3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (763+ words) The FINANCIAL — U.S. producer prices accelerated in August, with a sharp increase in energy costs — led by a 24.1% jump in diesel fuel prices — pushing the Producer Price Index for final demand up 0.4%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (189+ words) SAN DIEGO – Donald Danks of Irvine was convicted by a federal jury today of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, and perjury in connection with a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud investors in a Nasdaq-listed company and…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (209+ words) Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and James C. Barnacle, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), announced the verdict. “Today’s verdict holds the defendant accountable for…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (110+ words) Fitzgibbons pleaded guilty to wire fraud, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years. He also has agreed to pay $775,452.21 in restitution. Fitzgibbons is released on a $100,000 bond pending sentencing, which is scheduled for December 2. This investigation is being…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (122+ words) A Maryland woman was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for attempting to steal more than $1.1 million from the IRS by filing false tax returns. Scarborough pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds. In…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (479+ words) Paul Richard Randall, 67, of Orange, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mark C. Scarsi, who also ordered him to pay $178,746,556 in restitution. Randall pleaded guilty on April 7 to one count of wire fraud committed while on release. “This defendant took…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (241+ words) The FINANCIAL — Employers paid an average of $49.46 for every hour a civilian worker put in during June 2026, according to new figures the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. Wages made up $33.85 of that total. Benefits accounted for the remaining $15.61. The…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (106+ words) Cleveland & Columbus, OH – United States Marshals Pete Elliott N/OH, and Michael Black S/OH announce the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) found 79 reported missing children in Ohio during Operation Meridian. The U.S. Marshals Service, in coordination with its federal, state,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (142+ words) The defendants also paid more than $470,000 in illegal kickbacks in the form of purchasing hotel rooms for Medicaid recipients. The defendants used the hotel rooms to incentivize recipients to obtain Medicaid services from Divine Youth, a practice the defendants knew…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (699+ words) President Donald Trump’s April 30 executive order expanding retirement-savings access has moved from announcement to implementation, with the Treasury Department and IRS now working on the rules for a new federal matching program and the planned TrumpIRA.gov platform. The most…...