by Master Sgt. Mikal Canfield Alaskan NORAD Region Public Affairs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Children around the world know the role the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, plays in tracking Santa's Christmas Eve flight around the world.…

WASHINGTON New York, U.S. District Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr. has accepted a guilty plea by American biotechnology giant Amgen Inc. (Amgen) for illegally introducing a misbranded drug into interstate commerce. The plea is part of a global settlement with the…

PLANO, TXA 59-year-old Plano Texas, man has been indicted in connection with a $485 million investment fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. W. Mark Miller was indicted by a federal grand jury late yesterday and charged with conspiracy…

Cocaine Supply Tied To The Mexican Drug Cartel Involved The Sale of 100 Kilos Of Cocaine Per Month and Resulted In 26 Arrests LOUISVILLE, Ky. A federal jury in Louisville, Kentucky found Abel Flores and Ramon Flores guilty of conspiracy…

El Paso, Texas U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Bridge of the Americas commercial cargo facility at the El Paso port of entry seized 3,760 pounds of marijuana Tuesday. The estimated street value of the seized contraband…

Pfizer Inc. will pay $55 million plus interest to resolve allegations that Wyeth LLC illegally introduced and caused the introduction into interstate commerce of a misbranded drug, Protonix, between February 2000 and June 2001. Wyeth manufactured and promoted Protonix tablets.…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Eleven defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges related to a drugtrafficking conspiracy that resulted in the deaths of three persons during a recent home invasion in Independence, Mo. Kevin M. Finley,…

WASHINGTON The Department of Justice has forfeited cash and properties worth more than $11 million related to fraud proceeds located in the United States in connection with the conviction by Australian prosecutors of Rachel Cowen. Cowen was convicted in Melbourne,…

WASHINGTON A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for operating a foreclosure rescue scam that defrauded distressed homeowners who were struggling to pay their mortgages. Alex P. Soria, 65, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge…

WASHINGTON Standard Chartered Bank, a financial institution headquartered in London, has agreed to forfeit $227 million to the Justice Department for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The bank has agreed to the forfeiture as part…

Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB Pharmaceuticals will pay up to $48 million to resolve allegations that Healthpoint caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid for an unapproved drug, Xenaderm, which was ineligible for reimbursement by those programs. Under…

WASHINGTON The public is being alerted to a recall being conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Canadian Establishment 720, Aliya's Foods Limited, for approximately 4,865 pounds of frozen butter chicken and rice products imported from Canada that…