Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that four defendants have been extradited from Israel on charges relating to their participation in multiple lottery telemarketing fraud schemes. The schemes targeted elderly victims in the United States and netted the defendants millions of dollars in profits. AVI AYACHE, […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-Today, the White House announced Summer Jobs+, a new call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government to work together to provide pathways to employment for low-income and disconnected youth in the summer of 2012. The President proposed $1.5 billion for high-impact summer jobs and year-round employment for low-income youth ages 16-24 in the […]
WASHINGTON – A former captain in the U.S. Army National Guard was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Chicago to 15 months in prison for receiving bribes from military contractors in return for the award of Department of Defense (DOD) contracts during his deployment to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-Alaskan Congressman Don Young spoke on the House floor today in favor ofH.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011. This legislation would allow Americans who have valid state-issued concealed firearm permits or licenses to carry a concealed firearm in any other state that also allows concealed carry. Currently, there is a bureaucratic […]