LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Burbank man who allegedly evaded the payment of nearly $5.8 million in federal taxes over several years by using a shill to…
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U.S. Department of Justice Cases
N.M. Deputy Guilty of Sexually Assaulting Female Suspect Inside His Patrol Car
A former New Mexico sheriff’s deputy, Michael A. Martinez, 34, pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually assaulting her inside his patrol car, according to officials. Martinez also obstructed justice by attempting to destroy…
Florida Man Sent to Prison for Four Years for Role in Romance and Other Scams
A Florida man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 48 months in prison for his role in laundering the proceeds of scams against American consumers and businesses to co-conspirators located in…
Man Who Had Anti-Semitic Hate Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Possessing Machine Guns
LOS ANGELES A San Fernando Valley man associated with a racially motivated violent extremist group was sentenced Friday to four years and nine months in federal prison for being a convicted felon…
Ex-Federal Law Enforcement Employee Guilty of Kidnapping Wife, Who Was Murdered After Abduction
LOS ANGELES A former federal employee pleaded guilty Friday to a federal kidnapping charge for plotting to abduct and kill his estranged wife, who was strangled to death in 2016, officials stated….
Thirty-Seven Gang Members and Associates Sentenced in Large-Scale Racketeering and Drug Trafficking Case
The 37th and final defendant was sentenced Thursday in a Northern Mississippi case that targeted the violent activities, drug trafficking, and money laundering of the Simon City Royals prison gang, according to…
Man Convicted of $110 Million Commodities Fraud Involving Cryptocurrency
Officials stated that a federal jury in New York convicted a man residing in Puerto Rico Thursday of commodities fraud, commodities market manipulation, and wire fraud in connection with the manipulation of…
DOJ: Private Prisoner Transport Officer Sentenced to 40 Years for Sexually Assaulting Multiple Female Detainees
A former private prisoner transport officer, Marquet Johnson, 45, was sentenced to 30 years in prison and five years of supervised release and required to register as a sex offender under the…
Financial Counselor Guilty of Fraud and Other Crimes Against Gold Star Families
A New Jersey financial counselor with the U.S. Army and major in the U.S. Army Reserves pleaded guilty today to defrauding Gold Star families and related crimes, officials stated. Caz Craffy, also…
Two Indicted for Allegedly Conspiring to Export Munitions to Sudan and Iraq
An indictment was unsealed Monday charging Syria national Mohamad Deiry and Lebanese national Samer Rayya, both principals of an Iraq-based arms company, Black Shield Ltd., with conspiring to export munitions from the…
Audit the Audit: Cop Charged for Brutalizing Elderly Man Involved in a Collision
Welcome to Audit the Audit, where we sort out the who and what and the right and wrong of police interactions. Help us grow and educate more citizens and officers on the…
Former U.S. Ambassador and National Security Council Official Who Spied for Cuban Government and Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, of Miami, a former U.S. Department of State employee who served on the National Security Council from 1994 to 1995 and as U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia from 2000…