A federal judge found a longtime member of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Southside Montebello street gang guilty today of federal racketeering charges that included providing a firearm used by another gang member to kill a rival.
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Man Ran a Scam Forty Times Racking Up $35,000 in Return-Merchandise Losses at Home Depot
A man was charged this week in federal court with scamming Home Depot of more $35,000.
In 2005, the suspect used the same scam to steal $330,000 from Home Depot and was sent to prison, according to officials.
Robert Dooley, 56, of Salem, Mass., was charged Thursday in a criminal complaint with one count of wire fraud.
Doctors Guilty of Illegally Certifying Medicare Patients as Terminally ill to Place Them in Hospice Care
A federal jury Thursday found two doctors guilty today of health care fraud charges for falsely certifying that Medicare patients were terminally ill, and therefore qualified for hospice care, when the vast majority of them were not actually dying.
Man Who Allegedly Operated a $7 Million Ponzi Scheme that Allegedly Fleeced 400 Investors Arrested
But Ju Ding does not appear to have engaged in any business or to have sold any goods, according to the complaint.
An FBI agent who reviewed Ju Ding financial accounts determined that approximately 400 victims invested more than $6.9 million in traceable funds (which does not include cash deposits that may have been made with the company).
Doctor Convicted of 162 Counts of Health Care Fraud Against Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross Blue Shield
Jurors found a 59-year-old physician Ona M. Colasante, guilty of 162 counts of health care fraud where the evidence indicated that he intentionally misdiagnosed patients and did unnecessary medical tests, according to officials.
48 Alleged Gangster Disciples Gang Members Including a Cop indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Racketeering (News Video)
Forty-eight alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples Gang – including the top leaders in Tennessee and Georgia – have been charged in two indictments and accused of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that included multiple murders, attempted murder and drug crimes.
NYPD Cop Admits to Supplying Oxycodone to Drug Dealers and Money Laundering
A New York City police officer plead guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute Oxycodone in Vermont, according to officials this week.
Ex-DEA Agent Got $200,000 Payment to Help Prison Inmate Get Reduced Sentence, He Demanded $750,000
In federal court, Samuel Murad, 62, plead guilty to tax evasion and witness tampering.
Murad, of Clearwater, Florida, is facing up to five years’ imprisonment for the tax evasion and up to 20 years in federal prison for the witness tampering count.
Two Members of La Cosa Nostra Mob Sentenced for Extorting Video Poker Machines Business
Two alleged members of the New England Family of La Cosa Nostra were sentenced in federal court in Boston this week in connection with extorting a video poker machines business, according to officials.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patti B. Saris sentenced Anthony Spagnolo, 74, of Revere, to 20 months in prison and order a fine of $5,000.
Violent Pimp Who Didn’t Punch Prostitutes in the Face so He Wouldn’t Damage “His Merchandise” Sentence to Life
A federal judge sentenced a vicious pimp, who brutally beat, burned, threatened and tortured current and former prostitutes, to life in prison.
Shahid Hassan Muslim, aka “Sharp,” 33, operated an extensive sex trafficking enterprise that recruited women and girls – some as young as 16 years old – into prostitution, according to officials.
Man Who Helped File Hundreds of Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking More than $4.4 Million Sentenced to prison
WASHINGTON D.C. A federal judge sentenced a Bowie, Maryland man to four years in prison after he plead guilty in January for his involvement in a widespread ID theft and tax fraud…
Man Charged with Attempting to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction on a Synagogue
FLORIDA A 40-year-old self-professed anti-Semite was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction on a synagogue in Aventura, Florida, officials announced this week. James Gonzalo Medina, 40, of Hollywood,…