BOSTON, MAA Framingham man was arrested and charged today in federal court with perpetrating a large scale Ponzi type fraud scheme with approximately 130 victim/investors and losses of as much as $29 million. Richard Elkinson, age 76, of Framingham, MA,…

Governor Jan Brewer has requested that the Arizona Attorney General join Attorneys General of at least 13 other states in their review of the legality of the federal health care bill. Governor Brewer has condemned the federal health package and…

WASHINGTONA 23-year-old Nigerian man was charged in a federal criminal complaint today with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines aircraft on its final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Christmas Day and with placing a destructive device on the aircraft.…

by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace 100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs An air-to-air refueling training mission took a special Christmas turn as one Royal Danish Air Force F-16 "sleigh" pilot pulled up to take fuel wearing a Santa Claus hat…

HOUSTONGregoria Vasquez-Salgado and her son, David Salazar, have been sentenced to prison for harboring an illegal alien and ordered to forfeit the residence in which the minor was held. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake sentenced Vasquez, 59, a Mexican citizen,…

Its time again for Arizonas bald eagles to begin their breeding activities, and outdoor recreationists are asked to help protect important breeding areas by honoring the closure of 20 areas across the state. Various land and wildlife management agencies close…

PHOENIXA 40-count indictment, returned by a federal grand jury, was unsealed today charging five defendants in a $160 million Ponzi scheme. The indictment charges Duane Hamblin Slade, 38, of Austin, Texas; Guy Andrew Williams, 38, of Mesa, Arizona; Brent F.…

Largest Recovery of Money for Hazardous Waste Clean Up Ever WASHINGTONAs a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration under a bankruptcy reorganization of American Smelting and…

by Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- U.S. Transportation Command officials are confident they can accomplish the mission of delivering 30,000 U.S. troops and their equipment to Afghanistan when they are needed. Planners at the command based…

Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking for the publics help in locating an individual wanted in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old Northlake boy in July 2009.…

CHICAGOA north suburban man will appear in Federal Court this afternoon after he was arrested yesterday for allegedly defrauding a handful of victims of approximately several million dollars they invested in a commodity futures hedge fund he managed. The defendant,…

Customer funds misappropriated to develop a hotel and casino in Panama and purchase seven luxury cars. Washington, DC The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained an emergency court order freezing assets held by Minnesota residents Trevor G. Cook, Patrick…