Firm in alleged Hochul bid-rigging scheme was set for takeover before it even won contract
The company, which is at the center of allegations of bid rigging surrounding Gov. Kathy Hochul's $9 billion overhaul of the home care program, added staff weeks before winning the contract, records show. Public Partnership LLC had already posted a job opening for a manager in August, about two months before officially winning the contract […]
Boston City Councilor Made Thousands on Kickback Scheme
Tania Fernandez Anderson (Democratic), a city council member in Boston, Massachusetts, was arrested by the FBI on Friday morning on charges of public corruption. The “embattled” official representing the city's 7th District said: accused He allegedly took part in a kickback scheme in which he allegedly received thousands of dollars from staff in exchange for […]
Judge gunned down by sheriff ran courthouse ‘like a brothel’ in sextortion scheme: witness
A rural Kentucky judge was shot in his chambers by a sheriff, witnessed after allegedly running his courthouse like a “brothel” and bringing women into his office in an ongoing sexual favor scheme. person told police. police recording, Obtained by NewsNationhas revealed the latest sordid development in the trial of former Sheriff Shawn Stines, 43, […]
FBI arrests radical Democrat on Boston City Council in connection with bogus kickback scheme
The FBI took one of Boston's Radical Democrats on the Boston City Council on corruption charges Friday morning. Steve Kelleher, Assistant FBI Special Agent in Charge of Boston; revealed Democratic Rep. Tania Fernandez Anderson, who represents the 7th District, was arrested without incident in front of her home in Dorchester, she said at a news […]
Florida ‘Mother Teresa’ behind $200M Ponzi scheme gets 20 years in prison
A Florida woman was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to running a nearly $200 million pyramid scheme. Joanna Garcia 41-year-old female from Broward County Known in the community as “Mother Teresa,” she received the maximum sentence for one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud. The court […]
Poker pro Cory Zeidman pleads guilty in $25M betting scheme
A professional poker player from Long Island provided false information to sports bettors as part of a $25 million scheme. Cory Zeidman, 63, a native of Syosset, New York, who now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, was found guilty Wednesday of “conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud” in a bogus gambling advice ring that […]
Obama DOJ initiative became political de-banking scheme, Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen tells Joe Rogan
Brexiteer Nigel Farage had his bank account canceled for political reasons last year. Coutts Bank, part of the NatWest Group, has criticized the British politician for comparing Black Lives Matter rioters to the Taliban, although it admits he is a commercially viable customer. I was fired. His criticism of climate change concerns and his suggestion […]
Tax Preparers Charged in Scheme to Defraud Covid Relief of $65 Million – The New York Times
Two Mississippi tax officials used multiple schemes to defraud $65 million from a program designed to help businesses survive during the coronavirus pandemic, federal prosecutors announced this week. The authors, Renata Walton, 44, and Nicole Jones, 36, both of Olive Branch, Michigan, are charged with 50 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, filing false tax […]
Top New York Democrat dreams up bizarre secession scheme to oppose Trump’s immigration plans
New York's top Democratic Party has come up with a strange strategy in an effort to oppose President-elect Donald Trump's immigration plan. State Representative Liz Krueger wants liberal northeastern states to unite, refuse to collect federal taxes from their residents, and then secede to join Canada. The plot is documented Written by Politico. “If Trump […]
Legal challenges on administrative reach expected in Trump’s deregulatory scheme, experts say
Experts predict that President-elect Donald Trump will take aim at federal agencies and Biden-era regulations after calling for deregulation of the administrative state. “First of all, on the first day [Trump’s] “Once the president takes office, he will issue a slew of executive orders directing government agencies to review administrative regulations and determine whether they […]