Crime

The suspect’s reported arrest in India marks another development in efforts to locate defendants accused of stealing public funds through fraudulent benefit claims. WASHINGTON, DC, October 5, 2026 Manjit Singh Bedi’s arrest in India has added another capture to the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters initiative, bringing renewed attention to a Tacoma grocery operator accused of […]

Justin Ryan Schmidt renounced his American citizenship in March 2022, but his concealment of income, false expatriation disclosures and subsequent evasion of taxes on American real estate gains resulted in a federal prison sentence. WASHINGTON, DC, October 2, 2026 — Justin Ryan Schmidt’s decision to relinquish American citizenship did not prevent a federal tax evasion sentence, […]

Fraud suspects may leave the country where a case began, but transactions, company filings, property documents, and electronic communications can remain with independent record holders, giving investigators evidence to examine when tracing assets, identifying people, and preparing an extradition request. WASHINGTON, DC, September 28, 2026 Financial crimes can leave evidence across several countries because transferring […]

Travelers named in INTERPOL Red Notices may be identified at airports, land borders, seaports, or during routine police encounters, potentially triggering questioning or provisional detention while the requesting government prepares its formal extradition documents. WASHINGTON, DC, September 25, 2026: International travel can transform an INTERPOL Red Notice from a largely invisible police alert into an […]

State prosecutors control the underlying criminal case, but the Justice Department and State Department generally manage the federal, diplomatic and treaty procedures required to seek the defendant’s arrest and lawful return from another sovereign country. WASHINGTON, D.C., September 23, 2026 An American state may investigate a crime, file charges, obtain an arrest warrant and prosecute […]

Thorsen remained beyond the reach of American authorities for about fourteen years, but his decision to travel outside Denmark exposed him to an international alert tied to the outstanding United States arrest warrant and opened a legal route to extradition. WASHINGTON, D.C., September 21, 2026 — Danish autism researcher Poul Thorsen survived about fourteen years as […]

Reporting on documented misuse patterns and why institutional safeguards matter. WASHINGTON, DC, September 7, 2026 — Governments need international police cooperation to pursue offenders who cross borders. Still, documented disputes involving dissidents, refugees, political opponents and estranged business figures show how the same system can be manipulated when an ordinary criminal allegation conceals a predominantly […]

Federal prosecutors allege that Patrick Britton-Harr used Provista Health and related laboratory businesses to market COVID-19 screening services to nursing homes before billing Medicare for expensive respiratory pathogen panel tests that were medically unnecessary, lacked required physician orders, or were never performed. BALTIMORE, Maryland, September 3, 2026 — Patrick Britton-Harr is preparing for a separate […]

Judge Adam B. Abelson will hear arguments on whether the alleged misconduct requires a new trial. WASHINGTON, DC, September 2, 2026 — A Maryland federal hearing scheduled for August 26 could leave Patrick Britton-Harr’s six AeroVanti wire fraud convictions intact, trigger a deeper investigation into juror contacts, or set aside the verdict and force prosecutors […]

Indictment says APRN billed Medicare for allografts prosecutors claim were unnecessary, unprovided, or ordered for terminal patients, while two nurses allegedly received referral kickbacks during an 18-month Florida operation that generated more than $61 million in federal payments WASHINGTON, DC, August 26, 2026 — Federal prosecutors have accused Sarasota nurse practitioner Leigh Tesar of directing […]