WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is warning Veterans not to give credit card numbers over the phone to callers claiming to update VA prescription information. "America's Veterans have become targets in an inexcusable scam that dishonors their…

WASHINGTONThe former director of sales and marketing for Pacific Consolidated Industries LP (PCI) pleaded guilty today to charges related to the bribery of a U.K. Ministry of Defense (UK-MOD) official in order to obtain lucrative equipment contracts with the U.K.…

More than $750,000 in forfeited funds from an embezzlement scheme by a Peruvian military officer have been transferred to the government of Peru. The forfeited funds were taken from the private account of Marco Antonio Rodriguez Huerta, a former Peruvian…

CARSON CITY: Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto has issued the following Alert as a part of her Bureau of Consumer Protections ongoing effort to educate consumers. National Deed Service, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois has recently sent letters to Churchill County homeowners…

A retailer of rayon towels will be barred from making false claims that mislead consumers into thinking that its products are "biodegradable," under a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement with Dyna-E International and its owner George…

Court Orders Bar All Illegal Telemarketing Activities Four deceptive telemarketing operations targeted by the Federal Trade Commission have agreed to abandon the illegal tactics they allegedly used to scam consumers such as charging for products that were never ordered, making…

WASHINGTON A fifth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files. Kevin M. Young, 42, of Temple Hills, Md., has plead guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in the District of Columbia to a one-count…

WASHINGTONA pipeline company and two of its former operating firms will jointly pay a civil penalty of $3.65 million to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act resulting from anhydrous ammonia spills in Nebraska and Kansas. The spills which occurred…

The Missile Defense Agencys Airborne Laser (ABL) prototype aircraft successfully acquired, tracked, provided atmospheric compensation and simulated the directed energy kill sequence against an instrumented boosting missile target using three onboard low-power lasers on Aug. 10 at 9:50 p.m. PDT.…

WASHINGTON Two former employees of Edward H. Okun, who was sentenced to 100 years in prison on Aug. 4, 2009, after a three-week jury trial, were sentenced for their roles in a scheme to defraud and obtain approximately $126 million…

Anchorage, Alaska David Skrzynski and Jason Maroney, both of Juneau, Alaska, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage on charges of violating the Lacey Act by selling halibut that was taken in violation of federal regulations. The…

LOS ANGELES A San Marcos man pleaded guilty this morning to a felony charge of using the Internet to distribute a pirated copy of Slumdog Millionaire in violation of federal copyright law. Owen Moody, 25, pleaded guilty to uploading a…