Tag: Fraud

Missouri State Lawmaker Resigns After Conviction on Multiple Charges, Including Fraud

A Missouri lawmaker has resigned from the state’s House of Representatives after a federal jury found her guilty of fraud and other charges that involve her medical practices in southern Missouri. State Rep. Tricia Derges, a Republican who was elected in November 2020 to represent District 140 (Christian County), sent a resignation letter to Missouri House Speaker…


Apple’s Former Top Corporate Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud, Insider Trading

Apple Inc.’s former corporate secretary and director of corporate law, Gene Levoff, has admitted to being part of an insider trading scheme that ran for five years. The Department of Justice said on Thursday that 48-year-old Levoff pleaded guilty before the U.S. District Judge William Martini to six counts of securities fraud. “Gene Levoff betrayed the trust of one of the…


2000 Mules Team Launches New ‘Sheriffs Initiative’: National Hotline for Election Integrity | Facts Matter

With the recent success of the film “2000 Mules,” a lot of people in the United States have been asking: What’s next? About a week ago, the researchers behind that film (somewhat) answered that question. They just launched a new initiative that will educate people throughout the country about election integrity, equip local sheriffs with the…


January 6: The Clown Car Trial

The Jan. 6 Select Committee is underway and proving that investigations into former President Donald Trump are infinite and endless, but they aren’t the types of investigations that need to be taking place. In this political “witch hunt,” they aim to paint the former president as a traitor who destroyed his oath of office for…


United Airlines Says Government Should Step In; Facebook Removes Candidate’s RINO Hunting | NTD News Today

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits Canada to discuss Ukraine and inflation, but she side steps a question on interest rates. A Texas woman pleads guilty to 26 counts of voter fraud. Find out more about what the Texas Attorney General calls a vote harvesting operation. And we look at woke culture and its influence…


United Airlines Says Government Should Step In; Facebook Removes Candidate’s RINO Hunting Ad | NTD News Today

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits Canada to discuss Ukraine and inflation, but she side steps a question on interest rates. A Texas woman pleads guilty to 26 counts of voter fraud. Find out more about what the Texas Attorney General calls a vote harvesting operation. And we look at woke culture and its influence…


FBI Says Cryptocurrency Fraud on LinkedIn a ‘Significant Threat’: How Scammers Lure Members

FBI special agent Sean Ragan has said that cryptocurrency investment scammers on Microsoft Corporation’s social networking platform LinkedIn are a significant threat to the platform and consumers. According to an exclusive interview with CNBC, Ragan, the FBI’s special agent in charge of the San Francisco and Sacramento, said that crypto-related fraudulent activities on LinkedIn are becoming more…


Michael Avenatti Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Tax Charges After Swindling Clients out of Millions of Dollars

Convicted lawyer Michael Avenatti on Thursday pleaded guilty in a federal court in Southern California to multiple fraud charges in a case in which he is accused of stealing nearly $10 million from multiple clients. Avenatti pled guilty to four counts of wire fraud and one count of endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Code, and admitted to…


Porsche to Pay $80 Million to Resolve Fuel Economy Claims on U.S. Vehicles

Volkswagen AG and its Porsche AG unit have agreed to a class-action settlement worth at least $80 million to resolve claims it skewed emissions and fuel economy data on 500,000 Porsche vehicles in the United States, court documents show. The settlement, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, must be approved by a federal…


Texas GOP Mayra Flores Flips US House Seat; Fed Expected to Intensify Inflation Fight | NTD News Today

Three Trump-endorsed candidates won and one lost in Tuesday’s Primaries. And in a special election, Republican Mayra Flores flips a U.S. House seat in Texas from blue to red. The Sheriff’s Office in Yuma County, Arizona is investigating 16 cases of voting and voter registration fraud. Some may involve third-party non-profit organizations according to the…