FRESNO, Calif. Federal officials announced that Akop Dongelyan, 47, of Glendale, and Artak Vardanyan, 40, of Burbank, plead guilty Monday to conspiring to commit credit and debit card fraud. According to court…
Category: Federal Courts/Cases
U.S. and Mexican Cooperation Results in Significant Drug Trafficking Arrests/Seizures
U.S. and Mexican law enforcement made significant enforcement arrests against a prolific transnational drug trafficking organization operating in Nogales, Sonora, along the U.S.-Mexico border, officials announced last week. After extensive bilateral cooperation…
Developer Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Offering Bribe to Land a $45 Million County Lease
LOS ANGELES A real estate developer was sentenced Thursday to four years in federal prison for offering to buy a million-dollar home for a Los Angeles County public official in exchange for…
Two Men Who Conned Investors Out of $1.9 Million Via Cryptocurrency Sent to Federal Prison
SANTA ANA, California – Two Orange County men were each sentenced Monday to federal prison for conning more than 2,000 investors into purchasing a cryptocurrency, officials stated. The cryptocurrency purportedly provided exclusive access…
California Man Guilty of Distributing Child Porn Videos via Zoom on Online Meeting Room
LOS ANGELES A Riverside County man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for streaming sexually explicit videos of children – some of them toddlers – in a Zoom online meeting…
Former Police Sgt. Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Sex Crimes Against Three Women
Jesus Manuel Menocal Jr., 34, a former Hialeah Police Department sergeant, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for sex crimes against three women, officials stated. Menocal, 34, previously pleaded guilty…
Federal Prosecutors Investigate Mount Vernon Police Department for Civil Rights Violations
NEW YORK Federal prosecutors with the Department of Justice in New York opened an investigation against the Mount Vernon Police Department, officials announced Friday. The investigation will assess whether MVPD engages in…
Ukrainian Ransomware Extortionist Arrested in Poland, Charged with Attacks on Businesses
TEXAS A federal grand jury returned an indictment Monday against Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, a Ukrainian national, for conducting ransomware attacks against multiple victims, including the July 2021 attack against Kaseya, a multi-national information…
Ex-Federal Prison Guard Sentenced to 15 Months for Accepting Bribes to Smuggle Contraband Into Prison
LOS ANGELES A former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Complex, Victorville was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in federal prison for accepting more than $15,000 in cash…
White Supremacist Admits to Conspiring to Vandalize Synagogues
NEW JERSEY A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Friday to his role in conspiring with members of a white supremacist hate group, “The Base,” to threaten and intimidate African Americans and Jewish…
Developer Will Pay $1.2 Million to Resolve a Criminal Probe Involving Ex-L.A. Councilman
LOS ANGELES A San Francisco-based company agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation, according to officials. The probe focused on the company’s relationship with former Los Angeles City…
Feds: Two Executions Set for Federal Death-Row Inmates in September
The Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Friday that the executions of two federal death-row inmates for murder. William Emmett LeCroy raped and murdered Joann Lee Tiesler, a 30-year-old nurse, in 2001. LeCroy had…