Author: Houston Stringer

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Queens, New York man was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for attempting to support ISIS by planning a knife attack targeting civilians in Flushing Bay. According to court documents, Awais Chudhary, 25, pledged allegiance in 2019 to then-ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and conducted multiple surveillance visits at pedestrian bridges and public walkways near the Grand Central Parkway and World’s Fair Marina in Queens. Prosecutors said Chudhary took active steps to carry out a terrorist attack, including scouting crowded times, ordering tactical gear, and seeking advice from individuals he believed were ISIS members about how to avoid detection. Items ordered online included a tactical knife, mask, gloves, an...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Pennsylvania doctor was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for orchestrating multiple fraud schemes involving false medical claims, illegal distribution of oxycodone, and laundering over $1.2 million in proceeds. According to court documents, Dr. Neil K. Anand, 48, of Bensalem, was found guilty in April 2025 of conspiring to defraud Medicare, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Independence Blue Cross, and Anthem through claims for medically unnecessary “Goody Bags” of prescription medications dispensed by in-house pharmacies he owned. To encourage patients to accept the bags, Anand also provided them with oxycodone prescriptions that were written outside the normal course of medical practice. Evidence showed that Anand pre-signed blank prescript...