Politics

Morgan Stanley Agrees to Pay $2.6 Billion Penalty in Connection with Its Sale of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities

The Justice Department on February 11 announced that Morgan Stanley will pay a $2.6 billion penalty to resolve claims related to Morgan Stanley’s marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). This settlement...

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Gunsmoke Gun Shop Owner and Former Discovery Channel Star Indicted and Arrested for Conspiracy, Dealing in Firearms without a License and Tax Related Charges

Richard Wyatt, 52, of Evergreen, Colorado, on February 11 surrendered to authorities on charges of conspiracy, dealing in firearms without a license and tax related charges, U.S. Attorney John Walsh for the District of Colorado, Special Agent in...

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Widespread Public Corruption Inside Georgia Prisons

The FBI’s Atlanta Division on February 11 announced the results of an investigation into widespread public corruption within the Georgia prison system that uncovered extensive crimes carried out by inmates with the help of corrupt guards—crimes whose...

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Criminal Charges Against Owner Of $161 Million Fraudulent Internet Payday Lending Enterprise

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Mark Bialek, Inspector General for the Board...

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Large drug bust in Perth seizes $66 million worth of Ice

A 22-year-old Chinese national has been arrested and 26.4 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine has been seized in Perth following a joint agency investigation to reduce the flow of ice into Western Australia.

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Wife of Dead ISIL Leader Charged in Death of Kayla Jean Mueller

Nisreen Assad Ibrahim Bahar, aka Umm Sayyaf, 25, an Iraqi citizen and wife of Abu Sayyaf, a senior leader within the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) until his death last year, was charged by criminal complaint on February 8 for her role in...

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Australia charges Auburn woman

Australian New South Wales Joint Counter Terrorism Team has charged an 18-year-old Auburn woman with 31 counts of “failure to answer questions” under the provisions of Section 25 (2)(b) of the Crime Commission Act (2012) (NSW).

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New Jersey Pipe Supply Company Owner Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison for Role in Fraud and Bribery Conspiracy in Power Generation Industry

A New Jersey industrial pipe supply company and its owner were sentenced Tuesday for conspiring to commit fraud and pay bribes to a purchasing manager at Consolidated Edison of New York in return for the manager’s efforts to steer contracts to the...

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