Employee Allegedly Received Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Benefits from Two Agents WASHINGTON – A federal complaint has been unsealed charging Candace Marie Claiborne, an employee of the U.S. Department of State, with obstructing an official proceeding and making…

By Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News Soldiers maintain security as a CH-47 Chinook departs the helicopter landing zone during an air assault training exercise at the National Training Center, in Fort Irwin, Calif., Jan. 25, 2017. The purpose of this mission…

Combined Penalty of $1.19 Billion with Department of Commerce and Department of Treasury Actions Shows All of Government Approach to Sanctions Enforcement ZTE Corporation has agreed to enter a guilty plea and to pay a $430,488,798 penalty to the U.S.…

A debt relief company and its principals who allegedly misled consumers and charged illegal advance fees will be banned from those practices under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. According to the FTC’s complaint, United Debt Counselors LLC exaggerated…

Court Also Fines Him $100,000, Orders Four Years’ Probation NEWARK, N.J. – David Samson, the former chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was sentenced today to 12 months of home…

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of FBI “Ten Most Wanted Fugitive” Eduardo “Tablas” Ravelo. Ravelo is wanted on charges related to the murders of a pregnant United States consulate…

CHICAGO — The owner of a sports memorabilia company admitted in federal court today that he conducted a fraud scheme using forged documents and phony sports memorabilia, including a doctored Heisman Trophy and fake baseball cards that he used as…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cleveland Division, Violent Crime Task Force, and the Euclid Police Department are seeking information regarding two individuals pictured in the attached images. On February 27, 2017, an attempted carjacking occurred at the Zappy’s Car…

Company also Agrees to Implement Anti-Fraud Program and Enhanced Compliance LOS ANGELES – The Western Union Company, a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Justice Department,…

by Andrew Johnson Consumer Education Specialist, FTC When you’re on the hunt for income, the last thing you want is to be misled about the earnings and benefits that a business opportunity offers. Uber has agreed to a $20 million…

Orlando, Florida – An indictment has been returned charging Noor Salman (30, formerly of Fort Pierce, Florida) with aiding and abetting Omar Mateen’s attempted provision and provision of material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL),…

FDA is warning consumers not to purchase or use PNC-27, a product promoted and sold through http://PNC27.com, as a treatment or cure for cancer. An FDA laboratory discovered the bacteria Variovorax paradoxus in a PNC-27 solution sample for inhalation. Consumers…