FLORIDA A federal court in Florida sentenced Eugene Marotta, 49, to 46 months in prison for scamming senior citizens and others, the Department of Justice announced Monday. Marotta, who was also ordered…
How to Aoid Buying Counterfeit Products Online
There’s a growing risk that the brand you buy online is actually a fake. Here’s how to protect yourself. By Laura Murphy December 07, 2018 With the holidays moving into full swing,…
Other Voices: 10 Police Techniques Used to Extract Confessions
These are ten police techniques used to extract confessions that range from the soft and gentle to the manipulative, confrontational, and coercive — including the good cop bad cop routine, making false promises…
ICE Press Release: 105 Arrests in N.J. Operation Targeting Criminals and Safety Threats
ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL PRESS RELEASE: 12/07/2018 NEWARK, N.J. — Four individuals in the country illegally who have Interpol warrants based on crimes they committed in their home countries were among 105 foreign…
Doctor Convicted for Illegally Distributing More Than 10,000 Oxycodone Pills
NEW YORK David Taylor, a state-licensed doctor, who was convicted Thursday by a jury for writing medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone over a five-year period will be sentenced in April, according to authorities….
FBI Press Release: Ransomware Abettor Who Demanded Payment of Fines Sentenced
December 6, 2018 Prison Term for Man Who Helped Reveton Ransomware Distributor Profit No, it was not the FBI that locked the screens of computer users and demanded payment for fines as the ransomware…
SPLC: Florida sheriffs’ Sued for Drawing Up Collaboration Agreements to Detain People for ICE
The suit is the first to challenge a Florida sheriff for unlawfully detaining people at ICE’s request as part of a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA), ICE’s latest scheme to use local law enforcement to find and…
One-Way Ticket to Gangland/U.S. Deportees Sent Back to El Salvador
One-Way Ticket to Gangland: Krishnan Guru-Murthy meets the deportees, some of whom have spent most of their lives in the USA, who are being forced to return to El Salvador. Gang warfare…
Army Sgt. Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Helping the Terrorist Group ISIS
HAWAII A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Ikaika Erik Kang, 35, a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army formerly stationed at Schofield Barracks, to 25 years in prison for providing support…
ICE: Member of Mexican Sex Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison
ICE PRESS RELEASE: New York—Raul Granados-Rendon, a member of the Granados family sex trafficking ring based in Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico, was sentenced Monday in federal court to eight years imprisonment. Granados-Rendon…
Michigan Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Dog-Fighting Conspiracy
MICHIGAN A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Western Michigan man to 30 months in prison for his role in a dogfighting conspiracy, officials announced. Charles Deon Davis Jr., 34, of Wyoming,…
Former Judge Sentenced to Prison for Obstruction of Justice, Stealing Federal Funds
TENNESSEE A federal judge sentenced a former Davidson County, Tennessee judge on Monday to three years and eight months in prison, according to authorities. Chief U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr….