Fresno, California – A federal grand jury indicted former Fresno deputy police chief Keith Foster and six others Thursday, charging them with a variety of drug trafficking offenses, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. In addition to Keith Foster, 51, the indictment includes charges against Randy Flowers, 48; Iran Dennis “Denny” Foster, 44; Rafael Guzman, 41; Jennifer Donabedian, 35; and Sarah Ybarra, 37, all of Fresno; and Ricky Reynolds, 30, of Shasta Lake. All defendants are scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2015. Source
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Italy finds 1.5 billion euros in fraud in public sector contracts out of 4.6 billion checked
ROME – Italy’s financial police have released sobering statistics about the state of fraud and corruption in Italy’s public sector: Of the 4.6 billion euros ($5 billion) worth of public contracts checked last year, they found 1.5 billion euros in fraud and 2.6 billion euros wasted.
The financial police released their annual report for 2014 on Wednesday, saying they had made police reports against 3,700 people for crimes against public administration.
Fifteen Mexican police officers killed in deadly ambush in Jalisco state
Fifteen Mexican police officers have been killed and five seriously wounded in the deadliest single attack on the country’s security forces in recent memory.
The officers’ convoy was ambushed as it drove along a winding mountain road in the western state of Jalisco on Monday afternoon.
The gunmen, believed to belong to the New Generation Jalisco cartel, reportedly used burning vehicles to block the road while they openend fire with machine guns and grenade launchers from the mountainsides.
Witness in cop corruption case loses job
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A police corruption trial in Philadelphia is far from over, but already one trial witness has been handed a losing verdict.
Witness Robert Kushner lost his varsity coaching job at a private academy after testifying this week about his years selling marijuana.
Kushner, 32, is one of more than a dozen former drug dealers testifying for the federal government about allegations of police wrongdoing. He told jurors Tuesday that some of the undercover officers on trial had stolen $81,000 in cash and seven pounds of marijuana from him during a 2007 arrest.
23 arrested in massive Medicare-Medicaid fraud scheme
A 199-count indictment against 23 doctors, nurses, and medical supply companies was unsealed in Brooklyn, NY yesterday, revealing a massive scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of millions of dollars.
Hundreds of poor people were recruited with the promise of new sneakers to visit a couple of clinics in the Bronx, where bogus tests and procedures were performed. The criminals would then bill government insurance programs for millions.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/04/23_arrested_in_massive_medicaremedicaid_fraud_scheme.html#ixzz3W564wCZE
Woman convicted of adoption fraud arrested again on similar charges
The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office says a Farmville woman was arrested after duping three victims in an elaborate fraud scheme.
Deputies say in September 2014, detectives began investigating a fraud tip out of Wilmington.
Through their investigation, they say the offender was identified as Heather Dawn Taylor, 39 of Farmville.
Detectives say Taylor received two checks from the first victim in Wilmington for the purchase of Papperiza Jewelry. Taylor then gave those account numbers to a second victim who Taylor said was her mother’s account.
FDA Gets Poor Grades When it Comes to Allowing Scientists to Speak Freely
Does the First Amendment stop at the laboratory door?
Over the past decade, federal government scientists have expressed increasing concern over the extent to which they can speak their minds without retribution about matters that may affect public health. And the Union of Concerned Scientists, a non-profit group, this month released a new report giving good grades for policies governing employee speech at most of 17 federal agencies that it examined.
Ethnic mobs, now diversified, drive organized crime in NJ, FBI says
Organized crime is alive and well in New Jersey, despite ongoing efforts by law enforcement, in part because there are so many criminal enterprises from all over the world operating in the Garden State.
Read More: Dozens of ethinic mobs engaged in NJ crime, according to FBI | http://nj1015.com/dozens-of-ethinic-mobs-engaged-in-nj-crime-according-to-fbi/?trackback=tsmclip
Brazil police report massive tax fraud scheme, more than $2B in losses
SAO PAULO – The federal police agency said Friday it has begun legal proceedings against companies allegedly involved in a fraud scheme that has cost Brazil’s public coffers more than $2 billion in unpaid fines and taxes.
FRESNO DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF KEITH FOSTER, 3 OTHERS ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES
FRESNO, CA —
The Fresno Police Department’s second in command has been arrested in a federal drug conspiracy investigation. Deputy Chief Keith Foster, 51, is accused of distributing and possessing drugs.
Deputy Chief Keith Foster is accused of distributing and possessing oxycodone, marijuana, and heroin. He was arrested on Thursday after a year long investigation by the FBI and ATF.