JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ To liken leaving a 5-year-old unattended at a gas station with a box of matches to madness is to state the obvious. The inevitable outcome is a…
Feds Transfer About $500,000 in Forfeited Russian Funds to Estonia for Benefit of Ukraine
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Estonian Secretary General Tõnis Saar announced Saturday at the Munich Security Conference the transfer of nearly $500,000 in forfeited Russian funds to provide aid to Ukraine….
Calif. Doctor Convicted for Role in a Scheme to Defraud Medicare by Billing $2.8 Million for Hospice Services Not Needed by Patients
A federal jury convicted a California man yesterday for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by billing $2.8 million for hospice services that patients did not need, officials stated. According…
Oklahoma Man Guilty of Telephoning Bomb Threats to Five Schools in Los Angeles, Facing Up to 10 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES An Oklahoma man who grew up in Los Angeles pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for telephoning bomb threats to five Los Angeles schools, including two elementary schools,…
Calif. Brothers Guilty of Priority Mail Insurance Scam That Defrauded U.S. Postal Service of More Than $2.3 Million
LOS ANGELES Two Temecula brothers pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) out of more than $2.3 million by filing thousands of fraudulent Priority…
Wisconsin Company Officials Sentenced to Prison for Role in Explosion that Killed Five Workers
U.S. District Court Judge James D. Peterson of Wisconsin sentenced Didion Milling Inc. officials this week – including a corporate vice president and former food safety, environmental, and operations managers – for…
Former FBI Special Agent Guilty of Working for Russian Oligarch Sentenced to 28 Months in Prison
Charles F. McGonigal, 55, a former FBI Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office, was sentenced today to 28 months in prison, according to federal authorities. McGonigal didn’t disclose…
Ukrainian Guilty of Role in Two Separate Malware Schemes Involving Tens of Millions of Dollars
Officials announced Thursday that a Ukrainian national pleaded guilty today to his role in two separate and wide-ranging malware schemes involving tens of millions of dollars.fa “Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov was the leader…
Felon With Multiple Domestic Violence Convictions Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Possessing Ammunition
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced a San Bernardino man with multiple felony domestic violence convictions to 15 years in prison for unlawfully possessing ammunition, officials stated. The fired cartridge cases were…
Florida Couple Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison Each for Evading Over $42 Million in Taxes When Illegally Importing Plywood
A Florida husband and wife were sentenced on Wednesday to four years and nine months in prison for illegally importing and selling between $25 million and $65 million worth of plywood products,…
17 Charged in Scheme to Smuggle Fentanyl and Other Drugs Inside Fire Extinguishers into the U.S.
LOS ANGELES A final defendant was arrested on a federal grand jury indictment that alleges a scheme to smuggle fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin from Mexico into the United States, officials stated. The…
Former Corrections Officer Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Covering up an Inmate Beating That Resulted in Broken Jaw
A former Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) tactical officer, Sebron Hollands, 33, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for writing a false report to cover up another officer’s use of excessive…