COLUMBUS, OHIO A federal grand jury has charged two former Columbus vice officers with conspiring to violate others’ civil rights and conspiring to commit wire fraud. Steven G. Rosser, 43, of Delaware,…
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Pennsylvania Attorney Indicted for Role in $2.7 Million Ponzi Scheme
PENNSYLVANIA An Allentown attorney has been charged for his role in a $2.7 million investment fraud scheme that victimized his law clients, according to an unsealed superseding indictment. Todd H. Lahr, 60,…
Feds: Singaporean Shipping Co. Fined $1.65 Million for Illegal Discharges of Oily Water
CALIFORNIA Unix Line PTE Ltd., a Singapore-based shipping company, was sentenced Friday in federal court after pleading guilty to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, authorities announced Saturday….
Fundraiser Guilty of Corruption Charge For Delivering Bribe to Member of LA City Council
LOS ANGELES A political fundraiser plead guilty to a federal bribery offense for coordinating a $500,000 cash payment get help from an elected member of the Los Angeles City Council in resolving…
Los Angeles Businessman Guilty of $1 Billion Biodiesel Tax Fraud Scheme
A federal jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, convicted California businessman Lev Aslan Dermen, also known as Levon Termendzhyan, of criminal charges Monday relating to a $1 billion renewable fuel tax credit…
Feds: Three Cops Indicted for Beating a Suspect and Trying to Cover it Up (Videos)
INDIANA A federal grand jury in Indianapolis, Indiana, returned a 12-count indictment against two officers – Joseph Chase Winkle, 34, and Jeremy Gibson, 30 – and one sergeant, Joseph Krejsa, 50, …
Former Cop Caught with Illegal Firearms, Silencers and a Hand Grenade Sentenced to Prison
LOS ANGELES A California lawyer and former Rialto Police officer was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison for possessing unregistered firearms, silencers and a hand grenade inside his pickup truck…
DEA: More than 600 Drug Cartel Arrests, 300 Indictments After Six-Month Investigation
WASHINGTON D.C. The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration this week announced the results of Project Python, officials stated. This is a DEA-led interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related…
Maine Man Convicted of Hate Crime Assaults Against Blacks.
MAINE Following a three-day jury trial, Maurice Diggins, 36, of Biddeford, Maine, was convicted Tuesday of beating up blacks. He is guilty of conspiring to commit hate crimes and of actually committing…
Man Who Brought Assault Rifle to Restaurant After Being Denied Alcohol Sentenced to Prison
LOS ANGELES – A convicted felon who brought an assault rifle into a restaurant and brandished it at the manager after employees refused to serve him an alcoholic beverage was sentenced Monday to…
FBI: Ex-Los Angeles City Councilman Illegally Accepted Cash, Female Escorts, and Meals
LOS ANGELES A former Los Angeles city councilman surrendered to FBI agents Monday to face criminal charges that he obstructed an investigation into him accepting cash, female escort services, hotel rooms and…
North Air Cargo Pays $4.7 Million for Allegedly Falsely Reporting Delivery of U.S. Mail
WASHINGTON D.C. The Justice Department announced last week that Northern Air Cargo LLC, agreed to pay $4.7 million to resolve its potential liability under the False Claims Act for falsely reporting information…