Los Angeles Two men were sentenced today for the murder of a 3-year-old boy during a shootout in a Compton liquor store parking lot in 2018, according to state officials. “The pain…
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Final Defendant Sentenced in $7 Billion Investment Fraud Scheme
TEXAS The former chief of Antigua’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for his role in connection with a $7 billion Ponzi scheme involving the Stanford…
61-Year-Old Man Charged with 1978 Murder
Los Angeles County Prosecutors charged a 61-year-old man with murdering a man at an El Monte motel in 1978, officials announced Friday. “For more than 40 years, justice has eluded the victim’s…
Political Donor Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Illegal Lobbying and Campaign Contributions
LOS ANGELES A venture capitalist and political fundraiser was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for falsifying records to conceal his work as a foreign agent while lobbying high-level U.S….
Two Charged in Multi-Million Dollars Darknet Drug Conspiracy
TEXAS Two Texas men were charged in a complaint unsealed this week for their alleged participation in a drug distribution conspiracy perpetrated over the Darknet, according to officials. Kevin Ombisi, 31, and…
Man Bought Lamborghini After Getting $3.9 Million in COVID-Relief Funds
FLORDIA A man plead guilty Wednesday to fraudulently getting $3.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, according to federal prosecutors. He used the money, in part, to purchase a $318,000 Lamborghini…
New York Woman Arrested for Fraudulently Getting $200,000 in iPhones
NEWARK, N.J. A Bronx, New York, woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with fraudulently obtaining over $200,000 worth of iPhones, prosecutors announced. Rosanna Lucrecia Cruel Blanco, 39, is charged by criminal complaint…
South Korean Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Prison for Smuggling Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
SANTA ANA, California A Fullerton man was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in federal prison for illegally importing bulk quantities of erectile dysfunction drugs, according to officials. He marketed…
Feds: Man Advertised Videos and Images of Children Being Sexually Abused
WASHINGTON D.C. A Washington, D.C. man was sentenced Wednesday to over 17 years in prison for advertising videos and images of children being sexually abused, according to officials. Simon Walker, 34, was…
Two FBI Special Agents Killed, Three Wounded While Serving Warrant
This morning FBI Special Agent Daniel Alfin and Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger were killed in the line of duty and three other agents were wounded while executing a federal court-ordered…
Hospital Research Sentenced to Prison for Stealing and Selling Trade Secrets to China
OHIO A former Dublin, Ohio, woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to two years and six months in prison for conspiring to steal exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification,…