Robert Brockman, a Houston, Texas-based billionaire and CEO of a software company, was accused of receiving $ 2 billion through tax evasion, asset hiding and money laundering. The case is the largest of its kind in the United States, according to federal prosecutors. Brockman, 79, has been charged with 39 counts of conspiracy and fraud. They span a 20-year period: according to the indictment, Brockman founded companies in the Virgin…

According to authorities, an Idaho man who ran for governor several years ago was arrested for the 1984 murder of a 12-year-old girl. According to detectives, Stephen Pankey kidnapped Jonelle Matthews from her home in Greeley, Colorado on the night of December 20, 1984, after which he shot the girl in the head and hid the body. Then, in an attempt to secure an alibi, he organized a «spontaneous» family…

An illegal 16th birthday party near New York City has become a hotbed of the spread of the coronavirus — triggering more than 30 new cases. The party (called Sweet 16) took place on September 25 at the Miller Place Inn on Long Island — about 65 miles east of Manhattan. According to Suffolk County authorities, about 81 people attended. The party violated state health regulations that prohibit any mass…

According to the security service, Ukraine has deported two members of the neo-Nazi American group Atomwaffen Division (AWD). The men tried to set up a local squad and join the Azov battalion for real combat experience. According to the Security Service of Ukraine, foreign citizens arrived in the country to recruit local residents into the ranks of extremists. They were engaged in illegal activities in Kiev, Kharkov and Lvov. The…

A brave nine-year-old girl offered to swap places with her 10-year-old classmate to protect her from the harassment of an alleged pedophile teacher. James Loganbill, 58, who worked at a primary school in Olata, Kansas, took 210 photographs and 31 videos of the girl during class. According to investigators, after that he also used the footage for criminal purposes. The man's behavior became known after the injured child's classmates noticed…

A New Jersey postman was arrested after throwing away hundreds of letters — including nearly a hundred ballots sent by voters who voted by mail. According to the prosecutor, 26-year-old Nicholas Boshen, whose route included Orange and West Orange, allegedly dumped 1,875 letters in dumpsters on October 2 and 5. Among them there were 99 ballots addressed to the DEC. The discarded mail was returned back to the delivery system…

Two former prison officers and their warden were charged with mistreatment after it was revealed that they forced inmates to listen to the song «Baby Shark» on repeat as punishment. Gregory Cornell Butler Jr., 21, Christian Charles Miles, 21, and Christopher Raymond Hendershott, 50, are accused of conspiracy and ill-treatment of at least 4 prisoners. According to authorities, the «inhuman» incidents occurred in November and December last year in the…

A former head of marketing at a large corporation claims he lost his job because he was «too American,» wears khaki pants to work, and is too old. Gray Hallett, 61, a former director of marketing at Boyden World Corporation, a prominent consulting and staffing firm, said he was illegally fired in January after he complained of discrimination. According to Hallett's lawsuit, starting in late 2017, the firm's chairman and…

Florida authorities said they had charged a man with fraud when he tried to get a ballot in the mail for his deceased wife. He, in turn, said that he was only «trying to test the system.» Manati County election observer Mike Bennett said he contacted the sheriff's office after a poll check showed that the wife of 62-year-old Larry Wiggins had died two years ago. It was then revealed…

The Chinese American, falsely convicted of arson and the murder of her parents, was released after 17 years in prison after evidence of biased prosecutors exchanging emails with offensive racist and sexual content. Since her arrest, the girl has been tried three times. Frances Choi, 17 when her parents died in the April 2003 arson in Brockton, was sentenced to two life sentences without parole in 2011, Enterprise News reported….