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Los Ángeles, California – El día que Andrii Tupchii y su familia se subieron a un vuelo rumbo a EE. UU., lo hicieron con tanto alivio como pesadumbre en su interior: atrás quedaban los bombardeos y ataques del ejército ruso que llevan más de dos años destruyendo Ucrania, su país natal. El cambio de escenario y de cultura se vislumbraba...

"El impacto comunitario de la policía predictiva", difundido por Investor News, se alza con un galardón La corresponsal Aitana Vargas recibió anoche dos galardones del Club de Prensa de Los Ángeles (LA Press Club) en una gala que premió los mejores trabajos periodísticos del sur de California y que contó con la presencia de grandes personalidades del mundo del periodismo...

AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against Investor News reporter Aitana Vargas to stop the publication of her investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On August 3, 2021, Vargas filed an anti-SLAPP...

Guidehouse Inc., headquartered in McLean, Virginia, has paid $7,600,000 and Nan McKay and Associates (Nan McKay), headquartered in El Cajon, California, has paid $3,700,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by failing to meet cybersecurity requirements in contracts intended to ensure a secure environment for low-income New Yorkers to apply online for federal rental assistance...

Tip the Scale LLC, of Tacoma, Washington, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for making false declarations regarding the species and harvest location of timber used in wooden cabinets and vanities. Tip the Scale, doing business as L & D Kitchen and Bath, is an importer and seller of various home goods including wooden kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities. According...

Vargas aspira a un premio como Periodista del Año Phoenix (AZ) – El LA Press Club (Club de Prensa de Los Ángeles) dio a conocer hoy la lista de finalistas de la edición número 66 de los premios que otorga anualmente a los mejores trabajos periodísticos del sur de California. Los nominados fueron elegidos entre más de 2.300 trabajos y, entre...

A federal jury convicted a New Jersey doctor last week for causing the submission of over $5.4 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for orthotic braces ordered through a telemarketing scheme. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Adarsh Gupta, M.D., 51, of Sewell, signed thousands of prescriptions for orthotic braces for over 2,900 Medicare beneficiaries whom he...

Attorney General Announces New Funding Available for Local Governments Through the 2024-2025 Tobacco Grant Program OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that the California Department of Justice is now accepting proposals for the 2024-2025 Tobacco Grant Program. The program aims to reduce the illegal sale of tobacco products by providing approximately $28.5 million in grant funding to eligible local agencies. Local public...

An indictment was unsealed this week in the Southern District of Florida charging three men for their alleged roles in an approximately $36 million health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering scheme that involved submitting false and fraudulent claims for COVID-19 testing to health care benefit programs, including Medicare and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) COVID-19...

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