LOS ANGELES – Six deputies who were working in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department each were sentenced Tuesday to federal prison terms for interfering with a federal civil rights investigation into misconduct at…
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Fugitive and Head of Bogus Internet Co. Pleads Guilty to $13 Million “YES” Entertainment Scam
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – A former Newport Beach resident who fled the country 15 years ago after federal agents executed search warrants relating to his fraudulent Internet company plead guilty Monday to…
TSA Screener Gets Nearly Seven Years for Conspiring to Smuggle Drugs Via LA Airport
LOS ANGELES – A former screener with the Transportation Security Administration who conspired to smuggle narcotics through screening checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced Monday to nearly seven years in…
Irvine Man Sold Stolen Hospital Supplies Over the Internet and Made $1.8 Million in Profits
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – An Irvine man was sentenced Monday to serve 15 months in federal prison for selling stolen hospital supplies from UC Irvine Medical Center and other medical facilities over…
Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Firebombing Witness’s Family That Killed Six
PENNSYLVANIA – A Philadelphia man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for his role in the Oct. 9, 2004, retaliatory firebombing that killed six members of a federal witness’s family, including…
Traveling Vice Lords Chicago Gang Leader Sentenced to 35 Years for Drug Trafficking
CHICAGO―A high-ranking leader of the Traveling Vice Lords street gang who directed a violent west side drug-trafficking conspiracy was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in federal prison after a judge ruled that…
Mastermind of a $7 Million Medicare Fraud Convicted of Bogus Billing
LOS ANGELES – A woman who was responsible for more than $7 million in fraudulent Medicare billing for durable medical equipment – mostly power wheelchairs – was found guilty Friday of 16…
Alleged Cop Killer Added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List
PENNSYLVANIA – The alleged shooter of two Pennsylvania State Police troopers has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Eric Matthew Frein, a 31-year-old white male with ties to…
Four Arrested for “Skimming” Information from 100,000 Credit Cards Totaling $2 Million
LOS ANGELES – Four men were arrested Thursday on federal charges related to alleged schemes involving the use of “skimming devices” to steal credit card data and using that data to manufacture…
Manhattan Beach Attorney Allegedly Embezzled $250,000 from Former Employer
SAN DIEGO – A Manhattan Beach attorney and corporate executive appeared in court in Los Angeles County Tuesday for allegedly embezzling over a quarter-million dollars from his former employer, MWRC Internet Sales LLC….
Self-Professed “CEO” of Southern California Street Gang Faces Four Life Sentences Plus 55 Years
LOS ANGELES – The leader of the Oxnard-Based Colonia Chiques street gang was found guilty of several criminal charges, including operating a continuing criminal enterprise, according to federal officials. After a two…
Alabama Man Guilty of Threatening Black man and Restaurant Manager
ALABAMA – A 28-year-old, resident of Quinton, Alabama, admitted to threatening a black man at the Alabama Rose Steakhouse, a restaurant in Quinton, because the man was with a white woman on…