SANTA ANA, CALIF. A federal judge sentenced a former office manager for an independent sporting goods distributor to three years in federal prison for embezzling nearly $370,000 from her Los Alamitos-based employer,…
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Virginia Resident Guilty of Illegally Buying American Black Bear Parts
NORTH CAROLINA Vu Johnnie Nguyen of Virginia Beach, Virginia, plead guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Asheville, North Carolina, to federal charges for unlawfully trafficking in American black bear gall…
Calif. Health Care Business and Its Officials Will Pay $30 Million for Submitting False Claims
CALIFORNIA North American Health Care Inc., its chairman of the board, John Sorenson, and its senior vice president of Reimbursement Analysis, Margaret Gelvezon, have agreed to pay a total of $30 million…
Just Saying: “Papers, Please” Law, ISIS’ Leader Nailed by Drone and Cops Endorse Trump
It has cost Arizona millions of dollars in legal fees. It touched off protests and resulted in business groups canceling conventions and musical performers refusing to play in that state. The “show…
Man Charged with Threatening to Murder Two Members of Congress and Others
TENNESSEE Federal officials took a Murfreesboro, Tennessee, man into custody Friday morning after a criminal complaint was issued charging him with threatening to murder U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono and U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi…
Ten California Real Estate Investors Sentenced for Bid-Rigging and Mail Fraud
CALIFORNIA Ten Eastern California real estate investors were sentenced this week for rigging bids and committing mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern California, officials announced. The primary purpose…
Riverside “Prepper” Who Stockpiled Arsenal Pleads Guilty, Facing up to 10 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A Riverside man and self-proclaimed “Doomsday Prepper” who possessed an arsenal of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition has plead guilty in federal court to being a felon in…
Federal Female Prison Guard Arrested for Allegedly Kicking Inmate in the Head
A prison guard correctional officer working for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons at the Victorville Federal Correctional Complex was arrested on federal civil rights and assault charges stemming from an incident in which she allegedly kicked a female inmate in the head, according to officials.
Former Fugitive Gets Three Life Sentences for Human Smuggling, Resulting in Death
TEXAS A federal judge sentenced a former fugitive and Mexican national who was illegally residing in Houston to three life prison sentences after pleading guilty to conspiring to smuggle illegal immigrants…
Federal Grand Jury Indict Oregon Pastor for Possessing Child Porn
An Oregon man made an initial appearance Monday in Denver for producing and transporting child pornography, officials announced. James Parkhurst, 56, of Portland, Oregon, was arrested in Oregon on Aug. 2,…
Former California State Assemblyman Sentenced to Prison in Bribery Case
A federal judge Monday sentenced a former member of the California State Assembly who became a political consultant to a year in prison for making bribe payments to his brother after he plead guilty to money laundering, officials said.
Ex-CEO of Virginia Regional Transit Sentenced to Prison for Bribery
A federal judge sentenced Mark W. McGregor, 63, of Charles Town, West Virginia, to 18 months in prison for bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, according to officials.