A licensed pharmacist was arrested today in Chicago on charges related to his alleged sale of dozens of authentic Centers for Disease
The Chief of Staff to then Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia entered a guilty plea today to charges of extortion, bribery and making false statements.
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A Sussex County, New Jersey, man will make his initial court appearance today on charges of fraudulently obtaining a federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of over $5 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
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Shoppers looking for a good deal this holiday season, be on the lookout for scammers trying to steal a deal too! According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), Arizona ranked 17 in the number of alleged scam victims reported in 2019, with 7,795 consumers claiming a reported total loss of more than $47
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The deputy governor of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul was killed in a targeted attack Tuesday morning when someone stuck a magnetic mine, also called a sticky bomb to his car.
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Nizar Farhat, 63, of Palm Desert, who was a former construction manager based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, appeared this morning in United States District Court in Charleston, South Carolina, where a judge set his bond at $75,000. Farhat was arrested on Friday by FBI agents in Mount Pleasant,
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Today, North Alabama federal law enforcement agencies announced their participation and continuing engagement in the global law enforcement action against transnational money laundering and fraud perpetrated by “money mules”. The local North Alabama offices of the United States Attorney’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Postal Inspection Service, and U.S. Secret Service took part
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A federal judge in Austin sentenced 51-year-old Tamra Maurene Villarreal (aka Tamra Creighton Villarreal), the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Richardson Enterprises, Ltd. headquartered in Austin, to 63 months imprisonment for her role in a close to $16 million embezzlement scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs,
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On Wednesday, December 9th, federal agents arrested three individuals for using stolen personal identifying information to open fraudulent online bank accounts and loans, announced U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
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PITTSBURGH – Additionally, 16 corporate entities (pharmacies) pled guilty to charges of healthcare fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and/or conspiracy to violate the federal anti-kickback statutes. Brothers Mehran David Kohanbash, and Joseph Kohan and their nephew, Nima Rodefshalom, entered pleas of guilty to three counts of a criminal Information before United States District Judge Susan
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Shawn E. Whitecotton, 49, of Herrin, Illinois, pleaded guilty today to a two-count felony information charging him with making false statements on government forms. As part of his guilty plea, Whitecotton admitted concealing from the federal government thousands of dollars he received from a government contractor.
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