednesday that an ongoing cooperative effort between law enforcement and a number of private-sector companies, including multiple internet domain providers and registrars, has resulted in the disruption…
California Man Arrested for Cyberstalking Two Teenage Girls Who Rejected His Sexual Advances
LOS ANGELES FBI agents on Tuesday arrested a San Gabriel Valley man and online promoter of the involuntary celibate (incel) subculture on a federal cyberstalking charge, according to officials. Carl Bennington conducted…
California Man Charged With $410 million Telemedicine Kickback Scheme
SAVANNAH, GA. A California man who operated a durable medical equipment (DME) company has been charged for his alleged participation in a massive healthcare fraud scheme, according to officials. The defendant is…
Victims of Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme Will Divide More Than $378 Million in Forfeited Funds
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…