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Arizona woman sentenced over $17 million North Korea worker fraud scheme  The Washington Post Arizona woman sentenced to 8 years in prison for hosting ‘laptop farm’ for North Korean remote workers  Politico Arizona woman sentenced in North Korean tech-worker scheme  CNN US woman gets 8-year sentence for stealing identities to give North Koreans jobs  BBC Woman learns fate after DOJ guilty plea admitting she …

Christina Chapman, 50, an Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to charges connected to the global North Korean IT workers scheme, has been sentenced to 8.5 years in federal prison. U.S. District Court Judge Randolph D. Moss also ordered Chapman to forfeit proceeds of $284,000 that was to be paid to the North Koreans. She was also ordered to pay a …

‘You had the power to stop this:’ Ex-ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore sentenced to 2 years in prison in scheme to bribe Speaker Madigan  Chicago Tribune Former ComEd CEO gets 2 years in prison  Chicago Sun-Times Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore sentenced to 2 years for bribery charges linked to Michael Madigan  CBS News Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore sentenced to 24 months in …

Exclusive: China EV brands Zeekr, Neta inflated car sales using insurance scheme  Reuters Zeekr denies ‘zero-kilometre used car’ allegations, says vehicles were unregistered showroom models  CarNewsChina.com Zeekr used insurance scheme to inflate car sales, Reuters reports  TipRanks China’s Zeekr says it did not sell or register zero-mileage used cars  The Mighty 790 KFGO China’s Neta and Zeekr inflated EV sales using pre-sale insurance tactics: …

The EOIR (Executive Office For Immigration Review) Oakdale Immigration Court, bottom, is seen in this aerial photo in Oakdale, La., Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP Federal prosecutors have indicted five people in Louisiana, including three current and former police chiefs, in an alleged scheme to file bogus police reports that enabled immigrants to …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The wife of a Louisiana police chief, who earlier this week was charged for his alleged role in a mass immigration visa fraud scheme, has also been arrested, state police said Thursday. Alison Doyle, a former employee of the small city of Oakdale, has been charged with two counts of malfeasance in office. State police …

LAFAYETTE, La. — Five Louisiana men, including four active and former law enforcement officers, were indicted Wednesday on charges of bribery, conspiracy to commit visa fraud, and mail fraud, following a federal investigation initiated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. USCIS fraud detection officers uncovered a pattern of inconsistencies among U visa applications, spurring a multi-agency federal investigation. The 62-count indictment …

Louisiana Police Chiefs Accused of Fabricating Robberies in Immigrant Visa Scheme  The New York Times Feds arrest current, former Louisiana law enforcement leaders on alleged immigration violations  The Advocate Louisiana police chiefs arrested in fake visa scheme targeting immigrants: DOJ  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Louisiana police chiefs among those arrested and accused in a bribery scheme to help …

Three current or former Louisiana police chiefs were among those indicted in an alleged scheme to drum up bogus crimes against immigrants so they could qualify for a special visa that allows noncitizen crime victims to remain in the US. The top cops allegedly took “hundreds” of bribes in exchange for filing false police reports detailing made-up crimes against the …

Four law enforcement officials, including two current police chiefs, in Louisiana are accused of fabricating police reports in a scheme to illegally obtain U.S. visas for immigrants, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. A Louisiana businessman is also charged in the scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Louisiana alleges that between Dec. 26, 2015, and at least July 15, …