By Connor D. Wolf A Missouri convenience store owner and his son were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday for allowing customers to trade food stamps for synthetic drugs. Haq Choudhry and his son Haris Nawaz operated Short Stop Convenience Store just outside Kansas City. They allegedly allowed customers on food stamps to trade their benefits for…
By Thomas Phippen The ongoing “Fat Leonard” fraud case brought down the career of a high-ranking admiral Thursday. Rear Adm. Robert Gilbeau, the highest official thus far to be charged in the fraud case, pleaded guilty to charges he lied to federal investigators about his dealings with the foreign defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard.” Gilbeau “lied to federal investigators to…
By Russ Read Nearly half of the police force in the contentious Helmand province in Afghanistan does not actually exist, yet the U.S. continues to spend billions to fund it. Afghanistan’s Ministry of the Interior is poised to conduct an investigation of former police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang for creating so-called “Ghost Police.” His replacement…
In California, legislators and attorneys general are attempting to abrogate the First Amendment and gain the power to prosecute those who engage in rational policy debate regarding climate change. Under the auspices of fraud, California bill SB 1161, titled “California Climate Science Truth and Accountability Act of 2016,” would contort having a dissenting scientific opinion…
Kathryn Watson House Republicans announced Friday they will begin impeachment hearings for embattled Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen over his handling of the Lois Lerner scandal. The House Committee on the Judiciary will hold two hearings, starting May 24, to determine whether Koskinen misled Congress and violated a subpoena related to the IRS…
Right wing websites are up in arms this week after Gizmodo broke a story detailing how Facebook allegedly suppresses conservative news sites and stories. While conservative sites have been up in arms, many libertarians have rushed to defend Facebook; after all, a private company may do what it wants with its own site. Right? Not…
A presently trending news story that you’re not going to see on your Facebook feed is that the site has been filtering which news stories you see! Gizmodo ran an investigative article yesterday disclosing their interviews with Facebook employees who were “news curators.” These curators are responsible for monitoring which items pop up on the social media…
Luke Rosiak A federal agency will be breaking the law unless two of its top Obama administration appointees repay many months of their salaries to taxpayers after barring another federal employee from telling Congress how higher-ups were allowing multi-million dollar frauds as part of a political deal. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined Tuesday that the two…
Juliegrace Brufke Despite several reporting protocols designed to prevent fraud, Medicaid has doled out $161 billion in improper payments since 2008. Individuals falsifying information to meet qualification requirements, filing false claims and visiting multiple providers for the same condition in addition to fraud committed by providers is creating a huge financial strain on the country, a…
Mitt Romney appeared more lively in his speech this afternoon than he did for most of his presidential campaign. Romney laid out the anti-Trump arguments most of us have heard before, but he did so in an articulate manner. Romney’s best shot at Trump scored laughter and applause. “Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud….