LOS ANGELES Federal authorities have arrested two brothers from Woodland Hills who are charged in a stolen tax refund check scheme involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulently obtained federal income…
My Big Coin Founder Charged with Cryptocurrency Scheme
NEVADA The founder and principal operator of My Big Coin Pay Inc. (My Big Coin), a purported cryptocurrency and virtual payment services company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, was named in an…
One twin born to same-sex parents was declared a citizen, the other was not; judge disagrees
BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS POSTED FEBRUARY 26, 2019 Photo by Kseniia Perminova/Shutterstock.com. A twin son born abroad to two married men—one a U.S. citizen and the other Israeli—is a U.S. citizen even though he…
Ex-Cop Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Unlicensed Selling of Firearms, Lying to Feds
LOS ANGELES A former lieutenant in the Pasadena Police Department was sentenced this week to a year and one day in federal prison for exploiting his status as a police officer to…
Ex-NASA Contractor Who Hacked Women’s Accounts and Threatened to Publish Nude Photos Sentenced to Prison
LOS ANGELES A former NASA contractor was sentenced Monday to four years and 10 months in federal prison for hacking into the email, social media accounts and computers of women he knew….
Just Saying: NYC DA Checkmates Trump, Trump Voters & The Message
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] Checkmate, or Season Four of the Trumpanos…. Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort may soon face New York state criminal charges, it was reported on Friday. Although Manafort has…
Lawyer Sentenced to Seven Years for Role in Securities Fraud
FLORIDA A Boca Raton attorney was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $19.7 million to 2,156 investors who he duped, according to officials. James M….
Three Charged with Conspiring with L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy to Steal Marijuana and Cash
LOS ANGELES Three men were arrested Thursday on federal drug distribution charges alleging they conspired with a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy and others to steal more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana…
El Chapo’s Sons Charged with Drug Trafficking
ARIZONA An indictment against Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ovidio Guzman Lopez, charging them with a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana for importation into the United States was unsealed last week,…
Man Charged with Hate Crime Attacked Three Men With Metal Pole
UTAH A federal grand jury this week charged Alan D. Covington with attacking three men with a metal pole because he believed the men were Mexican, according to officials. The indictment alleges that…
FBI: Three Sentenced in Public Corruption Scheme to Stop Environmental Actions
February 19, 2019 State Legislator, Coal Executive, and Lawyer Schemed to Stop Environmental Enforcement Actions in Alabama (FBI Press Release) An Alabama legislator who was bribed by a corporation to represent the…
Just Saying: Elmer Fudd Editorial, Trump’s Murky Mind & GOP Voter Fraud in N.C.
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] That’s All Folks The editorial in The Democrat-Reporter, the newspaper that has served the small western Alabama town of Linden since 1879, appeared on Page 2 last Thursday,…