Doug Brignole's Iron Man Archive

Software CEO Convicted In Massive $1 Billion Medicare Fraud Scheme Targeting Seniors In a verdict hailed by federal officials as a major blow against one of the most egregious health care fraud operations in Florida history, a jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted Brett Blackman, 42, of Johnson County, Kansas, on multiple conspiracy charges related to a sprawling scheme that bilked Medicare and other federal programs out of more than $1 billion. Brett Blackman / Credit: Department of Justice Blackman, the founder, owner, and CEO of HealthSplash, was found guilty...

3 Detained, 1 Rumored Suicide As SWAT Team Swarms Home Near Guthrie's House In a dramatic Friday night development in a case that's garnered enormous public interest, three people were detained as a SWAT team executed search warrants connected to the abduction of the mother of NBC "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie -- and a neighbor claims another person shot himself in the head. Action unfolded at two locations -- both of them only about two miles from Nancy Guthrie's Tucson residence. As this is written, police have yet to reveal details.  A Pima...

Ukrainian Drones Launched 750-Miles Deep Into Central Russia Kill 13 Ukraine's military has conducted a rare, mass casualty attack deep into central Russia. Long-range drones reached Tatarstan, which lies some 1,200km (or about 750 miles) east of the Ukrainian border. The strikes killed 13 people and wounded at least 75 in what's widely being called one of the most deadly single attacks launched on Russian territory by Ukraine throughout the war. via Reuters "According to the latest information, 13 people have been killed and 75 wounded as a result of the drone attack," on...