LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury issued a 12-count indictment that accuses a Fontana company, its owner and three employees of regularly dumping acidic industrial wastewater into the sewer system, officials announced….
IRS Employee Indicted for Stealing Taxpayers’ IDs and Filing Fraudulent Returns
GEORGIA A federal grand jury indicted an IRS employee Monday for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, officials announced this week, according to officials. The indictment alleges that between September 2012 and April…
Pilot Who Operated Private Jets With Passengers Without License Sentenced to 10 Months
LOS ANGELES An Irvine man who admitted that he illegally piloted private jet airplanes with passengers onboard without having a valid pilot’s license was sentenced Monday to 10 months in federal…
Attorney Performed Fraudulent Marriages for 87 Chinese so They Could Stay in U.S.
LOS ANGELES A Santa Fe Springs man who posed as an attorney as part of an elaborate immigration fraud scheme in which at least 87 foreign nationals – mostly Chinese citizens –…
Just Saying: The Great War, Radio Free O’Reilly and Murdochs’ Housekeeping
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] PBS’s The Great War is a three-part series about World War I, and the documentary rivals Ken Burns Civil War in extraordinary storytelling. I enjoyed watching…
Watch a Giant Spider Wriggle out of Its Skin
By Liz Langley PUBLISHED APRIL 22, 2017 Spiders freak people out just by existing, but they also have a quality some might consider creepy: They shed their skins. Regular skin peels are…
Russian Cyber-Criminal Sentenced to 27 years for Hacking, Credit Card Fraud
WASHINGTON Russian cyber-criminal was sentenced to 27 years in prison for hacking and credit card fraud scheme, officials announced Friday. He stole and sold millions of credit card numbers, defrauding victims of…
Four Jail Guards Indicted for Beating Handcuffed Inmate
Missouri A federal grand jury indicted four former jail guards from the Jackson County Detention Center for beating an inmate, according to officials from the Department of Justice. The four were charged…
Powerful PBS Documentary: The History of American Coal Mining
Powerful documentary about the history of American Coal Mining and efforts by miners to organize unions for better wages and living conditions.
Treasury refuses to give Exxon Mobil special waiver to drill in sanctioned Russia
The Treasury Department said it will not grant Exxon Mobil a waiver to drill in areas of Russia currently under sanctions. The United States sanctioned Russia in 2014 after Moscow annexed Crimea….
Dermatologist Pays Nearly $2.7 Million to Settle Allegations of Unnecessary Cancer Surgeries.
LOS ANGELES The owner of The Skin Cancer Medical Center in Encino has paid the federal government nearly $2.7 million to resolve allegations that he submitted bills to Medicare for Mohs…
Ex-Sheriff Guilty of Having Sex with Female Inmates, Beating Handcuffed Male Prisoner
Tennessee The sheriff of Fentress County, Tennessee, plead guilty Thursday to having sex with female inmates in exchange for favors and to beating a handcuffed male prisoner, officials said. Charles Cravens, 47,…