LOS ANGELES The owner of four schools that enrolled hundreds of foreign nationals who fraudulently obtained immigration documents allowing them to remain in the United States as “students” – even though they…
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Federal Prison Guard Admits Taking Bribe to Smuggle Contraband to Inmate
A federal correctional officer who worked at the federal prison in Victorville has agreed to plead guilty to bribery for taking a $1,000 bribe to smuggle contraband to an inmate, according to officials. prisoner inside the facility.
Former Chief Of Staff to Member of Congress Pleads Guilty to Fraud Involving Bogus Scholarship Charity
FLORIDA Former Congressional chief of staff plead guilty Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a fraudulent scholarship charity. He also admitted stealing tens of thousands of dollars…
Florida Man Admits to Hate Crimes: Threatening Two Muslim Grocery Store Owners
FLORIDA (News-Press.com 2016) James Benjamin Jones, 35, plead guilty Wednesday to two federal hate crimes for threatening two Muslim grocery stores in Fort Myers, Florida. During the plea proceedings, officials said Jones…
Three Nigerians Convicted of Conning Americans via Internet Scams, 21 Charged So Far
MISSISSIPPI Three Nigerians, who in 2015 were extradited from South Africa to Mississippi, were convicted Wednesday by a federal jury for Internet fraud schemes, according to officials. Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was…
“Greedy” Worker Who Embezzled $500,000 from Employee Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A federal judge sentenced a Corona woman, who embezzled more than $500,000 from her employer to 27 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney also ordered…
Retired California judge fatally shoots his girlfriend, then himself after hours-long SWAT standoff
Judge Herbert Curtis in 2001. (Steve Osman / Los Angeles Times) Joseph Serna Contact Reporter Investigators were looking for a motive Monday after a former prosecutor and retired judge fatally shot his girlfriend…
Former Union Business Manager Who Stole $1.7 from Union Sentenced to Four Years
WASHINGTON A federal judge sentenced the former business manager of Local 657 of the Laborers International Union of North America to four years in prison for stealing more than $1.7 million from…
New Hampshire Man Sentence to Prison Hacking Accounts of Dozens of Teenaged Females, Extortion
NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire man was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for remotely hacking into the online accounts of dozens of teenaged female victims and sending them threatening online communications,…
Miami Detective Convicted of Stopping Motorists to Steal Their Money and Property (News Video)
FLORIDA Detective William Kostopoulos A federal grand jury convicted a Miami Dade Police Department detective of using his law enforcement authority to violate the civil rights of two motorists as well as…
Man Sentenced to Eight Months of Home Confinement for Threatening Mosque Members
NORTH CAROLINA A Fayetteville, North Carolina man was sentenced Thursday to eight months of home confinement for threatening members of the Masjid Al Madina Mosque in Raeford, North Carolina, according to federal prosecutors….
Mississippi Prison Guard Guilty of Brutally Beating Inmate and Lying About It
MISSISSIPPI Mississippi corrections officer, Lawardrick Marsher, plead guilty Thursday in federal court to beating an inmate in Mississippi’s Parchman prison. A second officer, Robert Sturdivant, plead guilty to helping conceal the beating…