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LAS VEGAS, NV—Federal charges have been filed against a man for robbing a Las Vegas bank on July 22 and a Las Vegas casino cashier’s cage on July 25, 2014. John Doe, also identified as Scott Carmitchel, is charged in…
SAN FRANCISCO—A federal grand jury for the Northern District of California returned a superseding indictment charging Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) with obstruction of the investigation of the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSBâ€), as well as additional violations of…
SANTA ANA, CA—A federal grand jury has indicted three Southern California residents in a scheme to defraud health insurance programs by submitting bills for more than $50 million in medically unnecessary medical procedures performed on insurance beneficiaries who received free…
Weight-Loss Infomercial Pitchman Kevin Trudeau Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Criminal Contempt
CHICAGO—Author and television pitchman Kevin Trudeau was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for criminal contempt for violating a 2004 federal court order that prohibited him from making deceptive television infomercials that misrepresented the contents of his weight…
TRENTON, NJ—An Ocean County, New Jersey man was sentenced today to 264 months in prison for running a real estate investment fraud scheme that caused $200 million in losses and laundering the proceeds of the scheme. Eliyahu Weinstein, a/k/a “Eli…
TRENTON, NJ—The former director of finance of the Middlesex County-based integrated logistic services company Toll Global Forwarding has admitted stealing more than $1.3 million from her former employer through an elaborate false invoicing scheme. Karen Sipes, 40, of Brick, New…
Non-profit organizations invited to apply for Innovation Generation grants to support science, technology, engineering and math education SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – The Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI), will again provide funding to science, technology,…
Faster Internet key to city\'s \'Innovation and infrastructure,\' Stanton Says Phoenix is among a select few U.S. cities that will work with Google to deliver the company’s ultra high-speed Google Fiber network to local residents, businesses, and education centers, Mayor…
The FBI has introduced a new regional reward program to deter people from pointing lasers at aircraft. Reported incidents of the federal violation are on the rise. Since the FBI and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began tracking laser strikes…
RENO, NV—A former bank financial adviser in Reno who defrauded six people of more than $2 million during 2010 and 2011 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution to…
The Baltimore Division of the FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for any information about the armed robbery at Mother’s Federal Hill Grill at 1113 South Charles Street on Sunday, February 2, 2014. Four armed men wearing masks entered the…
The winter storm that impacted the Midwest and Northeast over the past couple of days is moving into the Atlantic Friday. Very cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills are moving in behind the system. The next storm is forming, and…