It's Finally Happening, Federal Arrest Thread

[taxed]

Sorry... I meant to post this one, but it fell between the seats...

https://twitter.com/BenKTallmadge/status/1278081226457243648

[Calypso Jones]

oh yeah...you gonna need more.

[taxed]

oh yeah...you gonna need more.

How about a nice major British political bribes scandal?

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/cash-for-favors-scandal-rocks-british-politics/1894617

[Solar]

Solar, I'm going to need to increase disk space if we're going to keep posting all these indictments....

https://twitter.com/Hxnxnah/status/1278003011403612161

Now we know what to do with the old LNF.

[Solar]

But nothings happening.

Former Colorado Judge Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Task Force Investigation of a Drug Trafficking Organization
A former Colorado judge pleaded guilty today to obstructing a federal task force investigation of a large-scale drug trafficking organization.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn of the District of Colorado and Special Agent in Charge Michael Schneider of the FBI's Denver Field Office made the announcement.

Ryan Kamada, 41, of Windsor, Colorado, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of proceedings before a department or agency of the United States before U.S. District Judge William J. Martinez of the District of Colorado.  A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 4, 2020, before Judge Martinez.

According to admissions Kamada made in connection with his guilty plea, beginning in or around October 2018, a federal task force was investigating an international drug trafficking organization that was distributing large quantities of cocaine throughout northern Colorado.  One of the members of the organization was a drug trafficker who lived in Greeley, Colorado.  Kamada had known the drug trafficker since high school.

Beginning in January 2019, Kamada served as a District Court judge of the 19th Judicial District of Colorado.  While serving as the "on call" judge one evening in April 2019, Kamada received a phone call from a task force officer who was seeking a search warrant related to the investigation into the drug trafficker.  The task force officer pointed out to Kamada that he was associated with the drug trafficker on social media.  As a result, Kamada recused himself from the case.  But early the next morning, Kamada called his best friend, Geoffrey Chacon, who had also known the drug trafficker since childhood.  Kamada told Chacon that law enforcement was "watching" the drug trafficker's house, car and phone, and instructed Chacon to "stay away" from the drug trafficker.  Chacon subsequently informed the drug trafficker about the warrant and Chacon modified his own behavior in order to avoid law enforcement attention.

The information that Chacon provided to the drug trafficker also caused the drug trafficker to change his pattern of conduct and substantially interfered with the task force's investigation.  After Chacon relayed the information that he received from Kamada to the drug trafficker, Chacon destroyed records of his communications with the drug trafficker in order to impair efforts by law enforcement to tie Chacon to the drug trafficker.  In November 2019, Chacon pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of destruction of records with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation.

The FBI's Denver Field Office is investigating the case, with substantial assistance from the Greeley Police Department.  Trial Attorney John Taddei of the Criminal Division's Public Integrity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan Fields of the District of Colorado are prosecuting the case.

[Solar]

Fifth Pharmaceutical Company Charged In Ongoing Criminal Antitrust Investigation
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA was charged for conspiring to fix prices for generic drugs, the Department of Justice announced today.

The charge, filed today in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, alleges that Glenmark conspired with other generic drug companies, including a company with its principal place of business in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and Apotex Corp., to increase and maintain prices of pravastatin and other generic drugs beginning in or around May 2013 and continuing until at least in or around December 2015.  Pravastatin is a prescription medication that reduces cholesterol, helping to prevent heart attacks and strokes.  The charge alleges that the gain to the conspirators, and the loss to the victims, was at least $200 million.

"By cheating through fixing prices, generic drug companies artificially raised prices even though prescription drug costs were already sky high," said Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.  "As today's charge shows, the Antitrust Division will not hesitate to charge these companies, and litigate where necessary, particularly where their crimes resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges for life-saving medications."

"During these difficult times, it is more important than ever that our pharmaceutical companies conduct business with the well-being of the consumer in mind," said Deputy Special Agent in Charge Steven Stuller, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.  "When generic drug companies conspire to artificially increase prices, they do so to the detriment of many who depend on these medications to maintain good health.  Along with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and our partners at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the USPS Office of Inspector General will remain committed to investigating those who would engage in this type of harmful conduct."

"The FBI will continue to work closely with our partners to pursue companies and individuals who seek to manipulate the economic system to their benefit," said Timothy R. Slater, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office.  "Today's charge demonstrates the FBI's ongoing commitment to rooting out this greed and illegal activity.  There are real victims in these crimes; they are the patients around the country who rely on these vital medications."

"Artificially inflating the price of medication is reprehensible and illegal," said Jennifer Arbittier Williams, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  "This ill-gotten gain by the pharmaceutical industry potentially put the health of millions of Americans at risk.  Just as with the other charges that have been brought out of this investigation into generic pharmaceuticals, today's announcement demonstrates that we will continue to hold accountable any company that engages in this type of conduct."

Glenmark is the fifth company to be charged over the last 13 months in connection with antitrust violations in the generic pharmaceutical industry.  The previous corporate charges, including the charge against Glenmark's co-conspirator Apotex, were resolved by deferred prosecution agreement.  Four senior executives have also been charged.  Three entered guilty pleas and the fourth is awaiting trial.

A criminal Information merely alleges that a crime has been committed, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The offense charged carries a statutory maximum penalty of $100 million, which may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by victims if either amount is greater than $100 million.

This charge is the result of an ongoing federal antitrust investigation into market allocation, price fixing, bid rigging, and other anticompetitive conduct in the generic pharmaceutical industry, which is being conducted by the Antitrust Division with the assistance of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Washington and Philadelphia Field Offices, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  Anyone with information on market allocation, price fixing, bid rigging, or other anticompetitive conduct related to the generic pharmaceutical industry should contact the Antitrust Division's Citizen Complaint Center at 1-888-647-3258 or visit www.justice.gov/atr/contact/newcase.html.

[taxed]

Solar, I'm going to need to increase disk space if we're going to keep posting all these indictments....

https://twitter.com/Hxnxnah/status/1278003011403612161

Here's Kip's video on the Toledo bust...   he always goes deep into these...

[Solar]

What is it with libs, are they all fetal alcohol syndrome, or krack victims at birth? Look at that face, that is not the face of a mentally healthy woman.
Those eyes are vacant of any emotion beyond hate. Slit your throat for a nickle, kind of look.

Suspect Who Vandalized Charleston 9 Memorial in South Carolina Identified



Authorities have issued warrants for a 32-year-old South Carolina woman suspected of vandalizing the Charleston 9 Memorial on Savannah Highway in June.

Eman Mubarak Brown of Pristine View Drive, Charleston, is wanted for malicious injury to real property and attempts to burn, officials with the Charleston Police Department wrote in a release.
Brown also has an additional warrant for petit larceny for the theft of American and South Carolina flags from the city's CresCom bank.

Brown has a previous record of vandalism, ABC4 reported, citing an incident report. In 2019, she was arrested for vandalizing the Charleston County Library building on Calhoun Street, the report stated.
https://www.ntd.com/suspect-who-vandalized-charleston-9-memorial-in-south-carolina-identified_480956.html

[Solar]

Rural hospitals allegedly exploited as billing shells in 'elaborate' $1.4B pass-through scheme

A group of health professionals has been charged with attempting to cheat the health care system out of massive amounts of money in a multistate scheme, according to documents unsealed Monday.

Ten individuals – including hospital managers, lab owners and billers – were charged for their participation in a scheme to bill private insurance companies $1.4 billion for lab tests, for which they were paid $400 million.

The individuals allegedly used their own management companies to take over small, rural hospitals – which were often financially struggling – as "shells" to fraudulently bill private insurers for expensive urinalysis drug tests and blood tests.

While outside laboratories allegedly conducted most of the tests, the conspirators billed insurers as though they were conducted at the rural hospitals because they received higher contractual reimbursement rates that way.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/rural-hospitals-elaborate-pass-through-scheme

[Calypso Jones]

What is it with libs, are they all fetal alcohol syndrome, or krack victims at birth? Look at that face, that is not the face of a mentally healthy woman.
Those eyes are vacant of any emotion beyond hate. Slit your throat for a nickle, kind of look.

Suspect Who Vandalized Charleston 9 Memorial in South Carolina Identified



Authorities have issued warrants for a 32-year-old South Carolina woman suspected of vandalizing the Charleston 9 Memorial on Savannah Highway in June.

Eman Mubarak Brown of Pristine View Drive, Charleston, is wanted for malicious injury to real property and attempts to burn, officials with the Charleston Police Department wrote in a release.
Brown also has an additional warrant for petit larceny for the theft of American and South Carolina flags from the city's CresCom bank.

Brown has a previous record of vandalism, ABC4 reported, citing an incident report. In 2019, she was arrested for vandalizing the Charleston County Library building on Calhoun Street, the report stated.
https://www.ntd.com/suspect-who-vandalized-charleston-9-memorial-in-south-carolina-identified_480956.html

oh no.  solar...and your wife will set you straight on this.  THAT is NOT a hate you see in those eyes...that is DECEPTION, darlin'....  that is her..'i'm sweet as pie and incapable of what i'm accused of' look.   Now... there is probably hate in there...but it's not gonna predominate till she gets closer to 30. 

Now she is slightly disshevled..... and that might be from tusseling with the cops...  or..it could be that she is less concerned with her looks than she is the movement.     I am thinking at this point...she is unredeemable.   She's gonna be one of those foul mouthed old democrat cop hating women who never marry  and no dog will ever form a bond with her...she may be lesbian.

[Solar]

oh no.  solar...and your wife will set you straight on this.  THAT is NOT a hate you see in those eyes...that is DECEPTION, darlin'....  that is her..'i'm sweet as pie and incapable of what i'm accused of' look.   Now... there is probably hate in there...but it's not gonna predominate till she gets closer to 30. 

Now she is slightly disshevled..... and that might be from tusseling with the cops...  or..it could be that she is less concerned with her looks than she is the movement.     I am thinking at this point...she is unredeemable.   She's gonna be one of those foul mouthed old democrat cop hating women who never marry  and no dog will ever form a bond with her...she may be lesbian.

That's the point, she's freakin crazy! I Agree, the fact that she already passed 30 is proof this woman is already lost and needs to be institutionalized.

[Solar]

DOJ Has Brought Charges in 150 Federal Cases Linked to Rioting, US Attorney Says

The Justice Department (DOJ) has so far brought charges in 150 federal cases related to acts of violence amid nationwide protests that occurred in the wake of George Floyd's death, according to the acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

The department and other federal agencies have been prioritizing efforts to quell outbreaks of violent rioting in several cities and restore law and order to those areas over the past month. The death of Floyd, a black man who died in the custody of Minneapolis police, sparked widespread protests across the nation to call for change over police brutality and policing practices. While many of the protests were peaceful, some cities were faced with the violent activity that has led to significant property damage and more than a dozen deaths.

Michael Sherwin, the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, provided an update of the department's efforts in the area on Thursday on Fox News Tucker Carlson's show. He said that to date the U.S. attorney's offices across the nation have brought charges in 150 cases related to the destruction of federal property and "a litany of other crimes that really have been lost in the shuffle," including cases related to arson as well as murder in California.

He added that federal resources have also been used to assist with local and state authorities to charge hundreds of other cases related to state charges including assault and battery and theft.

https://www.ntd.com/doj-has-brought-charges-in-150-federal-cases-linked-to-rioting-us-attorney-says_481977.html

[Calypso Jones]

charging is one thing..you have sympathetic judges as we have seen with this Antifa bunch in the  past and Antifa thugs get off with no more than a slap on the wrist.  That Eric fellow also known as BikeLock Boy.

[HawkTheSlayer]

oh no.  solar...and your wife will set you straight on this.  THAT is NOT a hate you see in those eyes...that is DECEPTION, darlin'....  that is her..'i'm sweet as pie and incapable of what i'm accused of' look.   Now... there is probably hate in there...but it's not gonna predominate till she gets closer to 30. 

Now she is slightly disshevled..... and that might be from tusseling with the cops...  or..it could be that she is less concerned with her looks than she is the movement.     I am thinking at this point...she is unredeemable.   She's gonna be one of those foul mouthed old democrat cop hating women who never marry  and no dog will ever form a bond with her...she may be lesbian.

Even pee-wee Herman wouldn't mate with dat thing!

[Solar]

charging is one thing..you have sympathetic judges as we have seen with this Antifa bunch in the  past and Antifa thugs get off with no more than a slap on the wrist.  That Eric fellow also known as BikeLock Boy.

These are Federal charges, not local State.