BATON ROUGE, La. — Three current or former Louisiana police chiefs were arrested following a federal investigation into an alleged scheme that involved false police reports being sold to immigrants lacking permanent legal status and used to try to secure a visa, authorities said Tuesday. The forged police reports would indicate that the immigrant was a victim of a crime, …
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Trump accuses Schiff of mortgage fraud. Schiff calls it false ‘political retaliation’
President Trump on Tuesday accused Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of committing mortgage fraud by intentionally misleading lenders about his primary residence being in the suburbs of Washington, rather than California, in order to “get a cheaper mortgage and rip off America.” Schiff, who led a House impeachment of Trump during the president’s first term and has remained one of his …
Read More »Feds charge 3 current or former Louisiana police chiefs in an alleged visa fraud scheme
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Federal authorities said Wednesday that they charged three current or former Louisiana police chiefs with taking hundreds of bribes in exchange for filing false police reports that would allow noncitizens to seek a visa that allows certain crime victims to stay in the U.S. The false police reports would indicate that the immigrant was a …
Read More »Trump’s attorney general drops fraud case tied to COVID vaccinations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday dropped a case against a Utah doctor accused of falsifying COVID-19 vaccination certificates and destroying more than $28,000 worth of government-provided COVID-19 vaccines. Bondi, in a statement posted on X, said Michael Kirk Moore Jr., of Salt Lake County, Utah did not deserve the jail time he was facing. Moore was …
Read More »Trump's attorney general drops fraud case tied to COVID vaccinations – Reuters
Trump’s attorney general drops fraud case tied to COVID vaccinations Reuters Attorney General Pam Bondi announces dismissal of charges against plastic surgeon accused of faking COVID-19 vaccine cards CBS News Bondi says all charges against doctor who allegedly destroyed COVID vaccines have been dropped Fox News AG Pam Bondi orders charges dropped against Midvale doctor accused of running fake COVID card scheme FOX 13 …
Read More »Elon Musk’s X investigated in France for alleged data tampering and data fraud
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors have launched a police investigation into alleged data tampering and fraud involving X, Elon Musk’s social media platform. The Paris prosecutor’s office, in a statement Friday, announced the opening of the investigation, and said that a branch of the French gendarmerie is conducting the inquiry. The investigation is looking into two alleged offenses “in particular” …
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