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Watch the Fish in Mississippi: Company and Execs Sentenced for Lying about Seafood

Todd A. Rosetti and James W. Gunkel, both from Ocean Springs, Miss. and their company Quality Poultry and Seafood (QPS), were sentenced after being charged for their role in food mislabeling that prosecutors say lasted over two decades. QPS is regarded as the top seafood wholesaler on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, according to court documents.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Eco-Tyranny in California: Land Seized and Owner Arrested Amid Delta Smelt Scandal

The dramatic auction of Point Buckler Island, located in the Delta-Bay, has ignited a fierce debate over environmental integrity, property rights, and governmental authority. John D. Sweeney, the former owner,...

Feature John Lynn

Fake Wetland Restorations Killed California’s Delta Smelt

The Delta Smelt, a tiny fish teetering on the edge of extinction, has suffered despite billions invested in wetland restoration projects. Shocking new evidence uncovers that these supposed efforts were...

Feature John Lynn

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Sextortion

Feds: South Carolina Duo Harassed and Sextorted Family of Intellectually Disabled Man

On Dec. 11, federal authorities charged Trysten Anthony Cullon, 26, and Jade Ashlynn Stone, 25, both from South Carolina, with conspiracy to commit extortion, cyberstalking and wire fraud for a scheme to defraud a vulnerable victim and his family using threatening text messages, which led to a tragic suicide, according to a Department of Justice […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Elder Fraud

Fraudster Real Estate Investor Who Stole From Elderly Sentenced to 181 Months

Brett Barber, 45, of Costa Mesa, Calif., was sentenced to 181 months in prison for running fraudulent investment schemes in which most of the victims were elderly citizens. Barber co-owned BNZ Capital One and National American Capital, both based in Newport Beach, Calif.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Sex Trafficking

Faces of the Missing: Many Native Americans Remain ‘Lost’; Murders Are Unsolved Mysteries

In the first few months of 2024, the disappearance of two young adults rocked the Spirit Lake Tribe in Fort Totten, N.D.

Feature Raymond L. Daye

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Identity Theft

Kosovo National Arrested and Charged with Running Online Marketplace for Stolen ID, Financial Information

Liridon Masurica, a 33-year-old Kosovo native, was indicted by the U.S. and arrested by the authorities in Kosovo after he was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and five counts of fraudulent use of unauthorized access devices.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Police

Cocaine Cops Sentenced to Four Years

Two Columbus, Ohio, police officers have been sentenced to four years in prison for their part in a scheme to sell stolen cocaine.

Report Jessika Saunders

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Teachers

High School Dean of Students Allegedly Ran a Cocaine Ring on the Side

Lavante Wiggins, 30, the Dean of Students at Pittsfield High School and Theodore Warren, aka Monty, 42, both from Pittsfield, Mass., were arrested on Dec. 11 on charges of conspiracy and trafficking cocaine in Western Massachusetts, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders

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Embezzlement

California CFO Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $1.3 Million From Employers Via Fraudulent Nonprofit Account

Tony Archuleta-Perkins, 48, formerly from San Francisco but currently living in Palm Springs, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and money laundering on Dec. 11, according to a DOJ Press Release. The crimes were related to a years-long embezzlement scheme that cost Archuleta-Perkins’ former employers $1.3 million.

Report Jessika Saunders

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Misrepresentation

Chinese Man Allegedly Illegally Exported DOD Data, Illegally Imported Rare Earth Materials

A man allegedly lied to two U.S. defense contracting companies by concealing that the products he sold to them from his American-based company were repacked goods from the China-based company he owned.

Report Jessika Saunders

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Identity Theft

Feds: North Korean IT Workers Steal Money to Siphon Back to Homeland

Fourteen people alleged to be North Korean nationals were indicted on Dec. 11 on charges of identity theft, wire fraud and money laundering in a years-long conspiracy to violate U.S. Sanctions, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders

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Watch the Fish in Mississippi: Company and Execs Sentenced for Lying about Seafood

Eco-Tyranny in California: Land Seized and Owner Arrested Amid Delta Smelt Scandal

Fake Wetland Restorations Killed California’s Delta Smelt

Feds: South Carolina Duo Harassed and Sextorted Family of Intellectually Disabled Man

Fraudster Real Estate Investor Who Stole From Elderly Sentenced to 181 Months

Faces of the Missing: Many Native Americans Remain ‘Lost’; Murders Are Unsolved Mysteries

Kosovo National Arrested and Charged with Running Online Marketplace for Stolen ID, Financial Information

Cocaine Cops Sentenced to Four Years

High School Dean of Students Allegedly Ran a Cocaine Ring on the Side

California CFO Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $1.3 Million From Employers Via Fraudulent Nonprofit Account

Chinese Man Allegedly Illegally Exported DOD Data, Illegally Imported Rare Earth Materials

Feds: North Korean IT Workers Steal Money to Siphon Back to Homeland

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