Patrick Walsh and 10 companies he owned or operated have agreed to enter into a consent judgment totaling $20,074,458.70 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by […]
The U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) recently obtained sanctions against four individuals connected to the filing of fraudulent bankruptcy petitions bearing forged signatures of a dead person in a scheme to
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that it has stopped placement of unaccompanied alien children in shelters operated by Southwest Key Programs Inc. (Southwest Key) and
A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud by her role in making claims for refunds of false COVID-19 employment tax credits. According to
A federal jury convicted a Maryland woman yesterday for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and related charges for wire fraud, money laundering and filing false tax returns. According to court
Single-Vehicle Crash, Impairment Suspected Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a reported truck that had crashed into a tree and was on fire north of the intersection of N.
Reminder: Join Us for Coffee with a Cop Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 12, 2025 You are invited to join Spokane Valley and Spokane County Deputies for Coffee with a Cop on
A federal judge sentenced former Savanna Oklahoma Police Officer (SPD), Jeffrey Scott Smith, 35, to 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman during a traffic stop and obstructing
The U.S. Department of Justice today announced that eight defendants have pleaded guilty for their conduct in a long-running and violent conspiracy to monopolize the transmigrante forwarding agency industry in
Thank you to Global Competition Review for putting together today’s program. I am grateful for the opportunity to close out what I imagine has been a full day of interesting
Sheriff Nowels Welcomes Six New Entry Level Deputies And Two Lateral Deputies On March 7, 2025, Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels swore in six new Entry Level Deputies and
Fatal, One-Vehicle Crash, Driver Charged with Vehicular Homicide Spokane Valley Deputies and Traffic Unit Investigators responded to a one-vehicle, fatal crash southwest of Shelley Lake. The adult male passenger was
On Feb. 21, Texas pharmacist Dehshid “David” Nourian, 62, of Plano, was sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison and ordered to pay over $115 million in restitution
The final two of four Dominican nationals were sentenced last week for Lacey Act trafficking and smuggling wildlife from the United States after they attempted to smuggle tropical birds from
View plea agreement. View factual basis. A Florida woman, and dual U.S. and Colombian citizen, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States by, among other things, concealing
