By Charlotte Spencer Yes, you can, and Douglass Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn, recently found that out the hard way. Most people are aware of the fact that posting certain content online, such as child sexual abuse imagery, or “true threats” can get...
By Charlotte Spencer The House of Representatives currently has four pieces of legislation before it aimed at better handling child abuse so far in 2021. Of these, one is a reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, two are proposed...
By Charlotte Spencer Graphic by Charlotte Spencer This January, the FTC brought the first cases ever under a new law passed five years ago. The BOTS Act, which passed with bipartisan support in 2016, is designed to protect consumers from people who...
By a Biometrica staffer The Housing Authority of Ashland, Alabama, violated the Fair Housing Act by intentionally discriminating on the basis of race or color against applicants for housing, the US Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit. In its lawsuit, the...
By a Biometrica staffer An Indian national was sentenced to 20 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in operating a scam that defrauded US victims out of millions of dollars between 2013 and 2016. Hitesh...
By a Biometrica staffer Six men were arrested and charged federally with conspiring to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. They planned to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home in the Western...
Two of the 'ISIS Beatles' are expected to arrive in the US today to face federal charges over jailing, torturing and beheading American hostages. By a Biometrica staffer Two notorious Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militant detainees from Britain are...
A Minnesota man was charged for defrauding the PPP of $841,000 | © Ossi Lehtonen - Dreamstime.com By a Biometrica staffer A man from Minnesota was charged for allegedly defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of about $841,000, the US Department of...
A former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Corrections Officer was sentenced to 42 months in prison and three years supervised release for sexually assaulting two women | © Pawel Strykowski - Dreamstime.com By a Biometrica staffer A former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Corrections...