Since Monday, December 8, letters containing a note and suspicious white powder have been received by the offices of more than 40 governors across the country. Additional letters have been received at several U.S. Embassies overseas, said Robert E. Casey,…

A settlement has been reached between the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and CompuCredit Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia (CompuCredit), a company charged with deceptive marketing of subprime credit cards with three FDIC-supervised banks in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act…

Theres a song about Chicago that keeps ringing in my ears, and its not Frank Sinatras Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin town. I have a hunch the latest arrest log of folks arent about to bet [their] bottom dollar [theyll] lose…

CHICAGO A six-passenger, twin propeller engine aircraft flew on May 13 this year into west suburban DuPage Airport where three men awaited its arrival. Two of them Ahyetoro A. Taylor and Raphael Manuel, both Cook County Sheriffs Office Correctional Officers…

Tucson, Arizona Border Patrol Agents from the Tucson Sector made six significant drug seizures early this month. Seizures occurred throughout the Tucson Sector; two from Nogales, two from the Tucson, one from Sonoita, and one from the Casa Grande. Agents…

Phoenix, Arizona - A major Phoenix-based smuggling organization has been broken up and 35 individuals have been indicted on felony charges relating to human smuggling. The indictment is the result of a seven-month investigation by the Arizona Financial Crimes Task…

NEW YORK - Bernard L. Madoff, the founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, a registered investment adviser, and former Chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market, was arrested and charged with one count of securities fraud. According to the…

Blagojevich and aide allegedly conspired to sell U.S. Senate appointment, engaged inpay-to-play schemes and threatened to withhold state assistance to Tribune Company for Wrigley Field to induce purge of newspaper editorial writers. CHICAGO Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his…

SACRAMENTO, Calif.The United States Attorney General has filed two civil complaints seeking the forfeiture of more than $15 million in tobacco products, over $76,000 seized from bank accounts controlled by Ideal Tobacco and Phoenix Cash & Carry, and over $23,000…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As part of its ongoing effort to increase and diversify America's energy supply, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management published final regulations to establish a commercial oil shale program that could result in the…

Charges include conspiracy, harboring illegal aliens, aggravated identity theft, document fraud and bank fraud CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Agriprocessors Inc., its former CEO, three company managers and a company human resources employee were all charged with federal immigration crimes in…

Changes will allow more struggling families to use the program and keep their homes WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the HOPE for Homeowners (H4H) Board of Directors has approved changes to the program to help…