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The Justice Department announced today the repatriation of an additional $156 million in misappropriated 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds to Malaysia, bringing the total returned by the department to approximately $1.4 billion.
According to court documents, beginning in at least December 2014 and continuing through at least November 2021, Congressman Cuellar and Imelda Cuellar allegedly accepted approximately $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities: an oil and gas company wholly owned and controlled by the Government of Azerbaijan, and a bank headquartered in Mexico City.
A Maryland man, Andra Shirone Thompson, has pleaded guilty to charges of defrauding Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act loan programs and commercial equipment financing companies. Thompson admitted to his involvement in a scheme that involved submitting fraudulent applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for companies he controlled, resulting in a fraudulent gain of $716,375.Furthermore, Thompson was part of a conspiracy that defrauded equipment financing companies by submitting false...
The former board president of an elite youth swim program has been sentenced after pleading guilty to child sex exploitation charges in January. Arlington resident Mark Black, who previously helped to lead the Olympian-producing Arlington Aquatic Club, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Federal prosecutors say Black, 50, possessed "approximately 172,707 images of suspected
Frederick Pierallini committed two federal hate crimes by attacking two Black women at a convenience store and on a sidewalk with a gun in September 2022.