LOS ANGELES – Four members of the violent, Mexican Mafia-affiliated Canta Ranas street gang received lengthy prison sentences for violating multiple federal laws, including participating in racketeering, drug trafficking, and money laundering conspiracies,…
Former Bank Executive Sentenced to More than Five Years for Loan Fraud
LOS ANGELES – The former chief marketing officer at the now-defunct Mirae Bank was sentenced Monday five years and ten months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that caused the…
Couple Guilty of Abusing Austic Woman with Disabilities by Forced Labor and Threats
LOUISIANA Raylaine Knope, 42, and Terry J. Knope II, 45, plead guilty Monday to criminal civil rights charges arising from their abuse of an adult woman with cognitive disabilities, according to officials….
Federal Indictment Nets 11 International Drug Smuggling Ring Defendants
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. Federal prosecutors charged 11 defendants on federal narcotics and money laundering charges stemming from a wiretap investigation into a drug trafficking ring that smuggled more than 107.8 kilograms (237.7 pounds)…
Man Who Robbed 23 Gas Stations and Convenience Stores Sentenced to Eight Years
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A federal judge sentenced Buena Park man to eight years in federal prison for robbing 23 gasoline stations and convenience stores in Los Angeles and Orange counties where he…
Former Prison Corrections Officers Sentenced for Roles in Conspiracy to Abuse Inmates
LOUISIANA Two former corrections officers at the Richwood Correctional Center were sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Monroe, Louisiana, for their roles in a conspiracy to cover up the abuse of inmates…
Former IRS Employee Convicted of Tax Evasion for Failing to Pay $500,00 in Taxes
NEVADA A federal jury in Las Vegas this week convicted Craig P. Orrock, a former attorney and former Internal Revenue Service employee, of tax evasion and obstructing the internal revenue laws, officials…
Man Guilty of Running Down Federal Officer with His Car
SANTA ANA, CALIF. An Aliso Viejo man pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges stemming from a vehicular assault that severely injured an employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the federal…
Career Con Man Guilty in Multi-Million-Dollar Real Estate Fraud Targeting Homeowners
LOS ANGELES A career con man pleaded guilty Monday in a federal fraud case stemming from a real estate scam, according to authorities. The scam targeted distressed homeowners, many of whom were…
Man Convicted of Sex and Drug Trafficking Facing Life Sentence
VERMONT After a three-week trial, a federal jury last week found Brian Folks, 44, guilty of 13 federal felonies arising from his operation of a violent sex and drug trafficking enterprise that…
Federal Court: Putin-Owned Radio Station in Florida Must Register as a Foreign Agent
FLORIDA U.S. District Court Judge Robin L. Rosenberg ruled that a Florida-based company, RM Broadcasting LLC or RM Broadcasting) was acting as an agent of a foreign principal, according to officials. The…
Cali Drug Cartel Member Guilty of Bribing a Homeland Security Investigations Agent
FLORIDA Colombian Cali Cartel cocaine trafficker plead guilty Friday to bribing a former Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent to get his drug trafficking indictment dropped. Jose Bayron Piedrahita-Ceballos, 60, of Medellin, Colombia,…