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CRUSHER’S FUNERAL He’s Dead. The City Isn’t Done With Him. Now on Audiobook
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For Sale: Books, Art and Other Stuff — Free Poetry
Notes, Thoughts, Art, Books and Poetry: STEPPING ON THE DEVIL’S TAIL — A CRIME NOVEL ************ ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Raul Hernandez is a former newspaper reporter who spent more than…
Feds: Dallas Clinic Aymancare to Pay $7.5M for Allegedly COVID-19 Testing Fraud
DALLAS — A Dallas-area medical clinic has agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve allegations it submitted fraudulent claims to the federal government for COVID-19 testing services performed on uninsured patients during…
FBI: Man Posing as 49ers Player Accused of Defrauding Women of $1.3 Million — 26 Victims
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two men accused of allegedly using dating apps, fake investment opportunities and claims of NFL wealth to defraud more than two dozen women of approximately $1.3 million have been…
San Antonio Felon Gets 140 Months for Two ATM Bombings, Illegal Firearms
SAN ANTONIO — A convicted felon was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in federal prison for attempting to blow open two San Antonio bank ATMs and illegally possessing firearms and…
Former Philips Engineer Convicted of Stealing X-Ray Trade Secrets to Help Chinese Competitor
CHICAGO — A former Philips Medical Systems engineer was convicted of stealing closely guarded X-ray technology and using it to help a Chinese competitor enter the medical-imaging market. A federal jury found…
Minneapolis Man Charged With Laundering $750,000 for CJNG Cartel
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal grand jury indicted a Minneapolis man accused of allegedly conspiring to launder at least $750,000 in drug proceeds for one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels, the Justice Department…
The World Is Sitting on 12,187 Nuclear Warheads—and Pretending That’s Security
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Billings Bail Bondsman Gets Prison for Trading Bail for Sex
A Billings bail bondsman was sentenced to one year in federal prison for pressuring jailed women for sex in exchange for reduced-cost bonds.
FBI Art Crime Team Repatriates 48 Ancient Artifacts to Egypt
LOS ANGELES — The FBI has returned 48 cultural artifacts to Egypt after investigators determined the objects had been illegally trafficked out of the country, officials announced last week. The artifacts were…
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Duo Convicted in Ponzi Scheme That Cost Hundreds of Investors Millions, Facing Up to 70 Years in Prison
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Former Colorado Teacher Gets 40 Years for Exploiting 37 Boys
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Former New Orleans Teacher Gets 33 Years for Sex Trafficking 16-Year-Old Girl
NEW ORLEANS — A former New Orleans schoolteacher was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in federal prison for trafficking and coercing a 16-year-old runaway into commercial sex acts, officials stated. Aaron Terod…