Three Guilty Pleas to Date in Bitcoin and Bribery Scheme New York - Anthony R. Murgio has pled guilty to charges associated with operating Coin.mx, an internet-based Bitcoin exchange, through which Murgio processed more than $10 million in illegal Bitcoin…

PHOENIX -- Forest Supervisor Neil Bosworth has approved both an environmental assessment and a plan of operations allowing Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, to gather necessary data to help evaluate possible construction of a large tailings storage facility on National Forest…

SANTA ANA, California – Federal authorities and Huntington Beach Police officers have arrested 20 defendants indicted by a grand jury on charges of participating in a long-running telemarketing scheme that targeted small businesses and charities by selling them toner products…

ORLANDO—In order to provide an update on the progress of the investigation into the Pulse nightclub shooting, the FBI is releasing an excerpt from the timeline of events inside the Pulse nightclub during the early morning hours of Sunday, June…

Washington, DC – Judge Beth Bloom of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC’s) motion for entry of final default judgment Order against Defendants Harvard Assets LLC (Harvard Assets),…

Summary Sextortion is a type of online sexual exploitation in which individuals coerce victims into providing sexually explicit images or videos of themselves, often in compliance with offenders’ threats to post the images publicly or send the images to victims’…

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is issuing two ozone High Pollution Advisories (HPAs) for Maricopa County: Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19. These HPAs are due to levels that are expected to accumulate enough to exceed the…

The Securities and Exchange Commission has brought insider trading charges against a former software company executive and three close friends who made more than a half-million dollars based on his illegal tip about an upcoming merger. The SEC alleges that…

The head of an unlawful debt collection operation is banned from that business under a court order obtained by the Federal Trade Commission. The court granted the FTC’s request for summary judgment on all counts against Gail Daniels and The…

The Charlotte Division of the FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest of a North Carolina man who fled after being charged in connection with an investment scheme. An arrest warrant…

Highway is closed west of I-17, with detour on State Route 74 PHOENIX – Loop 303 will remain closed west of Interstate 17 through 3 a.m. Saturday as production of a motion picture continues. The Arizona Department of Transportation is…

Editor's Note: The following was written on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 and reprinted in the November 01st, 2006 edition of this publication. The author is Major General (Dr.) Vernon Chong, Retired Nov. 1, 1994. With the general election taking place…