LOS ANGELES FBI agents Friday arrested a Santa Monica man on federal charges stemming from a series of distributed denial-of-service – or DDoS – attacks on a website for a candidate who…
Man Who Used Fake IDs to Cash More Than $500,000 Treasury Checked Sentenced to Prison
LOS ANGELES A San Bernardino County man was sentenced Wednesday to six years and five months in federal prison for stealing more than half a million dollars in U.S. Treasury checks and…
California Man Guilty of Tax Evasion in $147 Million Mining and Digital Currency Fraud
LOS ANGELES A Bradbury man agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he falsely promised profits to more than 70,000 victim investors worldwide in a scheme, according to officials. The…
Ringleader of Crew That Committed 13 Verizon Store Robberies Sentenced to Prison
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A Long Beach man was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years and eight months in federal prison for leading a crew that committed 13 robberies of Verizon stores across Southern…
Court Order Bars Tax Business from Preparing Tax Returns After Making False Deductions
FLORDIA A federal court order signed by Judge James S. Moody stop a tax preparer and his business from doing tax returns, officials announced Tuesday. On Feb. 14, 2020, a federal court…
State Depart. Contracting Officer Sentenced to Prison for Bribery and Fraud
VIRGINIA A federal judge sentence a contracting officer with the U.S. Department of State to seven years and three months in prison for conspiracy, bribery, fraud and making false statements, according to…
Top Church Administrators Indicted for Allegedly Trafficking Workers, Sham Marriages
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A federal grand jury on charged three top administrators of a Philippines-based church with overseeing a labor trafficking scheme that forced church members to solicit donations for a bogus…
Feds: Former Labor Union President Stole $800,000 from Union’s Health Plan Fund
LOS ANGELES The former president of a Colton-based labor union has been found guilty by a federal jury of 14 felony charges for stealing nearly $800,000 from the union’s health plan fund,…
L.A. Drug Trafficking Ring Members Indicted for Distributing Meth, Heroin and Cocaine
LOS ANGELES Law enforcement Wednesday arrested 11 defendants charged in a federal grand jury indictment alleging they participated in a long-running drug trafficking operation that distributed kilograms of heroin, methamphetamine, and…
Four Texans, One New Yorker Arrested for Trying to Sell Iranian Oil to China
PENNSYLVANIA The federal government on Tuesday stated that five defendants were arrested and charged with conspiring to sell Iranian oil to China, according to officials. A criminal complaint charges the defendants of…
Ex-Marijuana Warehouse Worker Sentenced to 14 Years for Planning $2 Million Heist with a Corrupt LA Cop
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced a Walnut man to 11 years in prison for orchestrating a $2 million armed robbery of a commercial marijuana warehouse, according to officials. More than half…
Tank Vessel Operator Guilty of Discharging Bilge Waste, Fined $1.75 Million
HAWAII Bernhard Schulte Ship based in Singapore PTE LTD. (Bernhard), a vessel operating company, plead guilty Monday in federal court to one felony count of discharging bilge waste from its vessel, Topaz…