The Panama papers are the Wikileaks of the financial world: Nearly 12 million unearthed documents from one Panamanian law firm show how offshore shell companies keep trillions of dollars out of our global economy — some of it held by drug traffickers, arms dealers, and politicians, according to Fusion TV’s investigative series.
Pastor Allegedly Stole Church Members Donations, Made Purchases at Men’s Stores and Victoria Secrets
A federal grand jury indicted the former senior pastor of Second African Baptist Church in Savannah on 97 counts of mail and wire fraud for stealing more than $250,000 from church members offerings between March 2005 and February 2014, according to officials.
Convicted Leader of Mexican Mafia-Affiliated Street Gang, “Big Rascal,” Worked as an Electrician For L.A. County
A federal judge found a longtime member of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Southside Montebello street gang guilty today of federal racketeering charges that included providing a firearm used by another gang member to kill a rival.
Blue Eyed People Have a Higher Tolerance for Alcohol and Other Facts About Blue Eyes
A researcher in Denmark has concluded that every blue-eyed person in the world is related.
Evidence suggests that every human being that existed up until around 6,000 or 10,000 years ago had brown eyes. DNA testing helped reveal that it was a mutation that occurred thousands of years ago that caused some people to have blue eyes. This certainly must have been a startling development for the people of the time who had only ever seen people with brown eyes up until that point. People with blue eyes are quite likely to be descendants of that first blue-eyed individual, according to Factual Facts.
Man Ran a Scam Forty Times Racking Up $35,000 in Return-Merchandise Losses at Home Depot
A man was charged this week in federal court with scamming Home Depot of more $35,000.
In 2005, the suspect used the same scam to steal $330,000 from Home Depot and was sent to prison, according to officials.
Robert Dooley, 56, of Salem, Mass., was charged Thursday in a criminal complaint with one count of wire fraud.
Doctors Guilty of Illegally Certifying Medicare Patients as Terminally ill to Place Them in Hospice Care
A federal jury Thursday found two doctors guilty today of health care fraud charges for falsely certifying that Medicare patients were terminally ill, and therefore qualified for hospice care, when the vast majority of them were not actually dying.
Man Who Allegedly Operated a $7 Million Ponzi Scheme that Allegedly Fleeced 400 Investors Arrested
But Ju Ding does not appear to have engaged in any business or to have sold any goods, according to the complaint.
An FBI agent who reviewed Ju Ding financial accounts determined that approximately 400 victims invested more than $6.9 million in traceable funds (which does not include cash deposits that may have been made with the company).
Brawl between heavily armed motorcycle clubs at Denver expo started over stairwell — One Dead
The 17 Iron Order Motorcycle Club members found themselves divided, surrounded and outnumbered by a rival club in a stairwell at the National Western Complex.
Doctor Convicted of 162 Counts of Health Care Fraud Against Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross Blue Shield
Jurors found a 59-year-old physician Ona M. Colasante, guilty of 162 counts of health care fraud where the evidence indicated that he intentionally misdiagnosed patients and did unnecessary medical tests, according to officials.
Virginia police launch investigation after video shows cops threatening witnesses
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Portsmouth police are investigating a controversial cell phone video that’s circulating on social media.
The video was shot Saturday around 3 p.m. at the London Oaks Apartment Complex and runs about 3 1/2 minutes. It shows a man in handcuffs on the ground and two officers standing over him. Then you can hear people surrounding the officers berating them, yelling and cursing and claiming the officers beat the man.
48 Alleged Gangster Disciples Gang Members Including a Cop indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Racketeering (News Video)
Forty-eight alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples Gang – including the top leaders in Tennessee and Georgia – have been charged in two indictments and accused of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that included multiple murders, attempted murder and drug crimes.
NYPD Cop Admits to Supplying Oxycodone to Drug Dealers and Money Laundering
A New York City police officer plead guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute Oxycodone in Vermont, according to officials this week.