By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The bad news for swindler Bernie Madoff is that’s he’s going off to federal prison for a long time. The Good News: He gets to wear his own clothes at sentencing on Monday instead of his nifty prison outfit. In a one-sentence order filed in U.S. District Court in New York…
Just because they work like a dog, doesn’t mean they have to suffer. Here’s Congressman Bob Brady to the rescue. By Dan Gross Philadelphia Daily News CAPITOL Police dogs should soon be barking their gratitude to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady. Brady recently noticed that some of the bomb-sniffing dogs that inspect cars at the entrance…
Medicare fraud has been so pervasive for so long. With our health care costs spiraling out of control, this type of fraud doesn’t help. We need to do even more to crack down on this activity. It goes hand and glove with health care reform. BY BEN SCHMITT, TAMMY STABLES BATTAGLIA and TODD SPANGLER Detroit…
This is some pretty damaging testimony for Jefferson. The FBI recorded Jefferson taking $100,000 in marked FBI bills from a business woman who was cooperating with the FBI. But this $100,000 payment is in addition to the FBI money, and was apparently made initially without the knowledge of the FBI. It may undercut some of…
The white supremacists movement seems to be grabbing headlines as of late. A white supremacist killed a guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington a few weeks ago. Now we’ve got the arrest of Hal Turner. The movement, which has become more disorganized in recent years with the deaths of key leaders, is trying to…
U.S. relations with the Saudis is obviously important. But is it worth covering up that nation’s ties to terrorism? And is it worth compromising the integrity of the Justice Department, which is deeply involved in the fight against terrorism? By Eric Lichtblau New York Times WASHINGTON – Documents gathered by lawyers for the families of…
As punishment, the man should have to read spam all day — and while he’s at it — eat spam. By BEN SCHMITT Detroit Free Press DETROIT — The feds once called him the spam king. On Monday, Alan Ralsky took on the new title of convicted felon after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court…
Sure love is blind. But federal authorities aren’t. And they say some folks here were ordering up sham marriages. By GENE JOHNSON AP Legal Affairs Writer SEATTLE — The owner of a Seattle area chain of Thai restaurants pleaded not guilty Tuesday to paying four of her workers to enter into sham marriages allowing three…
