The Office of Inspector General for the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced a special fraud alert last month. Special fraud alerts serve as a warning on particular practices that the agency plans on investigating further. In this first warning issued in six years, pharmaceutical companies are... Read More »
Over 400 different lawmakers across 34 countries are in support of a new initiative called the Make Amazon Pay campaign. This campaign has released a list of "common demands for Amazon," in which signatories have outlined the negative impact Amazon has had on workers, communities, and the world as a... Read More »
With a story juicy enough to be a hit movie, the secret identity of the infamous “Con Queen of Hollywood” was revealed in a London courtroom to be an Indonesian man, Hargobind Tahilramani, 41. Nicknamed the “Con Queen of Hollywood” because of his alleged scheme to steal hundreds of thousands... Read More »
At a news conference on the steps of the federal courthouse in Central Islip on Wednesday, December 2, Seth DuCharme, acting United States Attorney in Brooklyn, announced the indictment of six individuals in connection with a “birth tourism” scheme in Long Island, New York. DuCharme stated, “the indictment unsealed today... Read More »
Two American citizens who were the subject of a lawsuit filed in 2019 against the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol have reached a settlement deal. The lawsuit was filed by the Immigrants' Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez. The two... Read More »
The Cheesecake Factory was served something off the menu by the Feds on December 4: a whopping $125,000 fine. The California-based company with 300 national restaurants in the US and Canada allegedly was caught hiding cash that the dining chain was losing in the early days of the COVID-19 Pandemic.... Read More »
A Mesa, Arizona, man pled guilty to running an illegal adoption ring that involved three states and two countries. Paul Petersen is a former Maricopa County Assessor who was charged with running an illegal adoption ring through his Mesa law office. Investigators looking into Petersen's criminal activity alleged that along... Read More »
Last Wednesday, a New York City man pleaded not guilty in a U.S. District Court on federal charges brought against him for threatening Biden supporters during the U.S. Presidential election. The indictment also lists the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Brian Maiorana is... Read More »
California Governor Gavin Newsom lost ground in a new US Supreme Court ruling yesterday that sided with a church that had defied the governor’s temporary order to restrict religious services. The justices tossed out the order from the federal trial court in the Central District of California, which had previously... Read More »
Chemistry student Yukai Yang, 24, of China, has pled guilty to attempted first-degree murder and other related charges against his roommate, Juwan Royal. Juwan Royal, a black student who roomed with Yang at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, was the victim of repeated poisoning with the heavy metal thallium. The... Read More »
It won’t be a happy New Year for millions of Americans if the government’s moratorium on housing evictions expires on New Year’s Eve -- a night when people traditionally celebrate without worrying that their families may soon become homeless and freeze. With this in mind, Patricia Lee Refo, President of... Read More »
A federal grand jury has indicted the captain of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California last September. The 67-year-old captain, Jerry Nehl Boylan, was indicted on 34 counts of negligent seaman’s manslaughter. The incident took place during the early hours of September 2nd,... Read More »
The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in the 11 states of the Confederacy and those areas not under Union control at the time of its signing. The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution was intended to abolish slavery in the rest of the nation. However, some problematic language remained which... Read More »
On the positive side, the candy companies in question do not claim to condone child slave trafficking. In fact, according to court filings, Nestle USA “firmly believes that traffickers deserve punishment.” But, they stressed, “This case is not about any of that.” Indeed, Nestle & Cargill v. Doe, heard in... Read More »
Justin Ash, a 37-year-old resident of Murrieta, California, was sentenced to prison for the illegal sale and distribution of drugs. During his plea that took place in January of 2020, Ash divulged his operation in obtaining illegal drugs in bulk from overseas manufacturers for the purpose of selling them online... Read More »
