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…
Man Guilty of Burning Three Predominately Black Baptist Churches in the South
LOUISIANA Holden Matthews, 22, plead guilty Monday in federal court to setting fire to three Baptist churches because of the “religous character of the buildings,” according to federal authorities. Matthews pleaded guilty…
Chinese Military Members Charged with Computer Fraud, Economic Espionage and Wire Fraud
GEORGIA A federal grand jury in Atlanta indicted four members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with hacking into the computer systems of the credit reporting agency Equifax and stealing Americans’…
Just Saying: Liz’s Shopping Cart, Biden’s “Malarky” Bus Tour & Bone Spurs President Boots Out a Decorated Hero from the White House
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] LIZ’S SHOPPING CART The problem I have with Sanders is that he is running around the country, pushing a huge political shopping cart filled with promises of free…