Politics

Washington Man Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charge Related to Racially Motivated Assault

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Seattle has indicted Jamie Larson, 49, on a federal hate crime charge relating to a racially motivated assault of a 50-year-old Sikh man.

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CVS TO PAY $11 MILLION TO SETTLE CIVIL PENALTY CLAIMS INVOLVING

CVS Pharmacy, Inc., and Oklahoma CVS Pharmacy, L.L.C., (collectively “CVS”), have agreed to pay $11,000,000 to the United States to settle civil penalty claims for record-keeping violations under the Controlled Substances Act and related regulations,...

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Ambulance Company and Owners Plead Guilty in Health Care Fraud Scheme

MedEx Ambulance Inc., located in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, and its owners, Aleksandr N. Zagrodony and Sergey Zagorodny, pleaded guilty to all counts of a 41-count indictment charging them with health care fraud, false statements in connection with...

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Camp Pendleton Contracting Official Arrested on Federal Bribery Charges

Daphne Hearn, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI San Diego Field Office, announces the arrest of Natividad Lara Cervantes, aka Nate Cervantes, age 64 of San Diego, California, on federal bribery charges.

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California Accountant Charged with Aiding and Assisting the Preparation of False Tax Returns

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment Thursday charging Jeffery Deshon Applewhite, aka Jeffery Donald Mason, of Los Angeles, with aiding and assisting the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent federal income tax returns, the...

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Announce Federal Corruption Charges Against New York State Senator Malcolm Smith and New York City Council Member Daniel Halloran

Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced Tuesday the unsealing of a...

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Former City Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Charges

Arlene Gerson, 46, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and attempted distribution of oxycodone, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.

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Former Defense Department Contract Employee Sentenced to 35 Months in Prison for Participating in Corruption Scheme at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait

A former contract employee of the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) was sentenced Tuesday to serve 35 months in prison for his participation in a bribery and money laundering scheme arising from corruption in the award of defense contracts at Camp Arifjan...

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