An El Monte man who pled guilty to four separate crimes gang-related to gang activity has been sentenced to serve 17 years and six months in federal prison, federal officials announced today.
U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt sentenced Christian “Bossy” Lafargo, 30, last week after Lafargo plead guilt to multiple charges, including Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Conspiracy, Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering -– Attempted Murder, Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering – Conspiracy to Commit Murder, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
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Just Saying: Newspapers Outsourcing Jobs, Gannett Eyeing L.A. Times and Mexico’s Adios to El Chapo
You’re being laid off. But before you pack up and leave, could you please train your IT replacement?
That’s the way it is at two major newspaper chains.
More than 300 IT jobs from two major newspaper chains are being transferred to India.
Nineteen Defendants, including a Lawyer, Charged with Marriage Immigration Fraud to Enter U.S.
A 16 count marriage fraud indictment alleges that illegal aliens would enter into marriages between persons who were LADYJUSTICEalready citizens of the United States solely for the purpose of getting immigration status to which the aliens would not otherwise be entitled, according to officials.
Businessman, Lawyer Admit Stealing More than $30 Million Through Fraudulent Real Estate Loans
San Diego businessman Courtland Gettel and Arizona attorney Jeffrey Greenberg plead guilty this week to participating in a massive scheme in which they obtained tens of millions of dollars in fraudulently-obtained loan proceeds, officials said.
Former Cop Charged With Using Excessive Force Against a Suspect Shackled to a Hospital Gurney
A federal grand jury today charged former Tukwila, Washington, Police Department Officer Nicholas Hogan with using excessive force on a restrained arrestee on May 20, 2011, officials said.
Judge Sentences Operator of $11 Million Oil and Gas Investment Scam to 10 Years in Prison
A former Orange County resident who oversaw a company that claimed to be developing oil and gas wells and bilked investors by, among other things, falsely claiming they would see 50 percent annual returns has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
Man Who Made Threats and Racial Slurs Against Vietnamese Family Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violations
OREGON John Blayne Vangastel, 37, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of using threats of force to injure, intimidate and interfere with his neighbors in…
Man Who Set Fire to a Somali Restaurant Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime
Matthew Gust, 25, is facing up to 30 years in prison after he plead guilty today to a federal hate crime for setting fire to a Somali restaurant in Grand Forks, North Dakota,
According to his plea agreement, Gust admitted that he set the Dec. 8, 2015, fire in order to intimidate and interfere with the Somali employees and patrons of the Juba Café.
Doctor Gets 15 Years for Sending Minor Sexually Explicit Photos and Arranging to Have Sex with Him
A 38-year-old Tulsa doctor was sentenced in federal court to 15 years in federal prison after he sent sexually explicit photographs of himself and attempting to meet with teen to have sex with him, according to officials.
Counselors Sentenced for $9.5 Million Fraudulent Billing Scheme; So far, Nearly 30 Defendants Including Doctors, Convicted
Two counselors from the Dallas-Fort Worth plead guilty for their involvement in a massive health care fraud scheme.
The scam involved bribes, unnecessary medical treatment, fraudulent billing, and the falsification of medical documents to fraudulently bill the federal government, through the Department of Labor’s Office of Worker Compensation Programs, of more than $9.5 million.
Texas Man Sexually Abused Orphans While Working at Christian Children’s Home in Malawi
A former general manager at an orphanage in Malawi plead guilty today to one count of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place, official said.
Gerald Campbell, 66, of Odessa, Texas, plead guilty in federal court. His sentencing has not yet been scheduled.
“Classic Con Man” Gets Nine Years in Federal Prison for $1.3 Million Investment Fraud
A man who operated a fraudulent foreign currency exchange investment house and who arranged for an unauthorized wire transfer from a Pennsylvania car dealership was sentenced this week to 108 months in federal prison, and to pay $1,303,307 in restitution, officials said.