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  Jim Wesberry

  

  1 day ago

  Former Michigan House Speaker associates to stand trial on public corruption charges

  clickondetroit.com - Dane Kelly

  LANSING, Mich. – A high-powered couple in Lansing will stand trial on public corruption charges. Rob and Anne Minard are accused of running a criminal …

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  Jim Wesberry

  

  10 hours ago

  California Addiction Treatment Facility Operator Convicted of Paying Nearly $2.9M in Illegal Kickbacks

  justice.gov

  A federal jury convicted a California man this week for paying illegal kickbacks for patient referrals to his addiction treatment facilities located …

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  Jim Wesberry

  

  1 day ago

  Crypto fraud losses surge to $5.6B in 2023: these states were hit hardest

  FOX Business - Aislinn Murphy

  Fraudsters swindled people out of an eye-popping amount of money using cryptocurrency-related schemes in 2023, according to the FBI. When it came to such losses in the U.S., the agency found some states were hit harder than others. Total estimated losses from cryptocurrency scams reached $5.6 …

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  Jim Wesberry

  1 day ago

  Former CIA Officer Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Espionage

  justice.gov

  HONOLULU – A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, who pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to gather and deliver national defense …

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  Jim Wesberry

  

  1 day ago

  FinCEN Says Check Fraud Approached $700 Million Over 6 Months

  pymnts.com - PYMNTS

  Earlier this week, FinCEN reported that mail theft-related check fraud amounted to more than $688 million in a recent six-month period. The bulk of …

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  Jim Wesberry

  

  5 days ago

  The DOJ called it the biggest bribery case in Ohio history. Did they let the bribers walk?

  cleveland.com

  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Justice has sent an Ohio House Speaker to prison for taking a bribe, secured an indictment of a top regulator …