WASHINGTON – Snapp’s Ferry Packing Company, an Afton, Tenn. establishment, is recalling approximately 410 pounds of beef product that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The ground beef item was produced on Nov. 20, 2015. The following product is…

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…

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…

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,…

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.…

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…

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 &…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…