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Jan 5, 2016
South Beloit, Illinois - U.S. Marshals, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, seized nearly 90,000 bottles of dietary supplements labeled as containing kratom. The product, manufactured for and held by Dordoniz Natural Products LLC, located in…
Dec 21, 2015
PHOENIX – On Dec. 11, 2015, a Supreme Court Hearing Panel disbarred David R. Wroblewski from the practice of law as a result of his firm's misconduct while representing nearly 250 bankruptcy clients. Wroblewski, an unexperienced bankruptcy attorney, purchased attorney…
Dec 21, 2015
Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Attorney General's office has indicted five people accused of stealing from the elderly in Tucson. The alleged theft ring was dismantled after a joint investigation involving the Tucson Police Department, the Oro Valley Police Department,…
Dec 21, 2015
Phoenix, AZ – Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against an Arizona telemarketing company accused of using a magazine subscription scam to defraud consumers throughout the United States. Burudi Mwonyonyi and his company, Publishers Service Office, Inc.…
Dec 20, 2015
Perpetrators of Mortgage Fraud Steal from Lenders and Damage Neighborhoods BALTIMORE, MD—Cecil Sylvester Chester, age 68, of Mitchellville, Maryland has pled guilty to charges arising from the fraudulent purchase of seven properties in Baltimore, using fraudulent loan documentation and straw…
Dec 8, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission is barring four national retailers from mislabeling and advertising rayon textiles as made of “bamboo,†and requiring them to pay civil penalties totaling $1.3 million. Under the court orders settling the FTC’s charges, Bed Bath &…
Dec 1, 2015
By North American Aerospace Defense Command PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 60th anniversary of tracking Santa’s Yuletide journey. The NORAD Tracks Santa website, http://www.noradsanta.org/ launched Dec. 1. It features…
Nov 26, 2015
The Montana Public Health Laboratory tested a sample of celery and onion diced blend collected from a Costco store. This product was used to make the Costco rotisserie chicken salad eaten by ill people in this outbreak. Preliminary results indicated…
Nov 18, 2015
INOAC Corp. has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $2.35 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids on certain plastic interior trim automotive parts installed in cars sold to U.S.…
Oct 20, 2015
Farm Service Agency Stands Ready to Assist Agricultural Producers Slammed by Recent Heavy Rains North Carolina Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farmers and ranchers across the state of federal farm program benefits that may be available to help eligible producers…
Oct 19, 2015
MEMPHIS, TN—Five men have been indicted for their roles in a shipping theft scheme that defrauded FedEx of more than $1.7 million. The defendants include: Christopher T. Crawford, 31, Memphis, former FedEx material handler Akeem Gowdy, 23, Memphis, former FedEx…
Oct 14, 2015
Six Children Recovered, 52 Johns Arrested in the Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO—Officials from the FBI and 30 Bay Area law enforcement agencies have recovered 149 underage trafficking victims and arrested 153 pimps in a nationwide human trafficking operation conducted throughout…