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Lebanese Financial Institutions Linked to Hizballah Allegedly Wired Over $300 Million Into The United States In Money Laundering Scheme

Announced earlier last week was the filing of a civil money-laundering and in rem forfeiture complaint alleging a massive, international scheme in which Lebanese financial institutions, including a bank and two exchange houses linked to Hizballah, used the U.S. financial system to launder narcotics trafficking and other criminal proceeds through West Africa and back into [...]

Two Of America’s “Most Wanted” Sentenced

Two of America’s “Most Wanted” health care fraud fugitives were sentenced in Florida last week. Two sisters, Caridad Guilarte and Clara Guilarte, owned a fraudulent medical clinic near Detroit that lead to a $9.1 million Medicare fraud scheme. Each of the sisters face 14 years in prison. In August the sisters plead guilty to one [...]

Shakira Says Bankruptcy Changed Her Life for the Better

The popular singer Shakira found insight from the bankruptcy her family lived through as a child and used that experience to motivate herself and to help thousands around the world that are suffering. Colombian singer Shakira, whose hit “Hips Don’t Lie” is the most played record in American radio history, became a musical sensation and [...]