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- This photo provided by Alexandria Sheriff's Office, shows from left Richard Broni and Linda Mbimadong. On Friday, Feb. 17, 2022, Broni and Mbimadong, two of the people who scammed an Annandale man, who is not identified in court papers, will be sentenced in federal court in Alexandria. They played relatively minor roles in a scam _ prosecutors describe them as “money mules” who never made contact with the victim themselves but helped receive and launder the money in return for a 5% to 10% cut of the proceeds. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Romance fraud: Looking for love in wrong place proves costly
By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press
Thu,02/17/22-10:59AM , 381 Reads
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — For the victim, a 78-year-old man from Annandale, it started with an effort to find some companionship. He created an account on a social network called iFlirt, then made contact with someone identifying herself as a widowed woman in her 30s who seemed interested.
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- The U.S. Courthouse is seen in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. A woman who once lived in Kansas has been arrested after federal prosecutors charged her with joining the Islamic State group and leading an all-female battalion of AK-47 wielding militants. The U.S. Attorney in Alexandria, announced Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, that 42-year-old Allison Fluke-Ekren has been charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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Feds: Kansas woman led all-female Islamic State battalion
By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press
Sat,01/29/22-8:07AM , 260 Reads
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A woman who once lived in Kansas has been arrested after federal prosecutors charged her with joining the Islamic State group and leading an all-female battalion of AK-47 wielding militants.
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- This Feb. 15, 2007 file photo shows a Gruyere cheese with a cup of Italian roast coffee. A federal judge has ruled that gruyere cheese does not have to come from the Gruyere region of Europe to be sold under the gruyere name. A consortium of Swiss and French cheesemakers from the region around of Gruyeres, Switzerland, sued in U.S. District Court in Virginia after the federal Trademark Trials and Appeals Board denied an application for trademark protections. (AP Photo/Larry Crowe, file)
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Judge pokes holes in Swiss cheesemakers' legal arguments
By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press
Mon,01/10/22-1:56PM , 270 Reads
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Gruyere cheese does not have to come from the Gruyere region of Europe to be sold under the gruyere name, a federal judge has ruled.
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British national pleads guilty to role in terror beheadings
By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press
Thu,09/02/21-7:19PM , 225 Reads
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A British national admitted Thursday evening in a federal courtroom near the nation's capital that he played a leadership role in an Islamic State scheme to torture, hold for ransom and eventually behead American hostages.
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