Criminal Justice

STEFANYA RAMIREZ OSPINA: 309,000 Followers, One Federal File
She has 309,000 followers, a CEO bio, and a $4M federal theft case. Inside the double life of Stefanya Ramirez Ospina.

Part 7. The Framing of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez: The Venue Lie
Part 1 made the geopolitical argument for Trump’s pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez. Part 2 examined the case the Biden Department of…

Who Really Killed First Brands? Part 1
What Was Lost First Brands, a Cleveland-based auto parts company, went into bankruptcy last year. It employed 26,000 people on five continents. About 6,000 of…

Inside Vítek’s CPI: A Czech Billionaire’s House of Cards
Two Czech businessmen — Marek Čmejla and Jiří Diviš — placed their trust, and a great deal of money, in a real estate operator named Radovan Vítek. Vítek ran…

PART #2: The Framing of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez by Biden’s DOJ
Part 2: The Case Part 1 made the geopolitical argument. President Juan Orlando Hernández was an ally of the United States. The Biden DOJ indicted him the day a…

The Framing of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez by Biden’s DOJ: Part #1
Part 1 On December 1, 2025, Donald Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández. He was in a US prison. Hernández had served less…

OneTaste Verdict: How Forced Labor Conspiracy Theory Redefined Consent and Coercion
No one had brought a case like this before. Only a conspiracy, stretched across years. They admitted there were no chains or locks. It did not matter. A person…

Stefanya Ramirez Ospina Used Green Card to Steal; Now ICE Has Her File
New Immigration Era

Feds Indict Grillo: DELTA Rescue Founder Faces Kidnapping Charge Based on Fraudster’s Entrapment
On March 13, 2026, the United States government indicted Leo Grillo, 77, founder of DELTA Rescue, an animal sanctuary in Acton, California, on a charge of…

Judge Brown’s Two Lies in Boyne Trial
We examined how Judge Peter L. Brown buried the Counterman standard in 145 pages of jury instructions in the Paul Boyne cyberstalking trial — stating once the…

The Stench from the Bench
Senior Judge Maureen Skerda pulls a dirty trick to bury the Penn State prosecutors scandal

LA Times Got the Grillo Kidnap Story Wrong
The LA Times Reported Leo Grillo’s Arrest and Missed the Important Facts

FBI Setup? DELTA Rescue’s Founder Arrested
Leo Grillo is a former client of the author. Frank Parlato has previously published investigative reporting on the civil case underlying this matter.

Ask Frank: Why Is My Judge So Biased?
I Thought Judges Were Supposed to Be Smart

Oakland Corruption Case: FBI Built Case Against Mayor Sheng Thao on Witness Sued 33 Times — Franks Hearing Could End It
THE WORD OF MARIO JUAREZ

Jailed Whistleblower’s Federal Filing Alleges Hochul Affair, Erie County Retaliation
ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. — A jailed Erie County man has filed papers in federal court alleging that Gov. Kathy Hochul had a sexual relationship with Tonawanda…

Paul Boyne Spent 18 Months in Jail for Blog Posts. His Trial Starts This Week.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — During the pendency of his case, Paul Boyne has spent 18 months in jail. The state offered a plea deal: time served. He turned it down.

THE CRUCIFIXION OF AMEEN ALAI: Or is it REALLY about Ibogaine?
by Troy Smith