WASHINGTON D.C. A report recently released by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration or NTIA indicates that new technology used to block illegal cellphone signals used in prisons, according to authorities. Federal…
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25 Defendants, Including Doctors, Face Federal Charges for Alleged $150 Million Health Care Fraud
LOS ANGELES – Federal charges were filed against of 25 Southern California defendants for their alleged involvement in healthcare fraud schemes that fraudulently sought over $150 million from the Medicare and Medicaid programs,…
Man Who Operated Telephone Order Drug Delivery Service Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A Sylmar man was sentenced Monday to 19 years and seven months in federal prison for managing “Manny’s Delivery Service,” a Van Nuys-based drug-distribution ring, according to authorities. The drug…
Mexican Mafia “Shot Caller” Convicted of 2016 Murder and Other Federal Crimes
LOS ANGELES A federal jury this week found Mexican Mafia member and “shot caller” of the Santa Fe Springs- and Whitter-based Canta Ranas street gang guilty of crimes including the murder of…
Physician’s Assistant Sentence to Prison for Fraudulently Prescribing 40,470 Oxycodone Pills
LOUISIANA A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based physician’s assistant was sentenced to seven years in prison today for his role in a scheme to unlawfully distribute prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills, according to…
Physician Assistant Arrested for Illegally Writing Opioid Prescriptions to Drug Dealers for Cash
SANTA ANA, CALIF A physician assistant who practiced at a Fountain Valley clinic was arrested this week for conspiring to give prescriptions of oxycodone, an opioid painkiller, to drug dealers for cash,…
Four Sentenced for Engaging in Child Exploitation on Ter Network
TENNESSEE The creator and lead administrator of a highly sophisticated Tor-network-based website dedicated to the sexual abuse of children was sentenced Friday along with three others, for their roles in this global…
Mastermind of $1.3 Billion Investment Fraud Guilty of Conspiracy and Tax Evasion
FLORIDA A man plead guilty this week to masterminding a massive investment fraud scheme — one of the largest in South Florida — where more than 7,000 victims suffered financial losses, according…
Man Who Sold Fentanyl That Allegedly Caused Two Overdose Deaths Arrested
LOS ANGELES – A Sherman Oaks man has been arrested on federal narcotics trafficking charges related to the deaths of two people who suffered fentanyl overdoses at the same Woodland Hills residence, according…
American Who Became ISIS Sniper and Helped Terrorists Handed Over by Syria
NEW YORK Federal charges against alleged ISIS sniper Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Kazakhstan, were unsealed Friday, according to federal officials. Asainov is being charged with providing and…
Seafood Processor Guilty of Selling Falsely Labeled Foreign Crab as “Product of USA”
VIRGINIA Michael P. Casey of Poquoson, Virginia, plead guilty Thursday in federal court in Newport News on charges stemming from his participation in a lucrative conspiracy to falsely label millions of dollars-worth…
Police Officer Admits to Robbing and Beating Suspects
NEWARK, N.J. A City of Paterson police officer admitted conspiring to violate the civil rights of individuals in Paterson, using unreasonable and excessive force, and filing a false police report to conceal…