Federal grand jury indicts 7 in $600M COVID-19 benefits scheme
A federal grand jury charged seven people with running a multi-state conspiracy attempting to defraud the United States for ...
Defendants Charged With Filing Over 8,000 False Tax Returns In Largest COVID Tax Credit Case To Date
The government alleges that the defendants attempted to collect more than $600 million from the scheme—the IRS paid approximately $45 million to the defendants and ...
Jury awards $133K to Detroit casino worker fired for skipping COVID vax
In November, a federal jury in Detroit awarded $12 million to a Wyandotte woman, also Catholic, who was fired from her job at ...
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Kapolei Woman Indicted on Fraud and Identity Theft Charges Over Unemployment Benefits
The DOJ indicted Phoebe Trinh from Kapolei for fraud and identity theft relating to unemployment and pandemic aid, accusing ...
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Jury awards $133K to Detroit casino worker who declined COVID-19 vaccine
A federal jury has ordered MGM Grand Detroit to pay $133,000 to a former warehouse manager from Canton who was fired after ...
Former state Rep. Carolina Amesty charged with stealing COVID-19 relief funds
U.S. prosecutors are charging former state Rep. Carolina Amesty with stealing from the federal government’s COVID-19 relief ...
On This Day: China puts Wuhan in lockdown over COVID-19
On Jan. 23, 2020, the Chinese government issued a travel ban for all residents of Wuhan, the epicenter of a novel coronavirus ...
Jury awards $133K to MGM Grand Detroit worker who refused COVID-19 vaccine
A former MGM Grand Casino employee won a lawsuit against the company over its COVID-19 vaccination requirement.