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  • Five, including two police chiefs, indicted on 10-year visa fraud scheme in western Louisiana

    07/16/2025 8:11:08 PM PDT · by TheDon · 16 replies
    WBRZ ^ | July 16, 2025 | Domenic Purdy
    LAFAYETTE — Five people, including several current and former head law enforcement officers, were taken into custody earlier in the week and indicted on an alleged scheme involving falsifying crimes to facilitate immigration visa fraud for profit, national and state officials announced Wednesday. Officials said four current and former law enforcement agents were taken into custody Monday as well as a Oakdale business owner. The following people are being indicted after the U.S. Attorney's Office in Shreveport returned a 62-count indictment for the alleged immigration conspiracy: - Oakdale Police Chief Chad Doyle - Oakdale Ward 5 Marshal Mike "Freck" Slaney...
  • The DOJ dropped its investigation into Pfizer for possible foreign bribery after Pam Bondi, who previously served as outside counsel for Pfizer, became Attorney General.

    07/12/2025 9:21:57 AM PDT · by george76 · 56 replies
    X ^ | Jul 10, 2025 | The General
    The DOJ dropped its investigation into Pfizer for possible foreign bribery after Pam Bondi, who previously served as outside counsel for Pfizer, became Attorney General. ... Sounds quite fishy like a conflict of interest that @TheJusticeDept would drop a case against @pfizer considering @PamBondi represented them and is now AG @AGPamBondi ? ... Pfizer bribery probe? Dropped. Bondi walks in... case walks out. Who’s brave enough to say it? We’re being played.. ..... The DOJ's decision to drop the Pfizer investigation raises serious questions about influence and accountability. When former Pfizer counsel Pam Bondi steps into the AG role, and...
  • The imam who twisted his faith to preach race hatred, murder and violence

    02/25/2003 10:02:04 AM PST · by Indy Pendance · 6 replies · 300+ views
    independent ^ | February 25, 2003 | Cahal Milmo
    His style was that of a celebrity lecturer, spreading "enlightenment" in a rich baritone with the help of jokes and references to pop stars as he addressed rapt audiences the length of Britain. News of the arrival of the extremist Muslim cleric Abdullah el-Faisal would spread by word of mouth, and he attracted crowds of up to 150 people at a time. But beneath his jocular manner lay a philosophy skewed by hatred of "kuffars", or unbelievers, and shared by a web of associates allegedly leading back to Osama bin Laden.Yesterday Faisal, 39, was convicted of soliciting murder and stirring...
  • Biden Muscles Out Chicago Prosecutor Hot on the Heels of Powerful Dems

    02/18/2021 5:07:04 PM PST · by MarvinStinson · 29 replies
    freebeacon ^ | FEBRUARY 18, 2021 | Kevin Daley
    Lawmakers from both parties have called for John Lausch to keep his job President Joe Biden is forcing Chicago's top federal prosecutor to resign amid ongoing criminal probes of powerful Illinois Democrats and their associates. U.S. attorney John Lausch is prosecuting close confidants of Democrat boss Mike Madigan, an ally of former president Barack Obama who resigned from the state legislature Thursday after a decades-long reign in Springfield. Lausch's office will also prosecute Chicago alderman Edward Burke (D.), an influential figure accused of strong-arming businesses into retaining his law firm. Lausch's abrupt removal has drawn bipartisan criticism from Illinois lawmakers...
  • Michael Madigan sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for corruption: Live updates

    06/13/2025 3:42:15 PM PDT · by PBRCat · 24 replies
    The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | June 13, 2025 | Jon Seidel and Dave McKinney
    Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison and a $2.5 million fine on corruption convictions. In February, a jury found guilty Madigan of bribery conspiracy, wire fraud and other crimes.
  • Hunter Biden’s Favorite Prostitute Charged With Manslaughter

    06/03/2025 7:50:58 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 45 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | June 03, 2025 | Staff
    One of Hunter Biden’s favorite prostitutes and drug buddies was charged with manslaughter in Nevada this year after allegedly bringing drugs into a jail, leading to another inmate’s death. Cheryl Ann Deboves was arraigned on involuntary manslaughter and drug possession charges in Clark County, Nevada in April, records show. The case was moved to state court, and she pleaded guilty last month to possession of controlled substances by an inmate, with a sentence of between 12 and 30 months. Deboves was a recurring figure on Hunter Biden’s laptop, which shows former President Joe Biden’s son engaging in orgies with her,...
  • USDA Employee And Five Others Charged In Multimillion-Dollar Food Stamp Fraud And Bribery Scheme

    05/29/2025 10:17:06 AM PDT · by CFW · 19 replies
    Justice.gov ^ | 5/29/25 | staff
    Perry Carbone, Attorney for the United States, Acting under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515; Charmeka Parker, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General (“USDA-OIG”); and Christopher G. Raia, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation(“FBI”), announced the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment charging six individuals in connection with a sprawling fraud and bribery scheme that generated over $66 million in unauthorized transactions under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”)—colloquially known as food stamps. This is one of the largest food...
  • Advisor to former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych shot dead in Spain

    05/21/2025 12:36:13 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 46 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | May 21, 2025 | Staff
    Former Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov, a top adviser to ousted President Viktor Yanukovych (thanks, CIA!), was shot dead this morning outside the American School of Madrid shortly after student drop-off. Spanish media reports that 2-3 suspects are being hunted. Portnov faced treason charges in Ukraine and was accused of collaborating with Russia ... Former president Yanukovych was overthrown in 2014. According to the US Treasury Department, Portnov was "credibly accused of using his influence to buy access and decisions in Ukraine's courts and undermining reform effort." He was sanctioned by the US for corruption and bribery in 2021 under the...
  • Retired four-star admiral found guilty of bribery after accepting $500K a year job in exchange for lucrative Navy contract

    05/20/2025 1:22:41 AM PDT · by Libloather · 56 replies
    NY Post ^ | 5/20/25 | Victor Nava
    DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro notched a significant legal victory Monday after retired four-star Navy Adm. Robert Burke was found guilty of bribery charges related to a scheme to steer government contracts to his future employer. Burke, who served as the vice chief of naval operations during part of President Trump’s first term, was convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, performing acts affecting a personal financial interest and concealing material facts from the US after a five-day trial. Formerly the Navy’s second-highest-ranking officer, Burke is now the senior-most member of the US military to ever be convicted of a...
  • Filing: Smartmatic Hid Meeting With Dem Megadonor Who Financed Its Suit Against 2020 Election Reporting

    05/15/2025 8:15:05 AM PDT · by george76 · 12 replies
    Federalist ^ | May 08, 2025 | Brianna Lyman
    Smartmatic, the electronic tabulator company suing Fox News for alleged defamation following the 2020 election, failed in a February court hearing to disclose a meeting with Democrat megadonor Reid Hoffman, newly unsealed court documents allege. Following the 2020 election, both Fox News and Newsmax “hosted commentators who aired concerns that tabulators were not secure, were vulnerable to voter fraud, and had possibly changed Trump votes to Biden votes,” as described in these pages by Logan Washburn. Smartmatic sued, arguing the comments amounted to defamation. Fox previously settled a suit with Dominion Voting over similar allegations while Newsmax recently settled with...
  • REVEALED: Hillary Clinton Met With CCP ‘Undercover Intel Ops’ Group While Bill Floated Paid Speeches

    12/29/2020 8:37:33 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    National Pulse ^ | 12/29/2020 | Natalie Winters
    A delegation from a Chinese Communist Party-run think tank identified by the U.S. government as carrying out “undercover intelligence gathering” operations and seeking to coerce foreign actors into backing the Chinese Communist Party’s “preferred policies” met with Hillary Clinton and a host of high-level military leaders during the Obama-Biden administration, The National Pulse can reveal.The exchange with the controversial group – China Association for International Friendly Contact (CAIFC) – occurred in October of 2009, while Clinton was serving as Secretary of State. The CAIFC delegation, composed of China’s former top military leaders, visited Clinton after stopping in Hawaii to meet...
  • Chinese-Government Agents Tried to Bribe the IRS in Anti–Falun Gong Plot: DOJ

    05/26/2023 5:39:15 PM PDT · by Right Wing Vegan · 12 replies
    National Review ^ | 5/26/2023 | Jimmy Quinn
    Two men working on behalf of the Chinese government’s Ministry of Public Security attempted to bribe an IRS agent in a scheme intended to further Beijing’s harassment of Falun Gong believers, the Justice Department revealed in a criminal complaint unveiled today. The defendants were arrested today in California on charges including acting as unregistered foreign agents, money laundering, and bribery. “The Chinese government has yet again attempted, and failed, to target critics of the PRC here in the United States,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement this afternoon. “The Justice Department will continue to investigate, disrupt, and prosecute...
  • EU Parliament Shaken by Corruption Scandal Tied to Chinese Tech Giant Huawei; 15 MEPs Implicated and Several Arrests Made

    03/23/2025 2:16:25 PM PDT · by george76 · 37 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | Mar. 23, 2025 | Robert Semonsen
    The European Parliament has, once again, found itself at the heart of a corruption scandal, this time involving the Chinese tech giant Huawei. Police raids have been carried out across Belgium and Portugal amid suspicions of bribery, forgery, money laundering, and organized criminal activity. The European Parliament’s latest corruption scandal unfolds even as the previous one—the so-called ‘Qatargate’ affair—remains under investigation and litigation, further deepening preexisting concerns about foreign influence in EU institutions. The Qatargate scandal, which surfaced more than two years ago, involves allegations that Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), lobbyists, and their families accepted substantial sums of...
  • 'Fake' agents who 'infiltrated White House Secret Service' will be RELEASED from custody: Judge rejects ties to Pakistani intelligence after it was revealed 'imposters' were tipped off by federal agents

    04/12/2022 4:40:23 PM PDT · by algore · 27 replies
    A judge in Washington D.C. denied on Tuesday federal prosecutors' motion to detain the two men impersonating federal agents because he says he isn't convinced that there are links to Pakistan intelligence. He also claimed that deleting social media posts wasn't proof that the other defendant would tamper with evidence, as federal lawyers argued. I am going to 'deny the government's request that the two defendants be held pending trial,' Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey said during proceedings Tuesday. The decision comes after it was revealed in proceedings earlier Tuesday that Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Sher-Ali, 35, were 'inadvertently...
  • U.S. judge declines to jail two men accused of impersonating federal agents

    04/12/2022 3:11:53 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 31 replies
    Reuters via MSN ^ | April 12, 2022 | By Sarah N. Lynch
    WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday declined to jail two men accused of impersonating federal agents and supplying Secret Service personnel with gifts, dealing a blow to prosecutors who had argued that the defendants pose a danger and should be detained. "There's been no showing that national security information has been compromised," U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Harvey said. Harvey ordered both men to remain in home confinement, subject to GPS monitoring, with their parents and that they surrender their passports and stay away from airports and embassies. Harvey agreed to stay his order until Wednesday morning...
  • Burisma Paid Former Ukrainian President To Suppress Biden Investigation and Bribed FBI Agents

    10/18/2019 3:39:37 PM PDT · by Jacquerie · 31 replies
    CD Media ^ | October 18th 2019 | L. Todd Wood
    KYIV — Now we know why the Democrats are so rabidly going after POTUS with a scam impeachment. CD Media has been on the ground in Kyiv for some time now investigating corruption of the U.S. State Department in Ukraine, along with multiple Democratic Party operatives in-country, who have been involved in a massive money laundering operation of IMF aid funds, along with corrupt Ukrainian officials, including former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. What we have to say is truly shocking. The theft totals in the billions of dollars. In short, multiple intelligence sources have produced evidence which will soon be...
  • Former Illinois Democrat Powerbroker Michael Madigan Found Guilty in Corruption Trial

    02/12/2025 3:04:52 PM PST · by PBRCat · 27 replies
    Breitbart ^ | February 12, 2025 | Warner Todd Huston
    The former speaker, who held unchallenged power in the state for more than three decades, was indicted back in 2022 on federal racketeering charges, alleging that he participated in a string of bribery and influence peddling schemes. Madigan represented the southwest side of Chicago for half a century and held a grip on power since the 1990s, using that influence to stymie governors of both parties, and he essentially dictated policies for the entire state. He controlled the access to campaign funds and endorsements for the state’s Democrat Party and acted like a mafia boss with an absolute control of...
  • FBI Raids Oakland Home Tied to Campaign Contribution Laundering Scheme: High-Profile Political Connections Including Biden, Harris, Newsom, Bonta, and Becerra Under Scrutiny

    06/25/2024 5:43:55 PM PDT · by bitt · 18 replies
    Details have emerged about two individuals at the heart of an FBI political corruption investigation in Oakland, California, which saw the raid of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home last week. The Gateway Pundit previously reported that FBI agents raided a home owned by Democrat Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. An FBI spokesperson told the press that agents were conducting “court-authorized law enforcement” at Thao’s property. The focus of the investigation is on David Duong, CEO of California Waste Solutions, and his son, Andy Duong. Both have deep-seated ties to Democratic politicians and businesses, NBC Bay Area reported. Their business dealings and...
  • Menendez Stuns Reporters with Remarks About Trump After Being Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison (VIDEO)

    01/30/2025 6:42:02 AM PST · by Red Badger · 44 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | January 29, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    As reported earlier, former Democrat Senator Bob Menendez, 71, sobbed in court as he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery and corruption. A tearful Menendez sobbed as he begged SDNY Judge Sidney Stein to have mercy on him. The judge showed no mercy to “Gold Bar Bob” and sentenced him to 11 years. Last summer a jury convicted Senator Bob Menendez on all bribery and corruption charges. The jury returned the verdict following a 9-week trial. Menendez did not testify. In October 2023 Bob Menendez was charged with acting as a foreign agent in a superseding indictment....
  • Justice Dept. discusses dropping corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams, source say

    01/29/2025 7:19:47 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 32 replies
    CBS News ^ | 01/29/2025 | Jacob Rosen, Jesse Zanger, Marcia Kramer
    NEW YORK - Senior Justice Department officials have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a source familiar with the discussions confirmed to CBS News. Adams was indicted on five counts of corruption in September, including bribery, conspiracy and campaign finance violations. He has pleaded not guilty on those counts. If he is found guilty, the charges could result in up to 45 years in prison. The Justice Department did not comment. CBS News has asked reached out to Mayor Adams' office for comment. There is...