SANTA ANA, California Officials stated that a convicted felon from Orange County who used social media to instruct his Instagram followers on how to defraud banks pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring with…
SoCal Man Allegedly Impersonated Federal Agent to Scam Latino Immigrants Seeking Legal Status to Remain in U.S.
SANTA ANA, California A federal grand jury has indicted a San Diego man for allegedly impersonating a federal agent and using that fake position to defraud more than 25 Orange County victims…
Oath Keepers Founder Sentenced For Seditious Conspiracy Over Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right group known as the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021,…
N.J. Prison Corrections Officers Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Systematically Brutalizing and Abusing Inmates
Officials stated that a corrections officer at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for assaulting inmates for “actual, perceived, and fabricated” violations of prison…
Federal Corrections Officer Charged with Sexual Assaulting Three Female Inmates
A federal correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin (FCI Dublin) was named in a 12-count indictment charging him for sexually assaulting three female inmates, according to officials. According to the…
Beverly Hills Man Finishing Sentence for Fraud Indicted on Alleged $9 Million Scam for Investment in Fake Hemp Farm
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury Tuesday returned a five-count indictment that accused a Beverly Hills man – who was completing a sentence in a prior federal fraud case – of soliciting…
Man Guilty of Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills that Killed a 15-Year-Old Boy
LOS ANGELES A jury found a South Bay man guilty of distributing pills laced with the powerful opioid fentanyl to a 15-year-old boy who ingested them and died in May 2020, the…
Man Convicted of Torture and Exporting Weapons Parts in Iraq
A federal jury convicted a Pennsylvania man on May 19 for numerous crimes, including the torture of an Estonian citizen in 2015 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in connection with the…
Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Stealing ID’s to Apply for Over $1 Million in COVID-19 Jobless Benefits
SANTA ANA, California An Orange County man was sentenced Monday to seven years in federal prison for fraudulently applying for more than $1.2 million in COVID-19 pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. Officials…
D.C. police Lieutenant Indicted for Tipping Off Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio About Arrest
WASHINGTON D.C. A District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Lieutenant was arrested Friday on an indictment charging that he obstructed an investigation into the December…
Calif. Duo Who Allegedly Used Darknet to Sell Fentanyl and Cocaine Indicted
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury indicted a San Fernando Valley man and woman who allegedly used darknet marketplaces to sell hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine…
Gang Member Guilty of Firebombing Prison Guard’s House Who Interfered with Illegal Drug Deals
A member of the Gangster Disciples gang pleaded guilty Thursday in Mississippi to a racketeering conspiracy involving his firebombing of a prison guard’s house, according to authorities. Darrell Steele also plead guilty…