LOS ANGELES A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Wednesday to nine years seven months in federal prison for burglarizing self-storage units in Southern California, officials stated. He stole dozens of firearms…
Category: American Justice
Man Allegedly Used Car to Intimidate Protestors at “Stop Asian Hate” Rally
LOS ANGELES A Diamond Bar man was arrested Thursday on federal charges alleging that he disrupted a “Stop Asian Hate” rally in March 2021, officials stated. Steve Lee Dominguez deliberately ran…
LA Deputies Linked to Violent Gangs Created Within the Sheriff’s Department
Aljazeera’s Fault Lines investigates the shooting death of 21-year-old Anthony Vargas. His family believes that the sheriffs’ deputies who killed him were prospective members of the Banditos — a gang inside the…
Haitian Gang Leader Charged with Kidnapping of 16 U.S. Missionaries in 2021
WASHINGTON D.C. A Haitian was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Washington D.C. for conspiracy to commit hostage-taking for his role in the armed kidnapping of 16 U.S. citizens in…
Eight Indicted for Alleged Human Smuggling and Drug Conspiracy Offenses
WASHINGTON D.C. Eight defendants were charged in an indictment, unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Louisiana, for their involvement in an international scheme to smuggle 24 illegal immigrants from Honduras into Louisiana,…
Chemist Sentenced to 14 Years for Stealing Trade Secrets, Economic Espionage
A federal judge in Greeneville, Tennessee, sentenced a Michigan woman Tuesday to 14 years in prison for a scheme to steal trade secrets, engage in economic espionage and commit fraud, officials stated….
Feds: Two Puerto Rico Mayors Charged with Accepting Bribes
The mayors of two municipalities in Puerto Rico were arrested last week for allegedly engaging in conspiracy, soliciting bribes, and extortion. According to the indictment, unsealed in the District of Puerto Rico,…
Russian Oligarch’s Yacht Worth $300 Million Seized by Fiji at Request of U.S.
WASHINGTON D.C. Fijian law enforcement executed a seizure warrant freezing the Motor Yacht Amadea (the Amadea), a 348-foot luxury vessel owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, according to officials. The U.S….
Former Special Agent with Homeland Security Guilty of Helping Drug Criminals
LOS ANGELES A former special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was found guilty by a federal jury Tuesday of dozens of criminal charges for accepting cash payments and other benefits to…
Woman Laundered $735,000 Stolen from Medicare, Medicaid and Private Health Insurers
A Florida woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to laundering $735,695 in money stolen from Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurers, officials stated The thefts were part of a sprawling health care fraud scheme…
Indictment Alleges that Three Mexican Mafia Members and 28 Associates Committed Murders, Drug Trafficking and Gun Offenses
SANTA ANA, California A 33-count federal grand jury indicted 31 members and associates of the Orange County Mexican Mafia with racketeering offenses, according to officials. The indictment includes charges of conspiring…
Man Indicted for Allegedly Selling Pounds of Meth and Dozens of “Ghost Guns”
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury on Tuesday charged a San Fernando Valley man with allegedly selling a total of nearly 16 pounds of methamphetamine and 89 firearms, including dozens of “ghost…