SYRACUSE, New York, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Colombian Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Alien Smuggling ALBANY, NEW YORK - Diego Guisao-Zapata, age 41, a citizen of Colombia, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for alien smuggling and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Chief Border Patrol Agent Robert N. Garcia of the United Sta  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Criminal Defense Attorney Indicted For Bribery Scheme Matthew Podolsky, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James E. Dennehy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging DAVID MACEY, a crimin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The White House issued the following memorandum on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Memo to Press Corps: Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Are Fraudulently Spent Every Year The New York Times erroneously wrote that there is no "proof" for "sweeping claims" of "fraud" in federal government spending. Apparently, the Times and other like-minded outlets lack access to a newfangled research tool called Google. The Government Accountability Office released a report just last year finding  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Bloods Gang Leader Charged With Narcotics Distribution Resulting in One Death and Three Additional Poisonings Defendant Allegedly Distributed Narcotics throughout Long Island Over Seven Year Period Earlier today, Gary Johnson, a Bloods gang leader also known as "G Money," was arraigned in federal court in Central Islip on new charges  more

PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Centers of New York Agrees to Pay $29M to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations SVCMC Inc., formerly known as Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Centers of New York (Saint Vincent), has agreed to pay $29 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly retaining erroneously inflated p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Centers of New York Agrees to Pay $29M to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations SVCMC Inc., formerly known as Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Centers of New York (Saint Vincent), has agreed to pay $29 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly retaining erroneously inflated payments received from the Depart  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Three Staten Island Residents and a Florida Man Charged With Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy and Illegal Possession of Machine Guns Defendants 3D-Printed More Than 25 Untraceable "Ghost Guns," Including at Least 10 Machine Gun Conversion Devices Earlier today, a nine-count superseding indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn  more