NEW JERSEY A former executive admitted that he conspired to eliminate competition by fixing prices, rigging bids and allocating customers for liquid aluminum sulfate supplied to cities and pulp and paper businesses,…
Mexican Cartel Kidnappers Facing Life Sentences For Abducting South Carolina Man
COLUMBIA, SC A jury only needed 45 minutes to convict Juan Fuentes-Morales and Ruben Ceja-Rangel on eight charges in connection with the drug-cartel abduction of a St. Mathews, South Carolina man in 2014,…
Police Captain Indicted for Encouraging Tasing of Jail Inmates and Making False Statements
GEORGIA A federal grand jury indicted a DeKalb County, Georgia, sheriff’s captain for tasing inmates without justification, many of them multiple times, in five separate incidents in 2011 and 2012, officials announced…
Chicago Man Offered to Hire Hit Man to Kill Two Witnesses in His Son’s Murder Trial
CHICAGO U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin sentenced a father who offered to hire a hit man to execute two potential witnesses in his son’s murder trial to 17 years and six…
Federal Judge to GSA Official’s Friends and Family: Accepting Bribes “Not Acceptable”
SAN DIEGO At a sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel noted that Timothy Francis Cashman was a religious man who performed many good deeds and selfless acts throughout his life….
William Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Had “The Pit” Where the “Stinkards” Stood
The Globe Theatre was built between 1597 and 1599 in Southwark on the south bank of London’s River Thames, funded by Richard Burbage and built by carpenter Peter Smith and his workers…
FRONTLINE: The Stickup Kid in Adult Prison
Frontline explores what happens when a juvenile offender is sent to adult prison. (Aired December 2014)
International Drug Trafficking Kingpin Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison
WASHINGTON D.C. A federal judge today sentenced an international drug kingpin and money launderer who operated in several countries to 30 years in prison , according to authorities. Gregory Joel Sitzmann, 65,…
Man Who Tried to Send Iran Highly Sensitive Material About Jet Engines Sentenced to Prison
CONNECTICUT A federal judge today sentenced Mozaffar Khazaee, 61, formerly of Manchester, Connecticut, to eight years and a month in prison, officials said. U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant of Connecticut also…
Nevada Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years for Running a $10 Million Ponzi Scheme
LOS ANGELES A federal judge today sentenced the architect of a fraudulent investment scheme that caused scores of victims to suffer losses of nearly $10 million to 12 years and seven months…
Lumber Liquidators Admitted Using Timber From the Habitat of Russian Siberian Tigers
VIRGINIA Virginia-based hardwood flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators Inc. plead guilty today in federal court in Norfolk, Virginia, to environmental crimes related to its illegal importation of hardwood flooring, officials announced. Much of…
Eight Indicted for Using Skimmers at Gas Pumps to Collect Credit Card Information
LOS ANGELES Authorities on Wednesday arrested four defendants charged with federal fraud and identity theft charges for allegedly participating in a scheme that installed credit card “skimmers” inside gas pumps at gas…