CALIFORNIA A federal judge revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a fraudster and immigration-officer impersonator and stopped her from claiming any citizenship rights, according to officials. Judge R. Gary Klausner this week of…
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Former Sheriff Who Solicited Sex from Female Inmates Sentenced to Prison
Tennessee A federal judge sentenced former Sheriff Charles Scott Cravens to 33 months in prison and two years of supervised release for corruption and civil rights offenses committed while he ran the…
Trio Plea Guilty to Trafficking in Threatened Alligator Snapping Turtles
TEXAS Federal authorities announced Tuesday that Travis Leger and Rickey Simon, both of Sulphur, Louisiana, and Jason Leckelt of Wilburton, Oklahoma, pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act by illegally…
Man Involved in $1.6 Million Trademark Scam of 4,446 Victims Sentenced to Prison
California A federal judge sentenced a man to prison Monday for his role as the mastermind of a $1.66 million mass mailing scam aimed at thousands of trademark holders, officials said. The…
Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 40 Years for Record $17 Million Medicare Fraud
TEXAS A federal judge sentenced the owner and operator of five Houston-area home health agencies was Thursday 40 years in for conspiring to defraud Medicare, the State of Texas’ Medicaid-funded Home and Community-Based…
Credit Union Employee and Online Boyfriend Charged with $2.6 Million in Credit Fraud
LOS ANGELES A woman who worked at a credit union in Hawthorne and her boyfriend have been charged with a scheme to open more than 30 credit accounts, according to officials. The…
Self-Professed Anti-Semite Guilty of Trying to Blow Up Synagogue
FLORIDA A 40-year-old self-professed anti-Semite plead guilty Wednesday to a federal hate crime for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction on a synagogue in Aventura, Florida, officials announced. James Gonzalo…
Ex-Secret Agent Admits Involvement in Silk Road a Covert Online Marketplace
CALIFORNIA A former Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service plead guilty on Tuesday to charges of money laundering, announced, according to federal authorities. Shaun W. Bridges, 35, of Laurel, Md., pleaded…
Gang Member Facing Life in Prison for Running a Drug Dealing Coalition of Three Street Gangs
LOS ANGELES A gang member who helped manage a coalition of three rival street gangs in Northeast Los Angeles that were brought together by orders issued by a member of the Mexican…
High-Ranking Los Zetas Boss Headed to Federal Prison on Drug Conspiracy Charges
High Ranking Los Zetas Plaza Boss Heads to Federal Prison for Multi-Year Drug Conspiracy HOUSTON A federal judge sentenced Jose Manuel Saldivar-Farias aka “Z-31” or “El Borrado” to federal prison for his role…
Five Admit Involvement in Multi-State Dog Fighting
NEW JERSEY Four defendants plead guilty Friday and Thursday to federal dog-fighting charges during inter-state incidents spanning from New Mexico to New Jersey, according to officials. Each animal fighting charge carries a…
Former Oklahoma Jailer Sentenced to Prison for Depriving Inmate of Medical Care
A federal judge sentenced a former jail administrator to four years and three months in prison for depriving an inmate medical care, according to officials. The inmate died as a result. Former…