NEW YORK Bashit Noorzai, a former Mujahideen warlord and strong ally of the Taliban, was sentenced last week to life in prison on heroin importation and distribution conspiracy charges. Noorzai was found guilty of the charges following a jury trial…

WASHINGTONQuest Diagnostics Incorporated and its subsidiary, Nichols Institute Diagnostics (NID), have entered into a global settlement with the United States to resolve criminal and civil claims concerning various types of diagnostic test kits that NID manufactured, marketed and sold to…

More than $1 million in heroin is discovered inside hollow books. Courtesy photo. Wilmington, Ohio U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Wilmington DHL Hub seized more than $1 million in heroin hidden inside books. Each book contained…

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has imposed a judgment of $18.9 million against operators of an Internet kiosk business opportunity scam, clearing the way for the FTC to distribute more than $2 million to…

For Spellers Age 50+ CHEYENNE, WY AARP has announced a national call for entries for its 14th annual AARP National Spelling Bee. The spelling bee is open to anyone age 50+ with the exception of previous winners. Contestants will test…

Blaine, Wash. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pacific Highway port of entry arrested a 53-year-old Surrey, British Columbia, man on for attempting to smuggle 107,339 tablets of Ecstasy worth more than $1 million into the United…

Washington, D.C., The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based software manufacturer Quest Software, Inc. and three current or former officers for stock option backdating. The SEC's complaint alleges that Quest, its executive chairman Vincent Smith, its former…

NEW YORK - Paul Greenwood, 61, of North Salem, N.Y., and Stephen Walsh, 64, of Sands Point, N.Y., were arrested this morning on conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud charges. According to a three-count complaint, from at least 1996 through…

Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdul Qader Mohammad Jassim Al-Mafrji and Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz, Air Education and Training Command commander, speak through an interpreter during a briefing Feb. 18 about the training AETC can provide to the Iraqi air force.…

Attorney Alexander Kaplan has been found guilty of participating in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme. After a two-week jury trial in Manhattan federal court, Kaplan was found guilty on all eighteen counts in the Indictment against him. According to the…

The bomb bay of a B-1B Lancer is loaded and ready for another mission Jan. 29 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The B-1B is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and…

DALLAS Special agents and postal inspectors have arrested Richard Leon Goyette, a/k/a Michael Jurek, 47, at the airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on a charge in a federal complaint related to his mailing 65 threatening letters to financial institutions in…