LOS ANGELES – A San Francisco man who made about $192,000 in profits by purchasing Marvel Entertainment, Inc. stock options right after it was purchased by The Walt Disney Company in August 2009…
Category: Courts
Three Florida Chiropractors Among Defendants Convicted in Massive Staged-Auto-Accident Scheme
FLORIDA – A jury in West Palm Beach on Tuesday convicted three chiropractors and recruiter who staged vehicle accidents for their roles in a massive staged automobile accident scheme in Florida that…
Seattle Company Agrees to Settle Job-Related Discrimination Claims
WASHINGTON – The federal government reached an agreement today with SK Food Group Inc, a company based in Seattle, that resolved claims that the business required work-authorized, non-U.S. to produce specific Homeland Security…
Lawyer Who Gave His Jailed Client Heroin Sentenced to Prison and Will No Longer Practice Law
PENNSYLVANIA – A 35-year-old lawyer plead guilty Thursday to delivering heroin to a client who was in police custody, according to a report on TribLive.com The website reported that Brian Salisbury, 35,…
Texas Man Convicted of Five Bank Robberies But Admits To An Additional 13 Bank Heists
DALLAS — A 59-year-old man, who was convicted of robbing five banks but told told law enforcement that he committed an additional 13 bank robberies, plus two attempted bank robberies in the Dallas-Fort…
Armenian Power Gang Members Found Guilty of Conspiracy and Other Felony Crimes
LOS ANGELES – Two leaders of the Armenian Power gang – Mher “Capone” Darbinyan and Arman “Horse” Sharopetrosian – were convicted today of racketeering conspiracy and other related felony crimes. The crimes included extortion, firearms…
California CEO Facing Up to 110 Years in Prison for Defrauding Federal Government
LOS ANGELES – A jury convicted the former CEO of the Simi Valley-based battery distributor Powerline Inc. of defrauding the government by selling more than $2.6 million in cheap, knock-off batteries to…
Two Former Santa Barbara Deputies Indicted For Beating Handcuffed Inmate Will Make Court Appearance
CALIFORNIA – Two former Santa Barbara Sheriff’s deputies indicted last week for assaulting an inmate will be in federal court on Friday for a trial-setting conference where a trial date is expected…
Woman Fraudulently Billed Medicare for Nearly $25 Million; Medicare Paid $9.6 Million of the Phony Claims
LOS ANGELES – A North Hollywood woman who worked in the health care industry was sentenced Monday to six years and four months in federal prison for concocting a scheme to fraudulently bill…
Former Bell City Top Administrator Sentenced to 33 Months for Tax Fraud
LOS ANGELES – The former top administrator in the City of Bell, who has admitted his role in a widespread municipal corruption scandal, was sentenced today to two years and nine months in federal…
Another Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Beating Inmate
MARYLAND – A U.S. District Judge sentenced a former officer at Roxbury Correction Institution to two years and six months in prison for his role in conspiring with other correction officers to…
Sheriff’s Investigator Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Handcuffed Salesman
ALABAMA – An Alabama criminal investigator plead guilty Friday to assaulting a handcuffed man at a Macon County jail, officials said. J. Keith McCray, a criminal investigator with the Macon County, Ala.,…