LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced a former cheerleading coach to five years and eight months for sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman on a cruise ship bound from Long Beach to Ensenada,…
Ex-Navy Official Gets Five Years in Prison for Accepting $1.2 Million in Kickbacks
LOS ANGELES A former civilian employee of the U.S. Navy who was a senior procurement official for Naval Base Ventura County and who received $1.2 million in illegal kickbacks was sentenced Monday…
Ex-Beverly Hills Stockbroker Guilty of $200 Million Securities Fraud
LOS ANGELES A federal jury found a former Beverly Hills stockbroker who worked with fugitive hedge fund manager Florian Homm Friday of 18 federal criminal charges for participating in a stock manipulation…
Colombian Operated International Fentanyl Trafficking Organization from Prison
NORTH DAKOTA A Colombian fentanyl trafficker, who was scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 1, plead guilty Friday to drug trafficking and money laundering charges as the leader and organizer of…
Former Hollywood Executive/Professional Poker Player Charged with Embezzling $22 Million
LOS ANGELES A former executive at StyleHaul Inc., a digital marketing company that represents “influencers” on YouTube and Instagram, was arrested after being named in a federal indictment charging him with embezzling…
Japanese Fishing Co. Convicted of Illegally Dumping Oil and Garbage at Sea, Fined
GUAM A Japanese fishing company, Fukuichi Gyogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Fukuichi), was convicted and sentenced Thursday in Guam for two violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and one count of…
Texas Judge Convicted of Bribery for Favors and Obstruction
TEXAS A Texas state district judge has been convicted of bribery and obstruction, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Following a six-day trial, Rodolfo “Rudy” Delgado, 65, of Edinburg, Texas, was convicted of one…
Man Sentenced for Hate Crime for Beating a Victim Who He Believed to be Jewish
OHIO A federal judge Tuesday sentenced Izmir Koch, 34, of Huber Heights, Ohio, to 30 months in prison for beating a man he believed to be Jewish outside of a Cincinnati restaurant,…
Former State Department Employee Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring with Chinese Agents
WASHINGTON D.C. A federal judge Tuesday sentenced Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, to three years and four months in prison for conspiring with Chinese agents,…
Former IT Employer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Hacking, Deleting Ex-Employer Files
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced an Arizona man to two years and three months in federal prison for breaking federal computer intrusion laws governing the deletion of electronic files after…
Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Having 68 Pounds of Drugs in Hotel
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced a San Diego to 20 years in federal prison for narcotics trafficking, according to authorities. Salvador Delrio caught at a Torrance hotel carrying two suitcases…
Man Guilty of Stealing Oldest-Living Ring-Tailed Lemur from Zoo too Keep it as Pet
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A Newport Beach man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for breaking into the Santa Ana Zoo after hours and stealing North America’s oldest-living ring-tailed lemur in…