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Jason Kurland was convicted of taking $103 million from clients. "Lottery lawyer" Jason Kurland promised his clients protection from swindlers but he ended up swindling them himself, a federal judge said Thursday as he sentenced Kurland to 13 years in federal prison for de fraud ing clients out of more than $107 million . "They were lucky winners, but when they got Mr. Kurland, they were losers," Judge Nicholas Garaufis said before handing down a sentence that was higher than what prosecutors sought. "When they won the lottery, they were very vulnerable," Assistant United States Attorney Olga Zverovitch said. "They needed guidance and they needed help. Instead, he exploited his clients ' trust." MORE: California Lottery says $2 billion Powerball winner is legitimate, amid claim ticket was stolen Kurland was convicted last July of fraud, conspiracy and unlawful monetary transactions. He steered his clients, winners of some of the biggest...

A judge has sentenced three people to more than 100 years each in prison for the fatal shooting of a former Indiana University football player who was gunned down during unrest following George Floyd's murder INDIANAPOLIS -- A judge Wednesday sentenced three people to more than 100 years each in prison for the fatal shooting of a former Indiana University Football player who was gunned down during unrest following George Floyd's murder. Marcus Anderson and Alijah Jones each were sentenced to 164 years in prison and Nakeyah Shields received a 108-year sentence in the May 2020 shooting death of Business man Chris Beaty. Anderson and Jones also were convicted of eight counts of armed robbery and Shields of seven robbery counts. All three have said they plan to appeal their convictions. Beaty, 38, was shot and killed May 30, 2020, in Indianapolis as he walked through an alley near his apartment building during violence that followed protests over Floyd’s death in Minneapoli...

Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley will appear in court where a judge will decide whether he could be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley is set to learn in a court hearing Friday whether he can serve life in prison without the possibility of parole . The hearing -- called a Miller hearing -- is being held due to Crumbley's age. He was just 15 at the time of the shooting, and juveniles convicted of first-degree murder in the state of Michigan cannot automatically be sentenced to life in prison without parole , like adults. A separate hearing will be held in December for his sentencing. MORE: Oxford school shooting victim offers emotional testimony on seeing classmates shot: 'I just prayed' Crumbley pleaded guilty to killing four students and wounding seven others at a Michigan high school in November 2021. The hearing began in July when victims of the Michigan shooting gave emotional testimony in ...

A social media influencer has been sentenced to seven months for falsely telling Hillary Clinton supporters they could cast their 2016 vote for Clinton via text message. Douglass Mackey, the social media i NFL uencer known as "Ricky Vaughn," was sentenced Wednesday to seven months in prison for falsely assuring supporters of Hillary Clinton they could cast their vote in the 2016 presidential election through text messages or social media posts. Mackey was prosecuted under the Ku Klux Klan Act that was enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to efforts by the KKK to prevent recently emancepated Blacks from voting . Ahead of Mackey's sentencing, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly denied Mackey's attempt to set aside the verdict or be granted a new trial. MORE: Hillary Clinton swipes at Trump, Putin during portrait unveiling Mackey was 26 years old in 2015 when he began posting on Twitter under the pseudonym "Ricky Vaughn," amassing 51,000 followers ...

A Florida family who claimed they had a "miracle" cure for COVID-19 that contained a toxic bleach were sentenced to federal prison on Friday. Members of a Florida family who claimed they had a "miracle" cure for COVID-19 that contained a toxic bleach were sentenced to federal prison on Friday, the Department of Justice said. Mark Grenon, 66, and his three sons -- Jonathan Grenon, 37, Jordan Grenon, 29, and Joseph Grenon, 36 -- were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by distributing an unapproved and misbranded drug, the DOJ said. The federal jury also found Jonathan and Jordan Grenon guilty of contempt of court following a trial this summer. MORE: Man who allegedly sold fake COVID cure arrested after 3-year manhunt Jonathan and Jordan Grenon were sentenced to 151 months -- about 12 1/2 years -- in federal prison, while Mark and Joseph Grenon were sentenced to five years, the DOJ said. Federal prosecutors said the men manufactured, produced and sold a...

Former Staples executive John Wilson was sentenced on Friday to one year of probation for his role in the college admissions cheating scheme known as Varsity Blues. A former Staples executive was sentenced on Friday for his role in the college admissions cheating scheme known as Varsity Blues, marking the end of a years-long case that has resulted in dozens of convictions. John Wilson, 64, of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court in Boston to one year of probation -- with the first six months to be served in home detention -- and 250 hours of community service, federal prosecutors said. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $75,000 and restitution in the amount of $88,546. MORE: Charges dropped against 2 parents in college admissions scandal Wilson, a private equity investor, was found guilty in 2021 in the first trial stemming from the scheme . He was initially sentenced last year to 15 months in prison but appealed and most of the charges he was convicted of were s...

Former President Trump said Friday that he'll continue to run for president even if convicted and sentenced on criminal charges brought by the special counsel. Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he'll continue to run for president even if convicted and sentenced on criminal charges brought by the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents after leaving office. Trump made the remarks during a call-in radio interview on the "John Fredericks Show," a day after a grand jury returned a superseding indictment that, among other charges, alleges that Trump, longtime aide Walt Nauta, and Mar-a-Lago staffer Carlos De Oliveira attempted to delete surveillance video footage at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in the summer of 2022. "If going forward, right, you get these indictments, there ends up -- you got a jury in D.C., you get convicted and sentenced -- does that stop your campaign for president if you're sentenced?" host Joh...

Tory Lanez is set to appear in a courtroom on Tuesday morning, where he will be sentenced following his conviction for shooting and injuring Megan Thee Stallion. Rapper Tory Lanez is set to appear in a courtroom Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, where he will be sentenced for the July 2020 shooting that injured rapper Megan Thee Stallion. Lanez, who was convicted on Dec. 23, 2022, for shooting and injuring the hip hop artist, whose legal name is Megan Pet e, was initially set to be sentenced in January. The sentencing has been delayed several times after Lanez obtained new attorneys and filed a motion for a new trial. He faces up to 22 years and 8 months in prison. According to a motion filed by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office on May 23, a new California law would by default make Lanez’s sentence come in the “middle term” of the potential 22-year sentence, unless “circumstances in aggravation” were proven. But prosecutors argued in the motion for a harsher sentence for the r...

"Rust" first assistant director David Halls has been sentenced to six months unsupervised probation in connection with the fatal on-set shooting. The first assistant director for "Rust" has been sentenced to six months unsupervised probation as part of a plea deal in connection with the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. David Halls, 63, was charged with negligent use of a deadly weapon in connection with the October 2021 shooting on the Santa Fe set of the Western. Halls had handed a Colt .45 revolver to Alec Baldwin that fired while the actor was practicing a cross-draw, striking Hutchins. Attorneys for Halls and Baldwin have said neither knew there were any live rounds in the firearm. This aerial photo shows the movie set of "Rust" at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., on Oct. 23, 2021. Jae C. Hong/AP, FILE During a virtual plea hearing on Friday, Halls pleaded no contest to his misdemeanor charge. He answered the judge...

A Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's back plead guilty on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter and has been sentenced. J. Alexander Kueng, a former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back during the fatal May 2020 arrest, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison Friday. Keung, 29, had pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting in second-degree manslaughter in October as part of an agreement with prosecutors. A second charge of aiding and abetting in second-degree unintentional murder will be dismissed against Kueng as part of his plea agreement. The plea was announced just as a joint state trial for Kueng and Tou Thao, another officer, was to begin with jury selection. Protesters gathered outside of the Minnesota Governorâs Residence for a rally remembering the 2nd anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, FILE "J. Alexander Kueng is now the second officer involved in Floy...

A former supervisory correctional officer ordered detainee abuse as well as allowed a white supremacist assault of two Black pretrial inmates. A former supervisory correctional officer in Oklahoma was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for “abusing his position of power and authority to … facilitate an attack carried out by white supremacists on a Black inmate,” according to the Department of Justice. Former officer Matthew Ware, 53, from the Kay County Detention Center, violated the civil rights of three pretrial detainees held at the facility, according to a federal jury. Ware allegedly ordered lower-ranking correctional officers in May 2017 to move two Black pretrial detainees to a cell row housing white supremacist inmates whom Ware knew posed a danger to the detainees, according to court documents and the evidence presented in the trial. Later that same day, Ware gave office rs an order to unlock the jail cells of the two Black detainees and those of the white supremacist ...