LOS ANGELES A fund manager at UCLA’s history department plead no contest Monday to stealing more than $300,000 from the university through fraudulent purchase orders and travel reimbursements, according to officials. “Public…
This First Amendment Auditor Does Good Work, One of His Cases Went to a Federal Court of Appeals
Correspondent for PINAC NEWS Photography Is Not A Crime: Citizen Journalist and Video Activist that gathers information about what public officials do on public property, and specifically, a right to record police…
Former U.S. Embassy Worker Guilty fo Sexually Abusing Women Over 14 Years
WASHINGTON D.C. A California man pleaded guilty Friday to sexual abuse and admitted to the abusive sexual contact of numerous women, officials stated. He also admitted photographing and recording dozens of nude…
Gang Member who Admitted to Being Involved in Multiple Shootings Sentenced to 31 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A member of the San Fernando Valley-based Vineland Boys street gang was sentenced today to 31 years in federal prison for committing multiple felonies, including the attempted murders of three…
Interface Rehab to Pay $2 Million for Allegedly Claiming Unnecessary and Unreasonable Medicare Services
LOS ANGELES Interface Rehab, headquartered and operating in Orange County, agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare, officials announced…
Electrical Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Exporting Computer Chips with Military Uses to China
WASHINGTON D.C. A California man was sentenced Thursday to five years and three months, in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally export integrated circuits with military applications to China…
Nepalese Man Who Tried to Meet a Pregnant 12-Year-old Child for Sex Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Jacksonville, Florida U.S.District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Sanjay Lama, 32, of Jacksonville to 10 years in federal prison for using the internet to attempt to entice a 12-year-old child to engage…
Ex-High School Teacher Sentenced to Seven Years for Sexual Assault of Student
CALIFORNIA A former Palmdale high school teacher was sentenced Thursday to seven years and four months in state prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student, according to officials. Anthony Mahari Faaborg, 54,…
Harvey Weinstein Indicted for Sexually Assaulting Five Women
LOS ANGELES Former film producer Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on charges that he sexually assaulted five women in separate incidents that span nearly a decade, officials announced Wednesday. “Anyone who abuses…
Hawaiian Woman Illegally Took Classified Documents Home While Working U.S. Embassy
WASHINGTON A Hawaii woman pleaded guilty this week to one count of removing classified information, according to officials. According to court documents, Asia Janay Lavarello, 31, of Honolulu, admitted to having removed…
NYC Man Arrested for Allegedly Kidnapping Elderly Woman with Dementia at VA Medical Center
LOS ANGELES A New York man was arrested Monday on a kidnapping charge stemming from his alleged abduction of a 68-year-old woman with dementia at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical…
Man with $870,000 in Suitcase Charged with Gun and Cocaine Trafficking Crimes
Miami, Florida A man who is charged with gun and cocaine trafficking will remain in jail pending his trial for allegedly possessing cocaine, a judge ruled. Last week, a South Florida federal…