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Investment Advisors Stole $100 Million, Plead Guilty to RICO Charges

Joseph LaForte, a 53-year-old man from Philadelphia, and his brother James LaForte, a 47-year-old man from New York, pleaded guilty on Sept. 11 to the counts of racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud and related crimes under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

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Medical Fraud

Walgreens to Pay More than $100 Million to Settle Claims of Billing Government for Undispensed Prescriptions

Billing government programs for prescriptions your customers never received can get you in hot water.

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Walgreens has Settled Lawsuits that It Charged Insurers for Undispensed Prescriptions Pictured is. Los Angles Location - The Daily Muck

Financial Gains

Vegas Politician Michele Fiore Convicted on All Counts of Conspiracy and Wire Fraud

Taking $70,000 in donations for a statue dedicated to fallen officers and spending it on yourself and your family won’t impress a jury of your peers.

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Feds Target a Foreign ‘Swatting’ Conspiracy Directed at Senior Government Officials and Other U.S. Citizens

Two foreign nationals allegedly weaponized law enforcement for years to terrorize U.S. citizens.

Report Jessika Saunders

A SWAT Team in Fatigues Enter a Home Rifles Pointed Representing a Swatting Conspiracy that Targeted U.S. Citizens - The Daily Muck

Bribery

Former Prosecutor Charged with Bribery

A prosecutor reducing the charges of a defendant based on facts and evidence is one thing. Accepting a bribe in exchange for minimizing charges is something else entirely.

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Former Warren County Assistant City Prosecutor Has Been Charged with Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Reducing Charges - The Daily Muck

Labor Trafficking

Cult Senior Members Convicted of Human Trafficking

Six members of the United Nation of Islam (UNOI), a quasi-religious movement based in Kansas City, were convicted of conspiracy to commit forced labor, according to a Justice Department press release.

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Royall Jenkins Founded the United Nation of Islam a Cult Whose Senior Members Were Recently Convicted of Human Trafficking - The Daily Muck

Identity Theft

U.S. Shuts Down Chinese State-Sponsored Botnet

A federal court in Pennsylvania authorized the disruption of a 200,000-device botnet targeting consumers in the United States and worldwide, according to a DOJ press release.

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Sex Abuse

DOJ to Crack Down on Illegal Guns Owned by Domestic Abusers

“Our homes should be the place where we feel most safe in the world. Unfortunately, domestic abusers use violence, and all too often firearms, to threaten and harm those closest to them and the first responders coming to render aid.”

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Financial Gains

AA Mechanic Caught Stuffing Bricks of Cocaine in His Jacket: Sentenced to Nine Years

A former American Airlines mechanic was sentenced to nine years in prison earlier this month for his role in a conspiracy to import and possess cocaine, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York.

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Medical Fraud

CVS-Owned Subsidiary to Pay $60 Million for Medicare Advantage Kickback Scheme

Oak Street Health, a CVS subsidiary, agreed on Sept. 18 to pay $60 million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to third-party insurance agents, according to a DOJ press release.

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Embezzlement

Feds: Finance Director Stole $320,000 from Nonprofit

Jarett Robert Lewis, a 44-year-old man from Washington D.C, was arrested on Sept. 5 and charged with embezzling more than $320,000 from a non-profit advocacy organization.

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Financial Gains

Company to Pay $10 Million for Selling Emissions Systems ‘Defeat’ Devices

A North Carolina auto parts business owner violated the Clear Air Act twice in two years, according to a recent settlement agreement with the DOJ.

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Investment Advisors Stole $100 Million, Plead Guilty to RICO Charges

Walgreens to Pay More than $100 Million to Settle Claims of Billing Government for Undispensed Prescriptions

Vegas Politician Michele Fiore Convicted on All Counts of Conspiracy and Wire Fraud

Feds Target a Foreign ‘Swatting’ Conspiracy Directed at Senior Government Officials and Other U.S. Citizens

Former Prosecutor Charged with Bribery

Cult Senior Members Convicted of Human Trafficking

U.S. Shuts Down Chinese State-Sponsored Botnet

DOJ to Crack Down on Illegal Guns Owned by Domestic Abusers

AA Mechanic Caught Stuffing Bricks of Cocaine in His Jacket: Sentenced to Nine Years

CVS-Owned Subsidiary to Pay $60 Million for Medicare Advantage Kickback Scheme

Feds: Finance Director Stole $320,000 from Nonprofit

Company to Pay $10 Million for Selling Emissions Systems ‘Defeat’ Devices

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