Justice Department Announces Results of Operation Spring Cleaning
Union Leaders Convicted of Racketeering, Fraud, and Embezzlement of Union Dues
CEO of Iran Tech Company Arrested on Federal Charge of Supplying U.S. Equipment to Iran’s Nuclear and Military Establishment
Joint Law Enforcement Effort Disrupts Two Multi-State Drug Trafficking Operations; Nineteen Defendants Charged in Homeland Security Task Force Initiative
Morris County Man Arrested for Kicking and Biting ICE Deportation Officers
National News
Aug 19, 2008
WASHINGTON Four former National Century Financial Enterprises (NCFE) executives have been sentenced for their roles in a scheme to deceive investors about the financial health of NCFE. NCFE, formerly based in Dublin, Ohio, was one of the largest healthcare finance…
Aug 19, 2008
A MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system assigned to the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron takes off for a training mission May 19 at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.) by Staff Sgt. Thomas J.…
Aug 19, 2008
Philadelphia It has been a busy few weeks for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Express Mail Consignment facility near Philadelphia International Airport. The six week tally: 17 parcels seized; 63 pounds of Khat (a schedule I narcotic);…
Aug 5, 2008
Thoratec HeartMate II Ventricular Assist Device The small size of the HeartMate II and its streamlined support system allows patients to retain a high level of mobility. By Daniel Stolte, Sarver Heart Center Although his pulse is so weak it…
Aug 4, 2008
San Diego U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana in two commercial vehicles/trailers at the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility in Calif., Friday, August 1, in a three-hour time frame. CBP officers became suspicious when a…
Jul 22, 2008
Laredo, Texas Border Patrol agents from the Laredo Sector made two significant drug seizures in the past 24 hours. The first case occurred on Tuesday night when agents from the Laredo North station working at the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint…
Jul 20, 2008
The Arctic may get some temporary relief from global warming if the annual North American wildfire season intensifies, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado and NOAA. Smoke transported to the Arctic from northern forest…
Jul 10, 2008
Blaine, Wash. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pacific Highway port of entry arrested a 31-year-old Surrey, British Columbia, man for attempting to smuggle over one million dollars into the United States concealed in the cab of his…
Jun 23, 2008
Estimates of Diagnosed Diabetes Now Available for all U.S. Counties Diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States, an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years, according to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released…
Jun 21, 2008
Soluble Beta-Amyloid Protein Fragments May Damage Brain Cells, Study Finds Scientists have long questioned whether the abundant amounts of amyloid plaques found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's actually caused the neurological disease or were a by-product of its…
Jun 18, 2008
Investor Losses Total More Than $1 Billion An indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, NY, charging RALPH CIOFFI, the founder and senior portfolio manager of two Bear Stearns hedge funds, and MATTHEW TANNIN, a portfolio manager of the…
Jun 17, 2008
NEWARK The former president and founder of NJ Affordable Homes, Corp., a purported New Jersey real estate investment company which bought, renovated and sold properties, has been arrested and charged with masterminding a scheme which defrauded investors and mortgage lenders…