WASHINGTON – A couple plead guilty to bringing a woman from Morocco into the United States and keeping her in their home as a domestic servant for three years, federal officials…
Category: Courts
L.A. Ambulance Owners Sentenced to Prison for Medicare Fraud
LOS ANGELES – The owners of Alpha Ambulance Inc., a now-defunct Los Angeles-area ambulance transportation company, have been sentenced in connection with a Medicare fraud scheme, officials announced today. U.S. District Court Judge…
Man Who Planted Pipe Bombs Near Ex-Girlfriend’s House Pleads Guilty to Explosive Charge
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA – A man who left pipe bombs in a residential neighborhood in Palm Springs near the residence of an ex-girlfriend plead guilty today to possession of an unregistered destructive device,…
Feds: Miami Official Took $150,000 in Bribes Along with Accepting Cruise Vacations and Airline Tickets
FLORIDA – An official was charged with taking about $150,000 in bribes while working as the Roadway Lighting Coordinator for the Department of Public Works in Miami-Dade County, federal officials announced today….
Man Who Set Fire to a Popular Gay Seattle Nightclub Pleads Guilty to Arson
WASHINGTON – A former Bellevue resident who set fire to a popular gay Seattle nightclub just after midnight on New Year’s 2014 pleaded guilty to arson Friday in U.S. District Court. Musab…
Feds Shutdown eBay’s Anticompetitive Agreements Restraining Employee Recruitment and Hiring
CALIFORNIA — The U.S. Department of Justice stopped eBay Inc from concocting agreements with other companies that restrain employee recruitment and hiring, federal officials announced Thursday. The department’s Antitrust Division filed the…
Trial Date Set for a Former Investigator Who Claims the Ventura County DA Retaliated Against Him For Reporting Crimes
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — The trial of a former Ventura County District Attorney veteran investigator who alleges that the District Attorney’s Office retaliated against him for reporting crimes…
Racially Motivated Beating Lands Man In Prison for Five Years
CALIFORNIA – A man was sentenced today to 5 years and 10 months in prison for beating a white man and his companion, a black woman, during a racially motivated hate crime at…
Man Sentenced For His Role In Tax Scheme That Netted $1 Million in Fraudulent Tax Refunds
ALABAMA — A man who was involved in a scheme to steal IDs to file over 1,000 federal and state income tax returns and claim more than $1 million in fraudulent refunds…
German Ship Fined $1 Million; Crew Members Who Reported Hazardous Condition Will Get $500,000
LOS ANGELES – A German company will pay a $1 million fine because its cargo ship entered the Port of Long Beach last year with an open crack in its hull that may…
Gang Member Who Ordered U.S. Consulate Murders Sentenced to Life in Prison
EL PASO, TEXAS – A shot-caller for a violent prison gang that did hits for the Juarez Drug Cartel was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for ordering the murders of a…
Gang Member Convicted of Selling Guns to a Powerful Armenian Power Gang Leader
LOS ANGELES – A long-time street gang member and associate of the Armenian Power was convicted for his role in supplying firearms to the leader of an organized crime group, according to…