SANTA ANA, CALIF. An Aliso Viejo man pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges stemming from a vehicular assault that severely injured an employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the federal…
Career Con Man Guilty in Multi-Million-Dollar Real Estate Fraud Targeting Homeowners
LOS ANGELES A career con man pleaded guilty Monday in a federal fraud case stemming from a real estate scam, according to authorities. The scam targeted distressed homeowners, many of whom were…
Man Convicted of Sex and Drug Trafficking Facing Life Sentence
VERMONT After a three-week trial, a federal jury last week found Brian Folks, 44, guilty of 13 federal felonies arising from his operation of a violent sex and drug trafficking enterprise that…
Federal Court: Putin-Owned Radio Station in Florida Must Register as a Foreign Agent
FLORIDA U.S. District Court Judge Robin L. Rosenberg ruled that a Florida-based company, RM Broadcasting LLC or RM Broadcasting) was acting as an agent of a foreign principal, according to officials. The…
Cali Drug Cartel Member Guilty of Bribing a Homeland Security Investigations Agent
FLORIDA Colombian Cali Cartel cocaine trafficker plead guilty Friday to bribing a former Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent to get his drug trafficking indictment dropped. Jose Bayron Piedrahita-Ceballos, 60, of Medellin, Colombia,…
Just Saying: Police Raid Journalist Home; Mueller’s Prized Porker; Preview of Trump’s War; Giuliani’s Trip to Help Putin’s Pal & Seizing Trump’s Properties
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] POLICE RAIDED HOME OF JOURNALIST A San Franciso reporter refused to tell police the identity of a source. So cops raided his home with a small…
Ohio Man Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Burn Down Walmart
OHIO Caleb T. Poole, 26 years of age, was placed into custody this week without incident in Dublin, Ohio, by the FBI,Columbus Resident Agency special agents and Dublin police officers, according to…
Former Milwaukee Alderman Charged With Wire Fraud
WISCONSIN A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a former Milwaukee alderman, Willie C. Wade (age: 56), with three counts of wire fraud. According to the indictment, Wade obtained $30,000…
Gang Member Convicted for Ambush Murder of Man in Front of 2-Year-Old Son
LOS ANGELES A member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods street gang has been found guilty by a jury for the second time of racketeering offenses that…
Man Guilty of Terrorist Charges and Supporting ISIS
TEXAS A federal jury this week convicted a Dallas, Texas man on multiple terror charges, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox for the…
Man Convicted of $3 Million ID Fraud Facing More than 1,000 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES – A Northridge man convicted of 51 counts of fraud, money laundering, identity theft and other federal offenses in relation to a scheme that generated at least $3 million is facing…
Man Guilty of Committing Fraud Under the Troubled Asset Relief Program
CALIFORNIA A Corona man has become the first person to plead guilty to fraudulently obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in mortgage assistance benefits under the…