FBI – California Globe

The FBI’s New Moral Standard: Apparently, There Isn’t One

September 17, 2026 3:33 pmSeptember 17, 2026 3:34 pm

Victims deserve compassion. But voluntary participation in prostitution, bestiality, animal cruelty, theft or violence should disqualify anyone seeking the extraordinary power of a federal badge. There are certain sentences Americans should never have to hear during an FBI oversight hearing....

Operation Cradle to Grift: DOJ Charges 12 Foreign-Born Defendants in $10M San Diego ‘Ghost Daycare’ Fraud

September 15, 2026 3:20 pmSeptember 15, 2026 3:20 pm

Attorney General Todd Blanche highlighted a coordinated federal takedown Tuesday as the Justice Department charged 12 individuals with siphoning more than $10 million from programs meant to help low-income families pay for childcare. The defendants, naturalized U.S. citizens and lawful...

FBI Seizes Eric Swalwell’s Electronic Devices at SFO, Raids DC Home in Expanding Sexual Misconduct Probe

August 20, 2026 12:43 pmAugust 20, 2026 12:44 pm

In a dramatic escalation of the federal investigation into multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and assault against disgraced former California Congressman Eric Swalwell, FBI agents confronted the one-time Democratic rising star at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday night, seized...

When Seconds Matter, California Shouldn’t Tie the Hands of Law Enforcement

August 18, 2026 9:30 amAugust 18, 2026 9:31 am

Imagine your child has been abducted, and investigators learn they’ve already been taken across state lines. Or a human trafficking ring is operating in multiple counties. Or fentanyl pouring into our communities is traced back to an interstate criminal network....

Nevada Doctor Charged in $95 Million Medicare Wound Care Fraud Scheme

August 7, 2026 11:29 amAugust 7, 2026 11:30 am

A Henderson physician has been charged in a sprawling $95 million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts applied to elderly patients, including those in hospice care, federal prosecutors announced this week. On Tuesday, a...

Suspected Iranian Hackers Target Water Systems In At Least 12 States After Iran-Linked Arizona Election Portal Attack

August 7, 2026 10:06 amAugust 21, 2026 1:39 pm

Federal investigators are examining a wave of cyberattacks that disrupted municipal water operations across at least 12 states, weeks after an Iran-linked group claimed it breached systems associated with a major California water utility and more than a year after...

White House Declassifies 2020 Maricopa County Voter Data Breach

August 6, 2026 1:14 pmAugust 6, 2026 1:14 pm

The White House Government Transparency Task Force released newly declassified FBI and intelligence community records Thursday detailing a significant cybersecurity incident in Arizona’s largest county just days before the 2020 presidential election. https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2085427895527166192 A self-described “hacker or tinkerer” exploited a...