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Facebook Tweet Email Link A group of current or former Louisiana police chiefs and the operator of a Subway sandwich shop are accused of colluding in a decade-long scheme to falsify police reports to help foreign nationals get visas meant for crime victims or witnesses. A federal grand jury returned a 62-count indictment charging two police chiefs, a former police …

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, …

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 …

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Federal charges have been dropped against Dr. Michael Kirk Moore Jr., a Utah plastic surgeon accused of issuing fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and administering saline shots instead of vaccines. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the dismissal in a social media post Saturday, saying the charges were dropped at her direction. “Dr. Moore gave his …

A prominent Georgia Republican was running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 300 investors of at least $140m, federal officials alleged in a complaint filed on Thursday. The civil lawsuit by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said First Liberty Building and Loan, controlled by Brant Frost IV, lied to investors about its business of making high-interest loans to companies. …

ATLANTA (AP) — A prominent Georgia Republican accused of running a $140 million Ponzi scheme publicly apologized on Friday as a federal judge ordered his assets frozen and appointed a receiver to try to recover cash for investors. Brant Frost IV said in a statement issued through his lawyers that he “would like to apologize personally to those I have …

S.E.C. Accuses Prominent Georgia Republican of Running Ponzi Scheme  The New York Times SEC accuses GOP-linked Georgia lender of $140M Ponzi scheme  AJC.com Georgia Republican apologizes for $140M Ponzi scheme as judge freezes assets  AP News Georgia man accused by SEC of perpetrating Ponzi scheme says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for his actions  Fox News SEC charges Georgia lending firm in $140M Ponzi scheme  FOX …