Fourteen people, including several Southern California residents, were arrested Wednesday, May 28, and accused of scamming the government out of more than $25 million in COVID-19 relief funds and federal small business loans, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Two federal criminal complaints named 18 defendants, four of whom are believed to be in
A Redondo Beach man was charged last week in North Carolina after he allegedly posed as an investment adviser and defrauded victims of more than $4 million over the course of several years. Jon Patrick Kubler, 52, was indicted on charges of securities fraud and transactional money laundering after he allegedly provided investment planning and
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — George Santos′ former campaign treasurer was sentenced Wednesday to three years’ probation for her role in fabricating campaign finance reports for the disgraced ex-congressman from New York. Nancy Marks, addressing a federal judge on Long Island, said she’d learned from her mistakes, walked away from politics and started her life
REUTERS/KYLIE COOPER/FILE PHOTO People attend a Transgender Day of Visibility march and rally in New York City, on March 31. President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding if California did not stop a transgender girl in high school from competing in state track and field finals, and said he would discuss it with Governor
A Newport Beach attorney who admitted that she swindled investors out of $8.7 million in order to bankroll her lavish lifestyle and high-rolling gambling habit was sentenced Monday, May 5 to one year and nine months in federal prison. A luxuriant lifestyle of high-end jewelry, luxury cars, a six-month stay at a opulent Las Vegas
(NewsNation) — A typical monthly housing payment hit a record high of $2,807 during the last four weeks ending March 23, according to a study by Redfin. The 5.3% increase is a result of the average cost of home prices going up roughly 3% annually and mortgage rates sitting at 6.6%. “Buyers are cautious because they’re
Questrade Financial Group Inc. moved a step closer to obtaining a banking licence in Canada, entering the final phase of a rigorous process to earn approval from the federal banking regulator. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, or OSFI, published a notice on Friday that said the government had issued letters patent –
Several nonprofit groups across the country are suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a bid to restore funding tied to providing legal representation for roughly 26,000 unaccompanied children in the United States, days after the Trump administration moved to cancel such contracts. The federal lawsuit announced Wednesday, March 26, was filed
Open this photo in gallery: Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s prime minister on March 14, taking charge of a country rattled by a breakdown in U.S. relations since President Donald Trump’s return to power.DAVE CHAN/AFP/Getty Images Mark Carney wants to move fast and build things. There was nothing subtle about the new Prime
REUTERS/GARY CAMERON/FILE PHOTO The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seen in Washington, in March 2012. Several U.S. farmers and nonprofits filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration today, arguing it is illegally withholding Department of Agriculture grants funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. Several U.S. farmers and nonprofits filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration