LOS ANGELES A Santa Monica man plead guilty to a federal fraud charge for a romance scam in which he deceived women he met online and elsewhere into investing tens of thousands…
JUST SAYING: Born-Again, Republicans; Tom Cotton’s Darkside; Cops and Journalists, Trump v. Twitter; Powerful Ad by Lincoln Project; Clorox Ads Featuring Trump, Lessons Learned….. Maybe Not
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] REPUBLICAN POLITICAL REVIVAL Headline: “Are a few Republican consciences finally beginning to awake?” Really? What happened to their “consciences” when Trump told them where he…
Two Businessmen, First in Nation, Charged for Fraudulently Seeking CARES Act SBA Protection Loans
RHODE ISLAND Two businessmen were charged in federal court with allegedly filing bank loan applications fraudulently seeking more than a half-million dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA)…
ICE: Salvadoran Gang Member Wanted for Murder in El Salvador is Arrested in U.S.
ICE arrests, removes Salvadoran gang member wanted for homicide BOSTON — Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Salvadoran gang member Friday, who was…
Texas Woman Guilty of Bank Fraud by Posing as Customers to Make Withdrawals in Southern California
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A Houston woman has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with a scheme in which she and a second defendant posed as customers of Bank of…
Former Chief of Honduran National Police Charged with Drug Trafficking and Weapons Offenses
NEW YORK The former Chief of Honduran National Police, Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, aka “El Tigre,” was charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S., officials announced…
Florida White Supremacist Guilty of Making Racial Threats Against City Councilman Candidate
VIRGINIA Daniel McMahon, 31, plead guilty Thursday in federal court to one count of threatening an African-American Charlottesville City Council candidate Dan Gathers, according to federal authorities. Gathers is the co-founder of…
Lawyer Guilty of felony Crimes Including Paying Bribes to Two Federal Law Enforcement Officials
LOS ANGELES A Calabasas man plead guilty to five federal offenses – one related to a credit card “bust-out” scheme, and the others related to more than $250,000 in bribes he paid…
Two San Francisco Women Charged with Robbery While Threatening to Spread CONVID-19
SAN FRANCISCO A criminal complaint was unsealed charges last week charging Carmelita Barela and Rosetta Shabazz with committing robbery from Walgreens while saying she had CONVID-19, according to officials. “It is an…
ICE: “Most Wanted” Guatemalan Fugitive Apprehended in California
LOS ANGELES U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Special Response Team (SRT) arrested one of ICE’s Most Wanted fugitives during a targeted operation near South Gate, California…
Ex-FBI Agent Arrested for Accepting Bribes Paid by a Lawyer Linked to Crime Figure
LOS ANGELES A Bay Area man who retired from the FBI last year after 20 years as a special agent was arrested Friday on a federal criminal charge, according to authorities. …