Doctor Convicted of Illegally Distributing Opioids and Other Drugs
A federal jury in Columbus convicted an Ohio doctor yesterday for illegally prescribing buprenorphine and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2023
1 min read
Titan Vessel Implosion Was So Fast That Victims ‘Never Knew It Happened’
Ofer Ketter, an expert in submersibles, told The New York Post that said the "implosion would occur within a millisecond, if not a nanosecond if something breached the hull of the vessel to cause a loss in pressure".
Bijay Pokharel,
June 23, 2023
2 min read
Influential Drug Trafficking Organisation Halted In Bosnia And Herzegovina
Europol's recent support of Bosnia and Herzegovina has led to a major breakthrough in the fight against organized crime.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2023
3 min read
Former FBI Analyst Sentenced for Retaining Classified Documents
A former analyst with the Kansas City Division of the FBI was sentenced in federal court today for illegally retaining documents related to the national defense at her residence.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2023
3 min read
Elon Musk’s Twitter Account is “Verified Since 3000 BCE!”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk's Twitter account is "Verified since 3000 BCE."
Bijay Pokharel,
June 21, 2023
1 min read
Turkish Police Arrest 120 Suspects Over Cryptocurrency Trading
Turkish police have cracked down on scores of individuals allegedly involved in cryptocurrency trading, the country's new Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Twitter.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 21, 2023
1 min read
Owner of Car Parts Remanufacturing Company Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Crime
A Minnesota man who owned an automobile transmission business pleaded guilty today to willfully failing to account for and pay over employment taxes.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 21, 2023
1 min read
Tinder Removes 5 Million Spam, Bot Accounts In Q1 This Year
Dating giant Tinder and its parent company Match Group on Tuesday said that it has blocked nearly five million spam and bot accounts in the first quarter of 2023.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 20, 2023
2 min read
Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon Sentenced To 4 Months In Prison For Passport Forgery
A Montenegro court has sentenced Do Kwon, the co-founder of Terraform Labs, and one of his aides to four months in prison on charges of using fake passports.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 20, 2023
2 min read
Europol-Assisted Operation Results in Arrest of Ten Gold Smugglers
In a significant breakthrough against organized crime, Italian, German, and Swiss law enforcement agencies collaborated in an operation that resulted in the arrest of 10 individuals linked to a criminal network engaged in gold smuggling and money laundering.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 17, 2023
1 min read
Canadian Man Convicted In Multimillion-Dollar Psychic Mass-Mailing Fraud Scheme
A federal jury in the Eastern District of New York convicted a Canadian man today for perpetrating a decades-long mass-mailing fraud scheme that stole more than $175 million from victims in the United States.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 17, 2023
4 min read
Man Convicted Of $54 Million Bribery And Kickback Scheme Involving Fraudulent Prescriptions
A federal jury convicted a Florida man for his role in a $54 million bribery and kickback scheme involving TRICARE, a federal program that provides health insurance benefits to active duty and retired service members and their families.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 17, 2023
3 min read
Xi Meets Bill Gates, Calls Him ‘American Friend
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates here on Friday, and said the latter was his "first American friend I've met in Beijing this year".
Bijay Pokharel,
June 16, 2023
2 min read
Foreign National Sentenced For Trafficking Child Pornography
A Bulgarian national was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to traffic images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of young children.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 16, 2023
4 min read
Air National Guardsman Indicted For Unlawful Disclosure Of Classified National Defense Information
A member of the U.S. Air National Guard (USANG) stationed in Massachusetts was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly retaining and transmitting classified national defense information on a social media platform beginning in or around 2022 and continuing until his...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 16, 2023
3 min read
Foreign National Sentenced For International Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy
A Mexican national was sentenced today in the District of Columbia to 13 years in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine for importation into the United States.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 16, 2023
2 min read
Oregon Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Provide Material Support To ISIS
An Oregon man pleaded guilty in federal court today for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) by producing and distributing propaganda and recruiting materials online in coordination with ISIS members overseas.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 14, 2023
3 min read
Man Pleads Guilty To Running Child Sexual Abuse Website
An Alabama man pleaded guilty yesterday for his involvement with a website dedicated to the advertisement and distribution of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 14, 2023
3 min read
Man Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Minors
Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for trafficking four minors in Philadelphia.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 10, 2023
1 min read
Russian Nationals Charged With Hacking One Cryptocurrency Exchange and Illicitly Operating Another
The Justice Department unsealed charges related to the 2011 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the operation of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 10, 2023
7 min read



