Waste, Fraud & Abuse
How to steal a billion dollars from Uncle Sam
Brett Blackman sits behind bars in the federal prison in Miami, fresh off getting a 19-year prison sentence from U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz. His crime? He aimed to steal a billion dollars from the government -- and succeeded in getting Medicare and other insurers to actually pony up more than $450 million.
Ilhan Omar’s citizenship, marriages and finances give feds plenty of avenues to probe
Rep. Ilhan Omar could face decades behind bars, lose her American citizenship and, along with it, her House seat if federal investigators uncover evidence of criminal wrongdoing, legal experts say.
Prince George’s council chair vows transparency after uproar over grant money to friend’s charity
Prince George's County Council Chair Krystal Oriadha is trying to claw back $7.6 million in taxpayer funds she directed to a personal friend's charity, following mounting public backlash.
Oakland’s ex-mayor on trial for trading city money to secure campaign favors
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's federal bribery trial began this week, with the Democrat accused of gaining a no-show job for her lover and campaign favors in exchange for funneling money to two businesses run by her alleged conspirators.
Agents seize Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone, issue subpoenas in immigration probe
Federal agents have seized Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone and issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
D.C. officials fire and fine ex-public schools’ attorney who worked two jobs at the same time
A former D.C. Public Schools lawyer who worked a second job in Maryland during her full-time employment has lost her city government job and will pay a $20,000 fine for violating ethics rules, following a report by The Washington Times.
Vance says White House will not ‘micromanage’ Justice Dept. probe of Rep. Ilhan Omar
The Trump administration has no plans to wade into the Justice Department's investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar following a federal enforcement raid on her home, Vice President J.D. Vance said.
Saudi-born engineer accused of bugging OpenAI’s headquarters
Federal authorities said they arrested and charged a Saudi-born engineer at OpenAI after he was accused of secretly planting a recording device inside the tech giant's headquarters to capture prized information about the company.
CVS settles lawsuit over opioid dispensing for $315 million
CVS reached a $315 million settlement Tuesday to resolve allegations that it illegally filled prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances for over a decade and then sought payments for many of those invalid prescriptions from federal healthcare programs.
‘Unprecedented’: Judge clears name of FEMA official after Trump confidantes lied about her
A federal magistrate judge delivered an unusual victory to a fired federal employee Tuesday, officially clearing her name of all the overheated and erroneous allegations Trump officials and confidantes aimed at her.
Tinder scammer exposure rose 8 times while AI models went years without updates, Hassan report says
Tinder showed the typical scammer's profile about eight times as often in December 2025 as in May 2024, even as internal company documents warned that most of its scam-detection artificial intelligence models had not been updated in years, according to a new report.