Tag: Watchdog

15 medical professionals indicted in $25M scheme

Tami Abdollah · June 25, 2014 1:26 am

Defendant Paul Konigsberg leaves federal court in New York on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 after he plead guilty to conspiracy and two counts of falsifying books and records in a co-operation deal with the government. The 78-year-old Konigsberg, an accounting firm executive who worked for Bernard Madoff, told the court he was not aware of Madoff's "horrific and evil Ponzi scheme." Madoff is serving a 150-year prison sentence after admitting his fraud in 2009. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)

Executive accused in Madoff scam pleads guilty

Larry Neumeister · June 24, 2014 8:42 pm

FILE - In this July 14, 2010 file photo, workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation stand near a tank farm where highly radioactive waste is stored underground near Richland, Wash. Few of the U.S. Department of Energy workers who are helping build the plant feel they can openly challenge decisions made by management, according to a report obtained Tuesday, June 24, 2014, by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny, File)

Survey probes Hanford worker dynamic

Nicholas Geranios · June 24, 2014 8:13 pm

Ex-Texas school administrator stole $500K in scam

Ex-Texas school administrator stole $500K in scam

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 12:51 pm

New Tom Coburn report describes Veterans Affairs Department wracked by incompetence, corruption, coverups

New Tom Coburn report describes Veterans Affairs Department wracked by incompetence, corruption, coverups

Mark Flatten · June 24, 2014 5:00 am

US regulators tell railroads to report on backlog

US regulators tell railroads to report on backlog

Josh Funk · June 23, 2014 11:14 pm

FILE - In this April 21, 2005 file photo, a model poses by a Honda's CR-V at Auto Shanghai 2005 exhibition in Shanghai, China. Honda, Mazda and Nissan are recalling millions of vehicles globally for defective airbags manufactured by supplier Takata Corp. that could possibly explode. No accidents have been reported related to recalls Monday, June 23, 2014. Honda Motor Co. recalled 2.03 million vehicles for the airbag problem, including 1.02 million in North America and nearly 669,000 in Japan. The models recalled at Honda include the Fit, Element and CR-V, manufactured between 2000 and 2005. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Air bag recall spreads to more automakers

Washington Examiner · June 23, 2014 6:24 pm

Federal police for the Treasury Department are charged with enforcing the law and protecting the millions of dollars of cash that are printed at U.S. Mint facilities, but sworn officers were instead caught engaging in criminal activity and lying about it.ÃÂ (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Fake-handicap fraudsters foiled by reality TV appearances, LinkedIn spam

Luke Rosiak · June 23, 2014 3:02 pm

Seven U.S. Postal Service employees are facing their first court appearances in a Connecticut fraud and larceny case. (iStock Image)

7 postal employees due in court for unemployment fraud case

Associated Press · June 23, 2014 12:59 pm

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Oops: Here’s who wound up with half a million dollars in federal money

Kelly Cohen · June 21, 2014 10:00 am

Medicaid wrongly paid out more than $14 billion last year to managed care organizations, often for treatments or services that were not necessary, never performed or weren't eligible for coverage. (iStock Photo)

Here’s where $14 billion of taxpayer money for Medicaid went

Kelly Cohen · June 21, 2014 10:00 am

FILE - This March 19, 2014 file photo shows Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair at Fort Bragg, N.C. The Army is stripping a brigadier general at the center of a sexual misconduct case by two grades for his retirement, in a rare move that will slash his benefits and force him to retire as a lieutenant colonel. Army Secretary John McHugh announced the decision Friday, saying that Sinclair "displayed a pattern of inappropriate and at times illegal behavior both while serving as a brigadier general and a colonel." (AP Photo/Ted Richardson, File)

National Security

General reduced 2 grades in sex misconduct case

Lolita Baldor · June 21, 2014 12:00 am