LOS ANGELES A Mexican man was sentenced Monday to 110 months in federal prison for trafficking 11 undocumented individuals, as well as 45 pounds of methamphetamine, on a panga boat that landed…
Calif. Man Sentenced to a Year in Prison for His Role in $105 Million VA Fraud Scheme
A California man was sentenced Monday to one year and a day in prison for his role in defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefit program, officials…
L.A. Gang Member Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Being the Shot Caller of Cocaine Trafficking Ring
LOS ANGELES A leader of the Bounty Hunter Bloods (BHB) street gang was sentenced Friday to 168 months in federal prison for leading a manufacturing and distribution of crack cocaine organization. The…
Four Men Charged with Allegedly Running Drug Trafficking Ring
LOS ANGELES Two Orange County men were arrested on a three-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they ran a transnational drug trafficking organization that exported wholesale amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine The…
Two Calif. Men Agree to Plead Guilty of Bribery In Connection With Tribal Police Badges
LOS ANGELES Two Los Angeles-area men who unlawfully sold or purchased police badges from a southeastern San Diego County tribe—one who lied to the FBI about the scheme and the other who…
Medical Clinic Office Manager Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Distributing 60,000 Opioid Pills for Cash
A medical clinic office manager was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in prison for operating a pill mill clinic that unlawfully distributed over 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash. According…
Three Men Were Convicted for Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Other Crimes
A federal jury in Norfolk, Virginia, convicted three men yesterday of conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ronald Jenkins, 42, of Franklin,…
Ohio Man Who Got a “Green Card” to Live in U.S. Allegedly Committed a War Crime
On Wednesday, officials stated that a man from Ohio admitted to authorities that he had emigrated to the US illegally to seek a green card, as he had concealed the fact that…
Brothers Sentences to Decades in Prison for Making Machineguns Intended for ISIS
INDIANA After admitting to trying to provide material support or resources, specifically firearms, to a designated foreign terrorist organization, 25-year-old Moyad Dannon of Fishers, Indiana, was sentenced to 16 years and eight…
Federal Jury Indicts Former Social Media Stock Promoter for Alleged “Pump-and-Dump” Securities Fraud
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a San Pedro man in a “stock scalping” scheme in which he used his “TeamBillionaire” email list and his social media…
Two Indicted for Allegedly Laundering Over $2 Million from Victims of “Grandparent Scams”
LOS ANGELES FBI agents on Tuesday arrested a West Los Angeles man who is one of two defendants charged in a federal grand jury indictment alleging a scheme that laundered at least…
Former CEO of Los Angeles Anti-Poverty Program Sent to Prison for Embezzling Money from the Nonprofit Agency
LOS ANGELES The former president and CEO of a Los Angeles-based anti-poverty nonprofit agency was sentenced Tuesday to six months in federal prison for embezzling money from the nonprofit for his benefit, officials…