LOS ANGELES – An Orange County owner of a gun manufacturing business was indicted for the illegal manufacture and sale of lower receivers for AR-15-type rifles, as well as completed firearms, officials…
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N.J. Man Indicted for “Spoofing” to Manipulate Commodities Market Prices With False Signals
CHICAGO— A New Jersey man who engaged in “spoofing” or high-frequency trading to illegally manipulate commodities futures prices with false signals to make $1.6 million in profits has been indicted, officials announced…
78-Year-Old Mastermind of a $49.6 Million Mortgage Fraud Scam Gets 27-Year Sentence
FLORIDA – The 78-year-old mastermind of a $49.6 million mortgage fraud scheme was sentenced on Wednesday to 27 years and three months in prison, officials said. Domenico “Dom” Rabuffo, of Miami, was…
Former Ku Klux Klan-Affiliated Church Member Pleads Guilty to Cross-Burning Crime
WASHINGTON— A former member of the Church of the National Knights, a Ku Klux Klan affiliate, plead guilty Tuesday to burning a cross in front of an interracial family’s home in Minor…
Drug Kingpin Gets 150 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Eight Tons of Cocaine
FLORIDA – A man who law enforcement says distributed more than eight tons of cocaine and laundered more than $14 million in drug profits was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison,…
Auto Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing and Agrees to Pay a $26 Million Fine
WASHINGTON — A Japan-Based manufacture of automotive parts plead guilty and agreed to pay a $26 million criminal fine for its role in conspiracies to fix prices and rig bids for automotive…
Art Gallery Owner Sentenced to Prison for Violent Threats Against Art Dealers and Their Children
LOS ANGELES – The owner of a Temecula art gallery who stalked, harassed and attempted to extort as much as $300,000 from art world professionals was sentenced Monday to five years in…
Cop Who Beat Handcuffed Prisoner Facing Up to 10 Years Behind Bars
NEW YORK – A sergeant with the Fulton Police Department plead guilty Wednesday in federal court of deprivation of rights under the color of law for beating a handcuffed man inside the…
Man Who Robbed Seven 7-Eleven Stores during Eight-Day Crime Spree Gets Nine years in Prison
MARYLAND — Monte Glascoe , age 24, of Baltimore, was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for his role in robbing at least seven Baltimore 7-Eleven stores during an eight-day robbery spree, officials…
Two Terrorist Supporters Convicted of Plotting to Kill Americans in Afghanistan
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA – Two men were found guilty Thursday of federal charges related to plots to provide material support to terrorists and to kill Americans, according to officials. Following a 6½-week trial, a…
Former CEO of Medical Device and Eye Company Indicted for Insider Trading
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted the former chief executive officer of an Orange County medical device and eye care company on insider trading charges. James V. Mazzo,…
Continental Airlines Resolves Discrimination Case; Agrees to Pay $215,000
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it reached an agreement with United Continental Holdings Inc. resolving a claim that divisions of the company previously operating as Continental Airlines discriminated…