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Indian-origin pharma tycoon Tonmoy Sharma arrested in Los Angeles over $149 million healthcare fraud

Indian-origin pharma tycoon Tonmoy Sharma arrested in California. Indian-origin doctor and businessman, the founder and former CEO of the now-defunct Sovereign Health Group, was recently arrested over $149 million medical fraud. The 61-year-old psychiatrist has been charged with four counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy and three counts of illegal remunerations for referrals […]

L.A. County to Pay $2.7 Million to Teen Beaten in Juvenile Hall ‘Gladiator Fight’

Los Angeles County has agreed to pay $2.67 million to a teenager who was beaten by several other juveniles in one of the so-called gladiator fights that prosecutors said took place at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, Calif., in 2023. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the payout on Tuesday in a […]

US Congressional Budget Office’s warning: Trump’s big bill could raise national debt by $2.4 trillion; 10.9 million to lose health insurance

The independent US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced on Wednesday that the comprehensive Republican legislation for tax reductions and federal programme cuts would potentially increase the national debt by $2.4 trillion in the next ten years. This analysis, reported by the New York Times, raised concerns about excessive government borrowing under President Donald Trump‘s domestic […]

Trump to pardon ‘Chrisley Knows Best’ stars convicted of $36 million fraud

Donald Trump announced he will pardon Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of the American reality show Chrisley Knows Best, who are currently serving prison sentences for their role in a multi-million dollar fraud and tax evasion scheme.The couple, who found fame through their television show showcasing their lives as property tycoons in Nashville and Atlanta, […]

Australian media slams Kamala Harris for taking ‘half a million dollars’ to say ‘I am unemployed right now’ at real estate event

Australian media wonders why Kamala Harris went there while she never visited the country as a vice president. Sky News Australia tore into former vice president Kamala Harris for being the chief speaker at a real estate event in Gold Coast, where she was reported paid half a million dollars to “essentially chuckle on stage […]

Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard | World News

WASHINGTON : The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, a senior administration official said Tuesday. The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League school, which has pushed back on the administration’s demands for changes to several […]

TikToker with 1 million followers calls DC shooter a ‘resistance fighter’, calls victims ‘war criminals’; video taken down

A teenage social-media influencer from Pennsylvania is under fire after telling his nearly one million followers to support the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staff in Washington, DC.The video was so inflammatory that TikTok removed it, reports the New York Post. Guy Christensen, a 19-year-old who goes by “YourFavoriteGuy” online, referred to the […]

CBS ordered to pay nearly $10 million to fired executive who called anchor ‘too gay’, blames ‘woke mob’ pressure

CBS has been ordered to pay almost $10 million to a former top executive it dismissed before completing an internal investigation into allegations that he made racist and sexist remarks, reports New York Post. The remarks, according to court documents and his lawyer, included calling a Black anchor “a jive guy” and labelling another “too […]

Chiquita fires thousands of striking banana workers in Panama, says it suffered $75 million losses

Representative Image (AI) PANAMA CITY: Banana giant Chiquita Brands has fired its workers in Panama who have been out on strike for more than three weeks as part of nationwide protests against reforms to the social security system, the company said Thursday. Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino had said earlier Thursday that the strike was […]

After raising $600 million in political donations, Donald Trump eyes $1 billion war chest for midterms

Donald Trump may no longer be able to run again, but that hasn’t stopped him from dominating the political fundraising game. The US president has already raised at least $600 million for his political causes, with a goal of reaching $1 billion ahead of the midterm elections next year, according to sources quoted by the […]