California has announced felony charges against 21 individuals in connection with a significant hospice fraud scheme that is alleged to have cost the state approximately $267 million. The state's Attorney General, Rob Bonta, unveiled the charges aimed at an organized effort which reportedly involved the misuse of personal identities to exploit the state's healthcare system. The announcement was made on Thursday, marking a pivotal moment in the ongoing efforts to combat fraud in the healthcare sector. According to state officials, the suspects acquired personal identification information of non-residents from dark web sources. They utilized this stolen information to enroll in... [Continue Reading]
A West Virginia woman who was a naturalized U.S. citizen from Bosnia and Herzegovina was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for naturalization fraud based on lies about her prior criminal conduct to obtain U.S. citizenship. According to statements made in court and court documents, Nada Radovan TomaniÄ, 53, of West Virginia, served with the Zulfikar Special Unit of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s, during the armed conflict in the region. Along with other Zulfikar Special Unit soldiers, TomaniÄ participated in the severe physical and psychological abuse of Bosnian Serb civilian prisoners, including torture and... [Continue Reading]
In a significant legal move, Indonesian activists have filed a complaint targeting Myanmar's newly elected president, Min Aung Hlaing, for alleged international crimes. This action comes in the wake of legal changes in Indonesia that allow for such international cases to be heard in domestic courts. The complaint was submitted just days after Hlaing's election by Myanmar's military-dominated parliament on April 3. The legal documents are notable for naming Yasmin Ullah, a Rohingya survivor, as one of the main complainants, along with ten prominent figures from Indonesia’s human rights community, including former attorney general Marzuki Darusman. The case seeks to... [Continue Reading]
The Justice Department announced today that Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as âShahzeb Jadoon,â pleaded guilty to attempting to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, for attempting to enter the United States and carry out a mass shooting with automatic weapons at a prominent Jewish center in Brooklyn, New York. Khan pleaded guilty today before U.S. Gardephe and is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 12, 2026. âKhan planned a mass shooting at a Jewish center in New York City, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attacks, with the explicit goal of killing as... [Continue Reading]
Department of Justice's National Fraud Enforcement Division (NFED) announced major prosecutorial actions across multiple federal districts targeting fraudulent schemes to obtain more than $260 million in taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief and Social Security Disability benefits. The operations seek to hold perpetrators accountable for stealing government funds. In the District of New Jersey, tax preparer Leon Haynes, age 52, from Teaneck, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and ordered to pay over $55 million restitution after a six-day jury trial. Haynes was convicted of 15 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, mail fraud, and tax evasion... [Continue Reading]