Richins is also set to appear in court Oct. 9 for a scheduling conference in a separate case involving mortgage fraud, forgery and money laundering charges.
Back in 2023, I did a post called “Why Can’t Everything Be Free?” and people were asking, “Is this how far our society has gone downhill?
Back in 2023, I did a post called “Why Can’t Everything Be Free? ” and people were asking, “Is this how far our society has gone downhill? Are there people so dumb that we need to explain to them why everything can’t just be free?” Yes, there are. Many of them are probably the same people who think that we don’t need prisons. Now you might think people like that are just random idiots on Reddit, but many of these people are prominent on the Left. Like whom? Well, let me give you just a few examples. Briahna Joy Gray, a political correspondent who used to be Bernie Sanders’ press secretary: Francesca Hong, who’s running for governor of Wisconsin: New Yorker Darializa Avila Chevalier, who was strongly supported by Bernie…Open
A 59-year-old Maryland woman who avoided prison after pleading guilty to defrauding a federally funded nonprofit has now agreed to pay $160,000 in a separate civil settlement with the Justice Department, a case that illustrates the oversight failures DOGE and the Trump administration flagged across USAID. Carleena Graham, a former vice president of human resources […] The post Maryland woman who defrauded USAID-funded charity must pay $160,000 on top of earlier restitution appeared first on American Almanac .
A 59-year-old Maryland woman who avoided prison after pleading guilty to defrauding a federally funded nonprofit has now agreed to pay $160,000 in a separate civil settlement with the Justice Department, a case that illustrates the oversight failures DOGE and the Trump administration flagged across USAID. Carleena Graham, a former vice president of human resources at the nonprofit World Learning, entered the civil settlement last month to resolve DOJ allegations that she submitted fraudulent claims for payment to the U.S. government. The $160,000 comes on top of the $425,000 in restitution Graham already owed from her criminal case, in which she pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Just the News reported that the settlement closes…Open
A single mid-level HR executive drained $425,000 from a federally funded aid group over years using nothing more sophisticated than fake invoices and a company credit card — the precise blind spot the USAID inspector general warned about when he reported that the organizations spending taxpayer money were largely the ones deciding whether to report themselves.
The borrowers say they were defrauded by their colleges, but the class-action lawsuit to erase their federal student loans has been tangled up in courts for years.
Sweet v. DeVos in 2019 to Sweet v. Cardona during the Biden administration, and now Sweet v. McMahon for Trump's current education secretary, Linda McMahon.'/Open
Indonesian officials told reporters that the handover took place Wednesday at Subianto’s residence in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. The return was part of an ongoing effort to recover and return cultural artifacts.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office said it secured the return of dozens of ancient artifacts in June, after a process that the museum described as collaborative.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is under increasing pressure to pay restitution to the Family Research Council, a Christian nonprofit targeted by an SPLC-inspired shooter.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is under increasing pressure to pay restitution to the Family Research Council, a Christian nonprofit targeted by an SPLC-inspired shooter . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A Christian nonprofit is seeking restitution after becoming the target of a shooting linked to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). DETAIL: On August 15, 2012, Floyd Lee Corkins II carried out a shooting at the Family Research Council (FRC) headquarters in Washington, D.C. The FRC is a conservative nonprofit dedicated to supporting Christian values. The shooting was motivated by the far-left SPLC’s designation of the FRC as a “hate group.” The then-28-year-old Corkins entered the FRC’s headquarters with a gun, two…Open
Former Trump campaign advisor and Assistant Secretary of HHS Michael Caputo joined “America Right Now” to break down the history, intentions, and future of the proposed Anti-Weaponization Fund — a plan to utilize the federal Judgment Fund to provide restitution for individuals who claim they were wrongly targeted by political weaponization.