United States Department of Justice & COVID-19
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
US biotech executive sentenced to 7 years in jail for COVID test fraud: The chief executive of a U.S. biotechnology company that falsely promised investors it ...
reuters.com/legal/us-biotech-executive-sentenced-7-years-jail-covid-test-fraud-2024-04-12/
FBI found it ‘alarming’ that Fauci-funded virus research at Wuhan lab would leave no trace of ‘human manipulation’
nypost.com/2024/04/19/us-news/fbi-got-tip-that-fauci-funded-virus-research-at-wuhan-lab-would-leave-no-trace-of-human-manipulation/
US prisons were Covid hotbed, inmates died nearly 3.5 times more than those outside
wionews.com/world/us-prisons-were-covid-hotbed-where-inmates-nearly-35-times-more-likely-died-than-those-outside-712629
Florida family sentenced to federal prison for selling 'dangerous,' fake COVID-19 cure: DOJ
abcnews.go.com/US/florida-family-sentenced-fake-covid-19-cure/story
DOJ charges 371 people, launches new COVID fraud strike forces: The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday the launch of two new COVID-19 fraud strike ...
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4166616-doj-charges-371-people-launches-new-covid-fraud-strike-forces/
Quick Glance: DOJ charges 371, launches new COVID fraud strike forces
- The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of two new COVID-19 fraud strike forces.
- 371 people were charged over offenses in connection to the alleged theft of over $800 million in coronavirus aid.
- 119 defendants either pleaded guilty or were convicted at trial.
- Federal prosecutors secured forfeiture of over $231.4 million.
Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudsters
pbs.org/newshour/politics/justice-department-announces-charges-against-hundreds-of-alleged-covid-19-fraudsters
Quick Glance: Hundreds charged in alleged COVID-19 fraud
- Over 60 defendants have connections to organized crime, including members of a criminal gang accused of using stolen pandemic aid for a murder.
- A three-month operation resulted in the indictment of over 300 individuals, highlighting the widespread fraud.
- According to new Justice Department figures, nearly 3,200 defendants have been charged with COVID-19 aid fraud.
- The murder-for-hire case mentioned by Justice officials involved alleged members of a Milwaukee gang called the Wild 100s, according to court records.
Former Joel Greenberg associate gets prison term for COVID-19 loan fraud: A former associate of Joel Greenberg was given six years in prison for taking part in a ...
orlandosentinel.com/2023/08/09/joel-greenberg-associate-covid-19-fraud-prison/
US authorities recover over $1.4 billion in stolen COVID relief funds: US authorities recover over $1.4 billion in stolen COVID relief funds
wionews.com/business-economy/us-authorities-recover-over-14-billion-in-stolen-covid-relief-funds-628697
Gen Z and the Amazing Age of AI at Work Has Begun: Between the advent of Covid-19 and ChatGPT, an entirely new era has begun.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-18/gen-z-and-the-amazing-age-of-ai-at-work-has-begun
Millennials, Gen Z committing fewer violent crimes than previous youth: Violent crime arrests of young Californians decreased dramatically for decades, pre-COVID
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/millennials-genz-arrest-california-18407263.php
FBI Director Says COVID-19 Origin Is ‘Most Likely’ a Lab Incident in China: The comments from FBI Director Christopher Wray come after a new DOE report thrust ...
usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-03-01/fbi-director-says-covid-19-origin-is-most-likely-a-lab-incident-in-china
Quick Glance: Why is the FBI now endorsing the Covid lab leak theory?
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- Fundamentally, the debate revolves around what occurred unnoticedly in a previously unremarkable city in central China, involving a couple of particles so small that a million would fill this full stop.
- The World Health Organization dispatched a team in early 2021 to investigate and collect data on early cases.
Corona: Also the FBI assumes now from laboratory accident in China as origin: The idea that Corona might have escaped from a Chinese lab is about as old as the ...
welt.de/politik/ausland/article244028273/Corona-Auch-das-FBI-geht-jetzt-von-Laborunfall-in-China-als-Ursprung-aus.html
US Suspends Wuhan Institute of Virology’s Access to Federal Funding: The Biden administration formally halted the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s access to US ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-18/us-suspends-wuhan-institute-funds-over-covid-stonewalling
Quick Glance: US Government Bans Funding for Wuhan Lab
- The Wuhan Institute of Virology is at the center of the debate over the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.
- The Biden administration is imposing a 10-year funding ban on the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
- The institute has repeatedly refused requests for documents regarding safety practices.
- The funding ban is aimed at mitigating potential public health risks.
Corona origin: FBI sticks to laboratory theory: The US Federal Police FBI is sticking to the theory that a laboratory breakdown in Wuhan, China ...
zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/corona-fbi-labortheorie-wuhan-100.html
ADHD drug prescriptions among adults soared in COVID's first year: A new CDC report is the latest insight into the “substantial spike” in demand for ADHD ...
axios.com/2023/03/30/adhd-drug-prescriptions-among-adults-soared-in-covids-first-year
Covid variant ‘Pirola’ is spreading fast across the US as new boosters planned for this month: Coronavirus guidelines
independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-tests-vaccines-variant-symptoms-b2403924.html
Biden vows US will 'declassify' information about COVID's origins: The US president's commitment via newly signed legislation comes after FBI ...
news.sky.com/story/biden-vows-us-will-declassify-information-about-covids-origins-12839185
Biden releases classified documents on Corona: U.S. President Joe Biden has signed a law releasing intelligence on the origin of the corona virus ...
zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/corona-ursprung-biden-geheimdokumente-100.html
Chicago pharmacist convicted of stealing, selling COVID-19 vaccination cards: DOJ
abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-pharmacist-convicted-stealing-selling-covid-19-vaccination/story
Unwinding of COVID emergency brings hurdles for gender-affirming care: Requiring in-person visit to continue treatments could delay a patient's transition ...
axios.com/2023/03/15/unwinding-emergency-gender-affirming-care
US Supreme Court weighs fate of student loan forgiveness: The court weighs Joe Biden's loan forgiveness plan that would relieve debt for 40 million Americans.
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Quick Glance: Live Updates: Supreme Court to Decide on Student Loan Forgiveness
- Millions of students may have up to $20,000 of their debt forgiven depending on the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision.
- States argue that the Biden program for student debt relief should be blocked under the doctrine.
- On October 17, 2022, President Joe Biden speaks about the beta test of the student debt relief portal in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington.
- The Supreme Court has finished hearing oral arguments in two cases challenging President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program.
Frail people are left to die in prison as judges fail to act on a law to free them
npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/21/1157058152/sick-elderly-people-left-to-die-federal-prison-law-judges
DOJ charges 18 people — including doctors — in massive Covid health-care fraud takedowns
cnbc.com/2023/04/20/doj-charges-doctors-others-with-covid-health-care-fraud.html
‘Don’t Say Gay’ law sponsor charged with pandemic aid fraud in Florida: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced pandemic loan fraud charges ...
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3766694-dont-say-gay-law-sponsor-charged-with-pandemic-aid-fraud-in-florida/
Biden admin extends telehealth prescribing rules until November: The move preserves access to care and treatment established during the pandemic after the public ...
axios.com/2023/05/09/dea-extends-covid-telehealth-prescribing-rules
Today’s Top News: The Google Monopoly Trial, and More: Exclusively from New York Times Audio, our new app.
nytimes.com/2023/09/12/podcasts/headlines-nyt-audio-app.html
Man who used COVID-19 relief money to buy alpaca farm in Vermont sentenced: Dana L. McIntyre, 59, the former owner of Rasta Pasta Pizzeria, was sentenced to two ...
bostonglobe.com/2023/09/01/metro/covid-19-relief-alpaca-farm-vermont/
Classified Docs Found at Trump Storage Unit After Independent Search: Lawyers for the former president turned over more sensitive documents to the FBI after ...
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/classified-docs-found-trump-storage-unit-independent-search-1234643286/
Quick Glance: Items with classified markings discovered in Trump storage unit: reports
- The newest find of missing secret documents comes nearly a year after the National Archives and data Administration discovered classified items among several boxes of data recovered from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
- In response to the former president's request, Trump's lawyers returned numerous more sensitive documents in June.
- The additional classified records would be another example of authorities being turned down following both the initial request and the June subpoena.
- Documents with categorised tags Mr. Donald Trump
Biden Proposal Would Ban Online Prescribing of Certain Drugs: Some medications, like Ritalin and Vicodin, would require an in-person doctor’s visit under the new ...
nytimes.com/2023/02/25/science/dea-telemedicine-opioids-prescription.html
Pandemic: FBI: Corona origin "most likely" by lab glitch: Washington - The director of the US federal police FBI has confirmed an earlier assessment by his ...
mz.de/deutschland-und-welt/politik/fbi-corona-ursprung-hochstwahrscheinlich-durch-laborpanne-3556904
Where the World’s at in the Hunt for the Origins of Covid-19: Scientists have yet to determine the origins of Covid-19, years after it touched off the worst ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-27/where-are-we-in-hunting-for-the-coronavirus-s-origin-quicktake
USA: US Congress votes to release Corona intelligence info.: Where did the corona virus come from? Intelligence agencies should release their information about ...
zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023-03/usa-coronavirus-kongress-fbi
What goes — and what doesn't — with the end of the public health emergency: The planned end of the COVID public health emergency on May 11 could cause major ...
axios.com/2023/02/01/what-goes-what-doesnt-end-public-health-emergency
House GOP asks Fauci and dozens of health officials to testify in investigation into Covid origins
cnbc.com/2023/02/14/gop-asks-fauci-to-testify-in-investigation-into-covid-pandemic-origins.html
End of COVID emergency will usher in changes across the US health system: The Biden administration’s decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May ...
khn.org/news/article/covid-public-health-emergency-end-impact-health-system-changes/
News that the U.S. Department of Energy made a determination about the origins of COVID-19 has sparked new questions about the U.S ... Show more ti.me/3ky8mlJ
Senior living: A law meant to free sick, aging inmates has been applied unevenly: Judges rejected more than 80% of compassionate release requests filed from ...
dailybreeze.com/2023/02/27/senior-living-a-law-meant-to-free-sick-aging-inmates-has-been-applied-unevenly
How Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were caught: A chance encounter outside a corner shop
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/constance-marten-gordon-arrested-brighton-b2291311.html
The FBI has assessed that COVID ‘most likely’ originated from a lab in Wuhan. Bola Tinubu becomes Nigeria’s president-elect after a weekend election that the ... Show more
Director of the FBI Christopher Wray told Fox News: "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a ... Show more https://bit.ly/3Y4KcNu
US House panel on China cites 'existential struggle' at first hearing: A new U.S. congressional select committee on competition with China held its first hearing ...
reuters.com/world/us/first-us-house-china-select-committee-focus-human-rights-2023-02-28/
FBI Blows Open Schism in Intelligence Community Over COVID Lab Leak Theory: A growing number of agencies appear to be adopting the theory about the origins of ...
newsweek.com/fbi-covid-lab-leak-theory-intelligence-community-schism-1784790
Chicago Municipal Election Results 2023: See full results and maps from the Chicago Municipal elections.
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Rivian shares fall as supply chain snarls hamper production forecast: Rivian Automotive Inc (RIVN.O) on Tuesday forecast 2023 production well below analysts' ...
reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/rivian-sees-2023-production-well-below-estimates-recalls-over-12700-vehicles-2023-02-28/
According to the FBI, it was caused by a laboratory accident “most likely”: countries should send information about the origin of the corona to the WHO
tagesspiegel.de/internationales/entstehung-durch-laborunfall-laut-fbi-hochstwahrscheinlich-lander-sollen-erkenntnissen-zum-corona-ursprung-an-who-ubermitteln-9450788.html
Trump Says FBI Tried to 'Shut' Him Down Over Past COVID Tweet: "Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life. We have developed…some really great ...
newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-fbi-tried-shut-him-down-over-past-covid-tweet-1769684
FBI director endorses theory Covid-19 virus may have leaked from Chinese lab: Comments fuel divide within US intelligence community on origins ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/28/fbi-director-endorses-china-lab-leak-covid-theory
End of pandemic emergency means changes to nursing homes, hospitals: The federal government in 2020 suspended many of its rules on how health care is delivered ...
oregonlive.com/business/2023/03/end-of-pandemic-emergency-means-changes-to-nursing-homes-hospitals.html
Justice Dept. charges 48 in brazen pandemic aid fraud in Minnesota: The department said Tuesday that it had charged 48 people with stealing $240 million by ...
nytimes.com/2022/09/20/us/politics/pandemic-aid-fraud-minnesota.html
N.J. man sentenced for selling unregistered pesticide as COVID-19 disinfectant: A New Jersey man has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for selling ...
upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/12/09/New-Jersey-businessman-sentenced-pesticide-COVID-19-disinfectant/1481670566394/
U.S. life expectancy continued to fall in 2021 as covid, drug deaths surged : An American child born in 2021 could expect to live to 76.4 years ...
washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/22/us-life-expectancy-decline-2021-covid-fentanyl/
U.S. charges ‘brazen’ theft of $250 million from pandemic food program: Federal prosecutors said some of the defendants — a network of individuals and ...
washingtonpost.com/business/2022/09/20/pandemic-fraud-food-children-doj/
My Roommates Have Been Listening to My Therapy Sessions. Is That OK?: The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on an invasion of privacy and reporting misconduct at ...
nytimes.com/2021/08/24/magazine/therapy-roommates-ethics.html
Parent sues Macomb Co. school board, alleging free speech violations: Sandra Hernden says she disagreed with her district’s COVID-19 policies and spoke out about ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/10/03/parent-sues-chippewa-valley-school-board-over-alleged-free-speech-violations/69527792007/
Mooresville man faces charges he used $2.6M in COVID funds for investment fraud scheme
charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article277502758.html
DOJ charges 47 people with stealing $250 million from pandemic program meant to provide meals to needy children
cnn.com/2022/09/20/politics/doj-minnesota-covid-fraud-scheme-feeding-our-future/
Looming pandemic deadline threatens access to some prescription drugs: Prescriptions for controlled substances would require an in-person visit.
axios.com/2023/01/18/pandemic-prescription-drugs-telehealth
'A lot of lying going on,' Alberta NDP says as Smith denies interfering with COVID prosecutions
nationalpost.com/news/politics/alberta-ndp-a-lot-of-lying-going-on-about-premiers-role-in-covid-19-prosecutions
Man who threatened Dr. Fauci, other official, gets 3 years: GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A West Virginia man was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal prison ...
apnews.com/article/biden-covid-health-infectious-diseases-anthony-fauci-ac2d1c4447398372a40ab4088a417176
Quick Glance: A West Virginia man has been sentenced for making threats against Fauci and other officials.
- Prosecutors said he admitted to making threats against Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Francis Collins, the former director of the NIH, Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, a public health official from Massachusetts, and a religious leader.
- "Threats like these will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Missouri state rep resigns after federal conviction for COVID-19 fraud scheme: A Missouri state lawmaker resigned on Friday after a jury found her guilty on 22 ...
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3545611-missouri-state-rep-resigns-after-federal-conviction-for-covid-19-fraud-scheme/
My Roommates Have Been Listening to My Therapy Sessions. Is That OK?: The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on an invasion of privacy and reporting misconduct at ...
nytimes.com/2021/08/24/magazine/therapy-roommates-ethics.html
The Author of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Just Got Indicted for Money Laundering
vice.com/en/article/88q35a/florida-rep-joe-harding-dont-say-gay-author-indicted-money-laundering
FBI arrests 21-year-old Guardsman in leak of classified military documents: WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guard member was arrested Thursday in ...
apnews.com/article/leaked-documents-pentagon-justice-department-russia-war-d3272b34702d564fe07a480598bcd174
Quick Glance: F.B.I. Arrests National Guardsman Jack Teixeira in Leaked Documents Case
- Airman First Class Jack Douglas Teixeira was arrested and charged with leaking classified material after federal authorities claimed he posted quantities of sensitive intelligence to the online gaming chat group Thug Shaker Central.
- Federal agents apprehended Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman, who they suspect is connected to a trove of leaked sensitive US intelligence materials.
- Dawn Teixeira, standing outside her home in North Dighton on Thursday, verified that her son was in the Air National Guard and that he had recently worked midnight shifts at a Cape Cod base.
DOJ unveils 47 indictments over alleged $250 million Minnesota pandemic program scheme
axios.com/2022/09/20/doj-indicts-alleged-pandemic-program-scheme
DOJ Charges 47 People With Stealing $250 Million From Child Nutrition Program: The Secret Service estimated last year that fraudsters had stolen as much as $100 ...
forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2022/09/20/doj-charges-47-people-with-stealing-250-million-from-child-nutrition-program/
US agency to reverse Covid-19 policy for frequently abused prescription drugs: Patients using Adderall, OxyContin and other medicines with ‘high potential for ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/25/us-agency-reverse-covid-policy-drugs-oxycontin-adderall
Supreme Court fences come down two months after Dobbs decision: The massive security fences that had been guarding the perimeter of the Supreme Court were ...
cnn.com/2022/08/29/politics/supreme-court-fences/
Michigan man pleads guilty after using COVID-19 relief money to pay for BMW convertible, wedding expenses: DOJ
foxbusiness.com/money/michigan-man-pleads-guilty-using-covid-19-relief-money-pay-bmw-convertible-wedding-expenses-doj
Justice Department announces COVID fraud strike force teams: The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it had formed three strike force teams of ...
foxbusiness.com/healthcare/justice-department-announces-covid-fraud-strike-force-teams
Senate panel subpoenas federal prisons director to testify: WASHINGTON (AP) — The outgoing director of the Bureau of Prisons has been subpoenaed to testify ...
apnews.com/article/prisons-director-subpoena-8c91f23117d601084e695cbef63b0920
5 things to know for August 12: Covid-19, Trump, Ukraine, Student loans, Anne Heche
cnn.com/2022/08/12/us/five-things-august-12-trnd/
317,793 people arrested for pot possession in 2020 despite growing legalization movement
richmond.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/317-793-people-arrested-for-pot-possession-in-2020-despite-growing-legalization-movement/article_bea93c0a-1ab4-5e95-b6ca-aeca2b4d332b.html
Lawsuit over covid outbreak at Farmville immigrant detention center settled: As part of the agreement, the once-crowded site will be limited to no more than 180 ...
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/07/11/covid-outbreak-farmville-lawsuit-settlement/
Nursing home that diverted vaccines to rich donors pays $1.7 million : ‘Of course go after the billionaires first,’ CEO of the high-end Florida facility told ...
washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/01/morselife-nursing-home-settlement-covid-vaccines/
Did the corona virus come from a Chinese laboratory after all?: After the FBI, the US Department of Energy now suspects that Sars-CoV-2 may have come from a ...
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Covid Virus Origins Are Still Unknown, US Intelligence Chiefs Say: US intelligence agencies maintain there’s still no consensus on the origins of the Covid-19 ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-08/us-intelligence-chiefs-say-origins-of-covid-virus-still-unknown
Elephant Sessions celebrate their 10-year anniversary this year: After 10 years together and with a new album just released, trad music trailblazers Elephant ...
thenational.scot/culture/22097105.elephant-sessions-celebrate-10-year-anniversary-year/
Coronavirus 'probably' caused by lab glitch, FBI says: FBI director accuses Beijing of obstructing Washington's efforts to investigate the causes of the pandemic
rundschau-online.de/welt/coronavirus-laut-fbi-wahrscheinlich-durch-labor-panne-entstanden-487095
The #Covid virus most likely leaked from a lab in #Wuhan in #China , FBI director Christopher Wray said in an interview. Read here - https://bit.ly/3Z8MKLV
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