NORTH CAROLINA Five members of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang were sentenced in Charlotte following a federal trial for federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy and…
Beam Suntory Agrees to Pay $19 Million to Settle Foreign Bribery Case
ILLINOIS Beam Suntory Inc. (Beam), a Chicago-based company that sells distilled beverages, agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $19.5 million to resolve a federal investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt…
Just Saying: Trump’s Self-Serving Joyride; American Taxpayers Paying Trump’s Legal Defense Costs
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] NYT Editorial: Why Are Republicans So Afraid of Voters? There is no “both sides do it” when it comes to intentionally keeping Americans away from the…
Five Peruvians Extradited for Running Calling Centers That Scammed Senior Citizens
Miami Five residents of Lima, Peru, were extradited to the U.S. after they were charged with operating a large fraud and extortion scheme targeting Spanish-speaking consumers in the U.S., officials stated. The…
California Man Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Prison for Loan Scam
SANTA ANA, California An Orange County man on Monday was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for running a program that purported to offer short-term loans, officials stated. The…
Audit the Audit: Police Stop a Black Sergeant Matching the Description
Cops pull Over a Black Man Running and matching the description of a suspect.
Man Involved in 2015 Terrorist Attack in San Bernardino Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
RIVERSIDE, California A Riverside man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in the Inland Empire and for providing assault rifles later used in…
JUST SAYING: Trump’s Mr. Lincoln; Stop the Whining and Vote!
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] LINCOLN SAID IT BEST NYT Opinion R.I.P., G.O.P.The Party of Lincoln had a good run. Then came Mr. Trump. — NYT I’m JUST SAYING saying that Mr. Lincoln…
Feds: Former Army Reservist Guilty of Sex Trafficking Sentenced to 40 Years
North Carolina U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr on Thursday sentenced Xaver M. Boston, 31, of Charlotte, North Carolina, to serve 40 years in prison, federal prosecutors stated. Judge Conrad also…
Houston Woman Ran Opioid Pill MIll from California to Texas
Houston Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Opioid Pill Mill that Shipped Narcotics from California to Texas LOS ANGELES – A Texas woman was sentenced today to 60…
Trio Indicted for Allegedly Posing as Federal Agents to Defraud Elderly
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. Two Riverside County men were arrested Thursday on an indictment alleging they participated in an international conspiracy that deceived elderly victims into sending more than $500,000 in cash by pretending…
California Man Charged with Carjacking Elderly Woman and Baby
CALIFORNIA A Compton man has been charged with carjacking a vehicle that had a 93-year-old woman and a 9-week-old baby on board, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Maaliki…