Government
Trump admin busts fraud ring for enticing Americans into bogus marriages with illegal migrants(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Trump administration dismantled a major marriage fraud operation that raked in millions of dollars attempting to give immigration benefits to illegal migrants. Federal immigration… Read More
Government
Elon Musk’s ‘mind-blowing’ chart shows how many noncitizens have Social Security numbers(The Daily Signal) – Elon Musk revealed a “mind-blowing chart” Sunday claiming millions of noncitizens are receiving Social Security numbers from the U.S. government. At a town hall meeting in… Read More
Courts
Cori Bush’s husband charged in alleged COVID fraud scheme(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The federal court in D.C. charged the husband of former Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush on Thursday with fraudulently obtaining over $20,000 from the Paycheck… Read More
Opinion
Hunter Biden pardon controversy lessons: Don’t insult judges with life tenure(The Daily Signal) – Everyone has heard the old saw “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Well, perhaps we should add judges with life tenure to the list… Read More
Courts
More pressure on Willis over Trump case(The Center Square) – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must turn over any records relating to her correspondence with a committee investigating President-elect Donald Trump and special prosecutor Jack… Read More
Government
States OK constitutional amendments banning noncitizen voting(The Daily Signal) – Voters in eight states on Tuesday considered constitutional amendments to ban noncitizens from voting. Measures were on the ballot in Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina,… Read More
Politics
Floridians challenge radical abortion amendment after report reveals fraud in petition process(The Daily Signal) – Florida pro-lifers filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a pro-abortion group found to have engaged in fraudulent practices to put on the ballot a… Read More
Culture
Report exposes influential DEI author as a plagiarist and a fraud(The Daily Signal) – Robin DiAngelo, the pro-DEI author of the bestselling book “White Fragility,” is a fraud. She’s also been accused of rampantly plagiarizing minority scholars in a scathing… Read More
Politics
Why vote counting could be more accurate in Georgia for Nov. 5 election(The Daily Signal) – The Georgia State Election Board will require that the number of ballots counted in the Nov. 5 presidential election doesn’t surpass the number of voters who… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school employee made $631,000 last year but no one will explain his duties(The Sentinel) – David Wild was paid over $631,071.87 for the 2023-24 school year, according to salary figures from the Geary County School District (USD 475) in Kansas. Mr. Read More
Illegal Immigration
Biden immigrant flights tied to Obamas, Bush, Carters, Clintons, paused after fraud detected(The Heartlander) — A program designed to mask the extent of Biden’s open border policy by flying immigrants directly from Central and South American countries has been paused over fraud… Read More
Public Education
Chicago schools inspector logs loan fraud, stolen laptops and sexual misconduct cases(The Center Square) – Chicago Public Schools Inspector General William Fletcher’s office’s annual report looks at fraud, waste and misconduct. In the most recent report from the IG, Fletcher’s office… Read More
Elections, Kansas
Amid an investigation of possible fraud in the 2020 election, Johnson County may still destroy the ballotsThe destruction of Johnson County’s 2020 general election ballots appears imminent, despite an ongoing sheriff’s investigation into the vote’s integrity and a citizen watchdog’s firm belief there was… Read More
COVID-19
Most convicted pandemic fraudsters spend less than 5 years in prison(The Center Square) – As U.S. authorities continue to track down people who fraudulently stole federal pandemic aid, a new report found that most of those convicted will spend less… Read More
Illinois
Illinois lawmakers grill director over billions in unemployment fraud during pandemic(The Center Square) – Illinois legislators grilled officials from the Department of Employment Security Tuesday regarding the more than $5 billion lost to fraud during the pandemic. A performance audit released… Read More
Missouri
Missouri woman pleads guilty to fraud after obtaining over $100K in pandemic loan funds(The Center Square) – A woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to defrauding a COVID-19 pandemic loan program out of $100,927 in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Francheska Reese, 36,… Read More
Public Education
Indiana superintendent who resigned over $1.2 million in fraud payments gets special role in district(The Center Square) – The former superintendent of Manchester Community Schools in Manchester, Indiana mistakenly paid over $1 million to fraudsters posing as a legitimate construction company resigned yesterday and… Read More
COVID-19, Crime
Fraudsters likely stole $200 billion from pandemic funding meant for small businesses(The Center Square) – Taxpayers lost nearly $200 billion to fraudsters that was meant for struggling small businesses, according to a new watchdog report on the Small Business Administration’ COVID-era… Read More
COVID-19
Owner of Missouri companies indicted for $2.9M in COVID relief fraud, Clean Air Act violations(The Center Square) – A Missouri company has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraudulently obtaining $2.9 million in federal pandemic loans and violating the Clean Air Act. Read More
Banks, Crime
Chiefs tickets, new SUV: Former KC bank manager indicted in multimillion-dollar COVID, unemployment benefits fraudFrom the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A former bank branch manager in Kansas City, Mo., has been indicted by a… Read More