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ICE Detains Brazilian Trump Supporter, Influencer: Report
Júnior Pena has been vocal about his support for President Donald Trump and in a series of social media posts, told immigrants they had nothing to worry about, as long as they weren't criminals.
On Saturday, Jan. 31, Pena was arrested by ICE agents in Long Branch, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. He is being detained at Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, according to The Guardian.
"I [support] Donald Trump, I like the guy," Pena, who has lived in the US since 2009, said.
According to the Brazilian Times, Pena was taken into custody a…
Ex-Mass Doctor Convicted In Fraud Scheme That Funded $1.6M Brookline Home Purchase: Feds
A former Massachusetts doctor has been convicted in federal court of running multiple health care fraud schemes that he used to buy an expensive Brookline home and spend on personal luxuries, authorities said.
Dr. Pankaj Merchia, 52, of Brookline and Boca Raton, Florida, was convicted Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2026, on multiple federal charges, including health care fraud, money laundering, and tax crimes, the U.S. attorney’s office in Massachusetts said.
Prosecutors said Merchia ran two separate health care fraud schemes tied to CPAP and BiPAP machines.
In the first scheme, Merchia billed insur…
