FBI BLOG: (June 9, 2015) Financial fraud comes in all shapes and sizes. And while corporate criminals, inside traders, and Ponzi schemers often cause their victims to lose millions of dollars, the…
R.I. Former Speaker of the House Sentenced for Stealing $108,000 and Accepting $52,000 in Bribes
PROVIDENCE, RI A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a 53-year-old former Rhode Island speaker of the house and former vice-chairman of the city of Providence Board of Licenses to three years…
Former DEA Agent Who Posed As FBI Agent Arrested at LAX for Stealing Victims’ Money
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. Authorities arrested a former DEA agent who teamed up with another man to steal money from two victims in two, separate fraudulent schemes, officials said. David Garcia Herrera, 70,…
Feds: 14 Members of Black Guerilla Family Prison Gang Indicted for Racketeering
BALTIMORE, MD A federal grand jury returned a racketeering indictment charging 14 defendants for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family, a prison gang,…
Qazi Brothers Sentenced to Federal Prison for Terrorism and Assaulting Two U.S. Marshals
FLORIDA A federal judge today sentenced brothers Raees Alam Qazi, 22, and Sheheryar Alam Qazi, 32, both naturalized U.S. citizens from Pakistan, to 35 years and 20 years in prison for terrorism…
DEA: 51 Arrests, 28 Weapons, 34,000 of Doses of Heroin Seized During Major Drug Bust — Heroin Epidemic
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI The Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement agencies announced Wednesday that 51 drug and weapons arrests were made this week against violent heroin traffickers and criminal organizations in…
City of Oxnard Investigative Report: Police “Shooting Tattoo” Allegations Unfounded
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] OXNARD, CALIF. — An internal administrative investigation of the Oxnard Police Department concluded that allegations that some Oxnard police officers earn and put on so-called “shooting tattoos”after they…
City Official Accepted Kickbacks and Bribes In Exchange for City Construction Projects Totaling $800,000
INDIANAPOLIS U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt sentenced the manager of the Engineering Services for the city of Bloomington to four years and seven months in prison for accepting kickbacks…
Father and Son Given Long Prison Sentences for Their Roles in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
HOUSTON The former president of a Houston hospital, his son along with a co-conspirator were sentenced Tuesday to 45 years, 20 years and 12 years in prison, respectively, for their roles…
Want to Know What’s Going on in the Federal Government? File a FOIA Request
“Since 1967, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has provided the public the right to request access to records from any federal agency. It is often described as the law that keeps…
A Leader of “Buddy Bandits” Who Recruited and Trained Juveniles to do Bank Robberies Sent to Prison
SEATTLE A federal judge sentenced the co-leader of group dubbed the “Buddy Bandits” who were responsible for eight robberies in 2014 to seven years in prison, officials stated. Vincent G. Thompson…
Business Woman accused of corpse abuse pleads guilty to food stamp fraud
DALLAS A woman who is accused of abuse of corpse plead guilty this year to food stamp fraud and was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, according to authorities. U.S….