WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) – Miguel Caro Quintero, the alleged former leader of the now-defunct Sonora Cartel, was extradited by the government of Mexico to the United States on Feb. 25, 2009, the Justice Department announced today. Miguel Caro Quintero arrived in the United States yesterday and has been transferred to the District of Colorado to face

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Julian Domingo Vigil, age 32, of Trinidad, Colorado, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver this week for federal firearm charges, Acting U.S. Attorney David Gaouette and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Richard Chase announced. Vigil was named in a four count indictment

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Nine members of a Montrose cocaine distribution organization have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver, Acting U.S. Attorney David Gaouette and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Sweetin announced. The investigation, called “Operation Chokehold,” is the result of a 6 month investigation. This organization, which was

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 26, 2009 — Charles Merrill, the cousin of the man who founded Merrill Lynch & Co., and who predicted (Wall Street Journal, 10/31/2007) a stock market crash that will put the 1929 crash to shame, is urging a national Tax Tea Party Revolt to get equal rights for neutral-gender married couples. Merrill,

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Newswire Abu Dhabi, UAE – Etihad Airways and DLA Piper have partnered to sponsor some of the UAE’s most promising law students from the Al Ain University to compete at the internationally acclaimed Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 2009 to be held in Washington D.C., USA. The UAE University Team was

LAWFUEL.COM – US Legal Newswire – A well-known AIDS doctor has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges for “subdosing” patients by administering doses of medicine that contained less than the prescribed amount of medication that the patients were supposed to receive. Dr. George Steven Kooshian , 58, of La Quinta, who operated Valley View Internal

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Newswire LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOSEPH R. GUCCIONE, the United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York, PETER J. SMITH, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Department of Homeland Security’s United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), and MARTIN RENKIEWICZ,

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service today released new detailed information that will help employers claim credit for the COBRA medical premiums they pay for their former employees. The IRS unveiled new information on this Web site, IRS.gov, that includes an extensive set of questions and answers for employers. In addition, the Web site

Scheme involved approximately $2.5 million in losses to lending institutions PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Micah Bowens, 39, of Henderson, Nevada was sentenced yesterday to 48 months in prison for his conviction in July 2008 for leading a mortgage fraud scheme in Phoenix, San Diego and Las Vegas. Jennifer Sellers, a real estate agent, 30, of Las