A nurse practitioner who prosecutors said positioned herself as an authority on Medicare compliance while participating in a multimillion-dollar fraud operation has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after being convicted in a scheme involving medically unnecessary cancer genetic testing. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Scharmaine Lawson Baker, 59,…
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to appear in a federal courtroom in Manhattan today, Monday, January 5, 2026, where his criminal case will be overseen by Senior U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, according to Here’s Why w/ Kevin Ortega-Rojas. Hellerstein is a 92-year-old jurist appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1998. Maduro’s…