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Miami Herald
28-03-2025
- Miami Herald
Youth prison employee accused of rape, veteran defrauds airline: Latest legal stories
The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories below were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists. Thousands of legal cases reach U.S. courts every year. From accusations of mistreatment in prisons to fraud to sexual abuse and beyond, here are some of the latest from across the country. Marine veteran fakes deployment, defrauds airline by taking 130 free flights, feds say In New York, Dior Jay-Jarrett, a Marine Corps veteran, faked deployments to take 130 free flights, defrauding an airline of nearly $70,000, according to federal prosecutors. Jay-Jarrett used falsified military documents to obtain travel benefits, taking flights to various destinations while continuing to work as a military guard and later as a federal air marshal, prosecutors say. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, he acknowledged retiring from the Marine Corps without notifying the airline and faking military orders. | Published March 21 | Read More | Man has kids harvest magic mushrooms, gives them 'microdoses' in California, feds say In California, Randal Vanceused children to harvest psilocybin mushrooms and gave them 'microdoses,' according to federal prosecutors. Authorities discovered over 250 pounds of mushrooms and 40 pounds of psilocybin chocolate bars at two locations in San Diego County, prosecutors say. Vance, along with his wife and a friend, were arrested on federal drug trafficking charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California. | Published March 21 | Read More | Man profits off patients' addictions, pays brokers to lure them to CA clinics, feds say Casey Mahoney, who ran addiction treatment facilities in California, paid nearly $2.9 million in kickbacks to 'body brokers' to recruit patients, federal prosecutors say. Mahoney's clinics earned $24 million from the scheme, according to prosecutors. He was sentenced to over three years in prison after being convicted of federal charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. | Published March 26 | Read More | Chinese woman wanting US citizenship is scammed out of $500,000 by fake agent, feds say In New York, Tommy Aijie Da Silva Weng is accused of scamming a Chinese woman out of $500,000 by posing as a federal law enforcement agent. Weng promised to expedite her green card application under the EB-5 Program, but instead strung her along with lies for eight years federal prosecutors say. He faces charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, and impersonating a federal officer, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. | Published March 24 | Read More | Prison psychologist raped 17-year-old dozens of times as NY staff made jokes, suit says A former psychologist at a youth detention center in New York raped a teen during counseling sessions while staff ignored the abuse, according to a federal lawsuit. The woman, Maya Hayes, who's charged with 65 sex offenses, manipulated and groomed the teen, with staff members joking about the abuse, the lawsuit says. The plaintiff, now an adult, is suing Hayes and other staff accused of enabling the abuse. | Published March 25 | Read More | Cops dump amputee from wheelchair and shoot him 11 times, killing him, CA suit says In California, a lawsuit says police officers fatally shot Anthony Lowe, an amputee, 11 times after dumping him from his wheelchair during a mental health crisis. The officers are accused of using unreasonable force instead of attempting nonlethal tactics. The case is set for trial in January 2026, with Lowe's family seeking justice for his death. | Published March 27 | Read More | Police chief pooped on floor and spiked office coffee with Adderall, Viagra, NJ cops say In New Jersey, Police Chief Robert Farley is accused of workplace misconduct, including defecating on the floor and spiking office coffee with drugs, according to legal documents. Several officers have filed claims against Farley over harassment and inappropriate behavior. | Published March 27 | Read More | McClatchy News continues to follow lawsuits and legal cases from around the country. Check back for more legal stories.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
What We Know So Far About the $5 Million ‘Trump Gold Card' Visa
Photo:The United States has announced plans to launch a new 'Trump Gold Card' visa that would give wealthy investors the right to live and work in the US—as well as a pathway to citizenship—in exchange for a $5 million investment. 'We're going to be selling a gold card,' President Trump said at a press conference at the Oval Office on February 25. 'You have a green card. This is a gold card. We're going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges; plus, it's going to be a route to citizenship. And wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card.' While full details have yet to be released, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said applicants to the so-called Trump Gold Card visa would be vetted 'to make sure they're wonderful world-class global citizens.' The announcement follows a series of immigration-related executive orders that implement 'enhanced vetting' of visa applicants and restrictions on birthright citizenship, in addition to border security measures such as blocking asylum seekers at the southern border. The administration said the new gold card will launch in two weeks and that it does not need congressional approval. However, 'any new investor visa would require new legislation which would have to pass through Congress, which is unlikely to be enacted in the short term,' Dominic Volek, group head of private clients at investment migration firm Henley & Partners, said in an emailed statement. Many countries around the world—including Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Malta—offer golden visa programs with minimum investments of around 500,000 euros (approximately $525,000 USD). The president said he hopes to sell a million of the gold cards, which would be amount to $5 trillion. 'If we sell 10 million of these cards, that's a total of $50 trillion, [and] we have $35 trillion in debt,' he said. Financial advisers told Reuters that the new gold card would be unlikely to attract wealthy investors who want to avoid being taxed on their global income. The president said the new gold card would replace the US's existing EB-5 Immigrant Investor program. Due to legislative uncertainties, 'it is too early to know if the EB-5 program will stop, be phased out, or continue alongside the gold card,' Basil Mohr Elzeki, head of the Americas at Henley & Partners, tells Condé Nast Traveler. Under current EB-5 rules, applicants must invest at least $800,000 in a commercial enterprise in the United States and plan to create or preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified US workers. In 2024 more than 14,000 qualified investors and their family members obtained legal permanent residency in the United States through the EB-5 Program, according to government data. Since 2000, 91% of all EB-5 visas issued were associated with investments into regions with high levels of unemployment. Those who are in the process of applying for the existing EB-5 program 'should proceed with their investment promptly to secure their place under the current regulatory framework,' Volek of Henley & Partners said in an emailed statement. This is a developing news story and will be updated with more information as it becomes available. Originally Appeared on Condé Nast Traveler The Latest Travel News and Advice Want to be the first to know? Sign up to our newsletters for travel inspiration and tips These Are the World's Most Powerful Passports in 2024 Are Gate Lice Soon to Be Exterminated? The Friendliest Cities in the US, According to Our Readers
Reuters
25-02-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Trump to end 'EB-5' immigrant investor visa program
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will end the United States' immigrant investor visa program known as the "EB-5 Program," Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday.
