Category: Courts & Cases

            LOS ANGELES A former controller for a Burbank-based commercial printing company was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for embezzling $2.8 million from his employer and failing to report…

Tampa, Florida  A federal judge sentenced Leon Williams to 17 years and 6 months in prison and Reginald Jones, Jr. to 15 years and 8 months for drug-related crimes, officials stated. The…

LOS ANGELES A former Los Angeles city electrician has been charged with having a financial conflict of interest in more than 100 purchase orders over a 10-year period, the Los Angeles County…

TENNEESEE Desmond Logan, 35, a former officer with the Chattanooga Police Department (CPD), was sentenced in federal court,  officials announced Wednesday. Logan will serve 20 years in prison with three years of supervised…

FLORIDA The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it got a Temporary Restraining Order in federal court to combat fraud related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, prosecutors stated.   The enforcement…

            LOS ANGELES   A San Fernando Valley man, who is a fugitive from justice, faces charges of fraudulently getting more than $860,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program, according to officials. Arman Manukyan…

KENTUCKY A Kentucky doctor and his former office assistant pleaded guilty on Aug. 7 for their roles in unlawfully distributing opioids and other controlled substances during a time when the defendants did…

LOS ANGELES A man has been charged with forcibly raping five women and sexually assaulting another woman dating back to 2010, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Detail, whose…

TEXAS A federal judge sentenced a Houston attorney to two years in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and tax evasion, according to prosecutors. In September 2019, a jury convicted…

SANTA ANA, CALIF. A federal judge sentenced two Orange County residents to prison for their roles in bogus modification programs aimed at homeowners, according to officials. The victims were struggling to pay…

            LOS ANGELES  The company that produces “Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water” was sentenced Wednesday to  ordered to pay criminal fines totaling $5 million for illegally storing and transporting hazardous waste, according…