Four marriage fraudsters found their own match: a stay in federal prison. Ringleader Marcialito “Mars” Biol Benitez, 50, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in September to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and immigration document fraud. He was sentenced, along with several of his co-conspirators at the Los Angeles-based “wedding agency,” to prison terms. … Read more
Since then, provincial and city security forces have pledged to increase the use of big data and improve their ability to predict and prevent risks. These risks include phone scams, offshore gambling, political rumours, “harmful” online information and “disruptive and subversive activities by domestic and foreign hostile forces”, according to the public security ministry. During … Read more
He was impeached twice, found liable in fraud and sexual abuse lawsuits, charged with dozens of felonies and declared politically dead again and again — but count Donald Trump out at your peril. Eight months ahead of the US presidential election, and days before he is due to stand trial for alleged 2016 campaign finance … Read more
Hundreds of members of China’s finance sector were charged with professional crimes such as insider trading last year under renewed efforts to improve monitoring, according to the top prosecutor’s office. In an article published on its website on Sunday, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) said more than 340 people in the sector were charged with … Read more
Jaipur: Several Rajasthan Congress leaders including former ministers Rajendra Yadav and Lal Chand Kataria joined the BJP Sunday, days before the expected announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. Former Congress MLAs Ricchpal Mirdha, his son Vijaypal Mirdha and Khiladi Bairwa; former independent MLA Alok Beniwal, former state chief of Congress Seva Dal Suresh Chaudhary, Rampal … Read more
LOS ANGELES — A Paramount-based clothing wholesale company executive was sentenced Friday to four years in federal prison for undervaluing imported garments in a scheme to avoid paying millions of dollars in customs duties. Mohamed Daoud Ghacham, 40, of Bell, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, who also ordered him to pay … Read more
The devastating judgment handed down by state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Friday against the former president and his long-time Trump Organization executives will increase by 9 per cent annually until resolved. Donald Trump during the New York civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization. File photo: TNS That comes to US$87,500 per day, … Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. — LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to involvement in two separate malware schemes including a cyberattack at the University of Vermont Medical Center in 2020 that temporarily shut down some of its vital services and cost it tens of millions of dollars, according to the U.S. Department of … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared the wife of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Margaret Emefiele, wanted for alleged fraud. Also wanted by the anti-corruption agency are Mrs Omoile’s cousin, Jonathan Omoile, his wife, Anita Omoile, and one other person who appears to be a CBN official, … Read more
Colorado legislators are set to give new anti-fraud powers to state Medicaid authorities, months after regulators uncovered an unprecedented, multimillion-dollar scheme allegedly perpetrated by a group of medical transportation providers. Legislators introduced a bill this week that would allow the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to temporarily suspend Medicaid providers if regulators … Read more
