A former lab scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation faces felony charges after she falsified DNA tests in hundreds of cases and sent fraudulent reports to 24 law enforcement agencies ...

In May 2024, Shams was also sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a 2017 plea in New York to conspiracy to ...

The Department of Forensic Sciences lost its accreditation in 2021 over concerns of mishandling evidence and overall lab ...