Four erosion control company owners or managers plead guilty to rigging bids and fixing prices, officials stated. The guilty pleas are part of a conspiracy targeting over $100 million in publicly funded…
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Family Dollar Stores Pays $41.6 Million for Keeping Food, Drugs, Medical Devices in Unsanitary Rodent Infested Distribution Center
Largest Ever Monetary Criminal Penalty in Food Safety Matter Family Dollar Stores LLC pleaded guilty Monday to holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under insanitary conditions related to a rodent infestation…
Southern California Edison Agrees to Pay Feds $80 Million to Resolve Lawsuit from 2017 Thomas Fire
Largest Wildfire Cost Recovery Settlement in Central District of California LOS ANGELES Officials announced that Southern California Edison (SCE) has agreed to pay the United States $80 million to resolve claims…
Clothing Wholesaler Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Failure to Pay Millions of Dollars in Taxes
LOS ANGELES A Paramount-based clothing wholesale company executive was sentenced Friday to four years in federal prison for undervaluing imported garments to avoid paying millions of dollars in customs duties, officials stated….
Fourteen Arrested For Alleged Involvement in a Three-State Dog Fighting Event in Georgia
Fourteen men – residents of Georgia, Florida and Alabama – were charged for participating in a major dog fighting event that occurred in April 2022 in Donalsonville, Georgia, according to officials. The…
Two L.A. Men Charged With Armed Robbery of More Than a Dozen Massage Parlors
SANTA ANA, California Two Los Angeles County men were charged Tuesday in a federal criminal complaint alleging they committed more than a dozen armed robberies of massage parlors in Los Angeles and…
FBI Allegedly Launching an Investigation Against Dolton Mayor for Misuse of Municipal Money, Including Trips to Las Vegas
FBI has allegedly launched an investigation into controversial Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard for alleged misuse of municipal money.
Texas Pharmacy Tech at VA Stole Narcotics from Veterans, Using Patient Records
SAN ANTONIO A Kerrville man was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to three years and six months in federal prison for stealing drugs from veterans, officials stated. Scott Mitchell…
Feds Transfer About $500,000 in Forfeited Russian Funds to Estonia for Benefit of Ukraine
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Estonian Secretary General Tõnis Saar announced Saturday at the Munich Security Conference the transfer of nearly $500,000 in forfeited Russian funds to provide aid to Ukraine….
Calif. Doctor Convicted for Role in a Scheme to Defraud Medicare by Billing $2.8 Million for Hospice Services Not Needed by Patients
A federal jury convicted a California man yesterday for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by billing $2.8 million for hospice services that patients did not need, officials stated. According…
Oklahoma Man Guilty of Telephoning Bomb Threats to Five Schools in Los Angeles, Facing Up to 10 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES An Oklahoma man who grew up in Los Angeles pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for telephoning bomb threats to five Los Angeles schools, including two elementary schools,…
Calif. Brothers Guilty of Priority Mail Insurance Scam That Defrauded U.S. Postal Service of More Than $2.3 Million
LOS ANGELES Two Temecula brothers pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) out of more than $2.3 million by filing thousands of fraudulent Priority…