Foreign Operation Targeted Small Businesses and Nonprofits in United States and Other Countries At the Federal Trade Commissions request, a federal judge has temporarily halted a European-based operation that has allegedly bilked small businesses and nonprofit organizations, including churches, out…

PHOENIX Indicted infomercial pitchman Donald Lapre, of Phoenix, who previously failed to appear at his arraignment on 41 counts for Conspiracy, Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, Promotional Money Laundering and Transactional Money Laundering, will remain in custody pending trial. At a…

Tucson, Ariz. - More than 2,400 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of $1.2 million was seized by Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents in six separate incidents in the past 24 hours. Yesterday morning, as Casa Grande Station agents…

WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration issued additional stop work orders over the last twenty-four hours to construction and technology contractors for critical modernization projects around the country after Congress failed to pass an FAA bill. The FAA halted dozens of…

One DEA Operation Results in Arrests of Defendants for Agreeing to Acquire $9.5 Million Worth of Surface-to-Air Missiles and Other Weapons for Hizballah Separate DEA Operation Culminates in Arrest of Heroin and Weapons Trafficker from Kandahar, Afghanistan for Taliban-Related Narco-Terrorism…

PHOENIX -- The largest settlement of a fair housing lawsuit in the Civil Rights Divisions history has been reached between the office of the Arizona Attorney General and Hall Financial Group, Ltd. The settlement arises from a housing discrimination lawsuit…

Tucson, Ariz. More than 4,700 pounds of marijuana valued at about $2.3 million was seized yesterday by Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents in two separate incidents. Ajo Station Border Patrol agents seize 4400 lbs of marijuana valued at nearly $2.3…

Twenty-Month Series of Investigations Lead to Nearly 2,000 Arrests, Over $60 Million Seized WASHINGTON, D.C. Project Delirium, a 20-month series of investigations nationwide targeting the La Familia Michoacana cartel, has culminated in one of the largest strike against La Familia…

Lengthy ICE-led investigation leads to arrest of wedding shop owners FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. Four members of a Flagstaff family are facing federal charges following their arrest Thursday for exploiting Vietnamese nationals for nearly a decade in an elaborate forced labor scheme…

PHOENIX, AZ Effective Friday, July 22, 2011 at 6:00 a.m., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will lift fire restrictions on public lands in south-central and central Arizona under the jurisdiction of the BLM Phoenix District. The recent onset of…

DES Fraud Unit Works With Federal and Local Authorities to Bust Scam PHOENIX A significant series of indictments and search warrants have been issued against individuals and retailers involved in defrauding the federal food stamp program. It is believed that…

J.P. Morgan to Pay $228 Million to Settle Charges By SEC, Others Washington, D.C. The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) with fraudulently rigging at least 93 municipal bond reinvestment transactions in 31 states, generating…