WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Taylor Produce LLC. The company, operating from Idaho, while acting as a growers’ agent allegedly failed to remit to…

Payments set to be Reduced Substantially as Program Reauthorization was not Passed Washington Washington - More than $50 million will be paid to 41 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to support local schools and roads under the Twenty-Five…

(PHOENIX) Turf Paradise is once again a destination for Phoenix Children's Hospital's Camp Rainbow project. The tradition marks its 17th year this year when a group of children will visit Turf Paradise on January 10th. Camp Rainbow serves children who…

NEWARK, NJ—A complaint charging the owner of a Ramsey, New Jersey, auto dealership with allegedly engaging in a pattern of fraudulent activity through his business. Afzal Khan, a/k/a “Bobby Khan,” 32, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, was charged by…

PITTSBURGH—Six persons have been indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of Pennsylvania on various federal narcotics and immigration charges. The three-count indictment, returned on Dec. 10, named Olufemi Young, 35 of Ainsworth Street, Pittsburgh, PA;…

CHICAGO—Six men were indicted on federal charges alleging a plot to force a former employee of a now-closed suburban restaurant to pay a business debt of approximately $40,000, federal law enforcement officials announced today. On June 1 of this year,…

BIRMINGHAM—- A federal grand jury today indicted a Madison woman on charges related to a scheme to obtain fraudulent tax refunds that included a $555,587 federal income tax refund deposited into her bank account. A three-count indictment filed in U.S.…

NEWARK, NJ—Two Philadelphia men were arrested this morning for allegedly conspiring to extort victims to load prepaid debit cards with funds that were stolen as part of the scheme. Special agents of the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,…

ANCHORAGE, AK—On July 30, 2014, an Anchorage jury convicted a Wasilla woman, Karen Olson, 68, of one count of false statements to influence the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Program, and one count of misprision of a felony.…

HUNTINGTON, WV—A 35-year-old Michigan man who was involved in a drug distribution scheme was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Leonard Joseph Stewart, of Romulus, Michigan, previously pleaded guilty in…

Fanderick Chiquito, 23, of Upper Fruitland, N.M., was arrested today (12/31/2013) in connection with a vehicle collision that sent a woman to the hospital, where she died. The FBI, with the assistance of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety,…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Coast Guard rescue crews continue searching Sunday for a man who jumped overboard into Mona Passage waters from the Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Adventure of the Seas Saturday night, during the cruise ship’s transit…