SANTA ANA, CALIF. “” A former clerk of the Orange County Superior Court pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal racketeering charges stemming from a scheme in which he accepted more than a quarter-million…
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State Department Employee with Top Secret Clearance Charged with Contacting Foreign Agents
WASHINGTON D.C. A federal complaint was unsealed Wednesday charging Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, of Washington, D.C., and an employee of the U.S. Department of State, with obstructing an official proceeding and making…
Medical Clinic Owner Sentenced for Multi-Million-Dollar Healthcare Scam and Tax Fraud
LOS ANGELES The office manager and part-owner of a Reseda medical clinic has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for his role in a health-care fraud scheme…
Bank Heist Leader Whose Crew Cut Through Bank Roofs Sentenced to Prison
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced Banning man who led a group of burglars that conducted a 10-year-long series of heists targeting Southland banks. The bank burglars got into the banks by…
Former Bosnian Army Prison Guard Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining U.S. Citizenship
FLORIDA A federal judge sentenced a Jacksonville, Florida man to 18 months in prison for unlawfully obtaining a U.S. citizenship. He failed to disclose his membership in the Bosnian Army, officials announced…
Social Security Lawyer Guilty for Role in $550 Million Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON D.C. A Social Security Disability lawyer is set to be sentence in July for his role in a $550 million Social Security fraud scheme, officials announced Friday. Eric Christopher Conn, 56,…
ICE Agent Arrested for Helping Mexican Criminal to Enter U.S. Illegally
LOS ANGELES A special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations was arrested on federal charges of helping a Mexican criminal enter the United States without proper authorization, according…
ALA.Com: Former social security judge sentenced to prison for trading sex for benefits
ALABAMA By Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected] Email the author on March 22, 2017 at 1:46 PM, updated March 22, 2017 at 1:58 PM A former Alabama Social Security Administration judge was sentenced…
Man Gets Five Years for Involvement in Counterfeit DVD and CD Ring
GEORGIA A federal judge sentenced a Dakar, Senegal man to five years in prison Wednesday for his involvement in a counterfeit DVD and CD ring. U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey Jr….
Brazilian Woman Booted Out of U.S. for Human Trafficking
BALTIMORE, MD A foreign national who was convicted and wanted by Brazilian authorities for international human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation was deported by federal agents, according to officials. Stefania…
Man Guilty of $800,000 Tax Refund Fraud Involving Bogus Companies
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A Los Angeles man who participated in a scheme that filed fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service seeking more than $800,000 in refunds was found guilty today…
Feds Move to Revoke Legal Citizen Status From Al Qaeda Conspirator
ILLINOIS The federal government moved to strip away naturalized citizen status of a convicted Al Qaeda conspirator, officials announced Monday. The civil petition against Iyman Faris, a native of Pakistan, states that…