LOS ANGELES Officials stated that an internationally known art dealer was found guilty Friday of embezzling more than $260,000 from the bankruptcy estate of Ace Gallery Los Angeles, an art gallery in…
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Chinese Arrested for Alleged $12.3 Million Fraud Involving Apple iPhones and Other Devices
LOS ANGELES Five Chinese nationals are accused of operating a large-scale, trans-Pacific counterfeit Apple Inc. device scheme, officials stated Friday. This operation involved the fraudulent return of thousands of iPhones, iPads, and…
Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Firebombing Planned Parenthood Clinic
SANTA ANA, California An Orange County man was sentenced Thursday to six years in federal prison for firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa in March 2022 and planning to attack…
Botnet That Infected 19 Million IP Addresses, Committing Cyber Attacks, Fraud, Child Exploitation and Bomb Threats Dismantled
The U.S. Justice Department led a court-approved international law enforcement operation that successfully dismantled a botnet. The botnet was used for perpetrating cyber attacks, extensive fraud, child exploitation, harassment, bomb threats, and…
Disbarred Lawyer Guilty of Operating a Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded Victims of $9.5 Million
Officials stated that a disbarred California attorney pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to operate a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of more than $9.5 million. According to court documents, David Kagel,…
Texas Man Charged with Setting Up Dogfights, Promoting Events and Keeping Fighting Dogs
Officials stated that a federal court in Texas unsealed a grand jury indictment Wednesday charging a Texas man with federal dogfighting violations. Jesus Allen Stephens, of Waskom, Texas, is charged with participating…
Californian Charged with Hate Crime for Attacking Asian American Woman While Hurling Racial Slurs
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Wednesday charging a Southern California man with a hate crime for allegedly punching an Asian American woman in the head in Culver…
Leader of Migrant Smuggling Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
ARIZONA The leader of a migrant smuggling organization was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for her role in smuggling over 100 migrants from Honduras to the United States for profit,…
Foreign Nationals Guilty of Drug Crimes Involving Sale of Oxycodone via Dark Web
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah After a two-week trial, a federal jury in Salt Lake City returned a guilty verdict against two foreign nationals on all counts. It returned a special verdict form…
California Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening North Carolinian Cops, Jews and Elected Official
A Huntington Beach, California, man was arrested Friday on federal charges relating to sending threats to North Carolinians and knowingly making false bomb threats, according to federal officials. Kevin Dunlow, age 62,…
Mexican Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for International Drug Trafficking of Methamphetamine and Marijuana
NEBRASKA A manager of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization was sentenced Friday to 21 years and 10 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $1.3 million for his role in an international…
California Woman Sentenced to Prison for Making Anti-Semitic Threats to Former Executive Director of Tree of Life Synagogue
MIAMI Melanie Harris, 59 of Riverside, California, was sentenced Thursday to two years and eight months in prison for making anti-Semitic threats against a Jewish family, officials stated. Harris pleaded guilty to…