LOS ANGELES A member of the Big Hazard street gang was sentenced Monday to 13 years in federal prison the nighttime firebombing of black families at the Ramona Gardens Housing Development in Boyle…
Santa Barbara California Man Guilty of $1.4 Million Facebook-Twitter Stock Fraud
LOS ANGELES Efstratios “Elias” Argyropoulos, of Montecito, plead guilty today to one felony count of wire fraud for defrauding investors by making false promises to use their money purchase shares of Facebook…
Man Allegedly Stole 200 Identities to Collect $600,000 in Unemployment Checks
SANTA ANA, California A Yorba Linda man who allegedly used more than 200 stolen identities to fraudulently collect nearly $600,000 in unemployment insurance benefits from the California Employment Development Department was charged…
Darknet Fentanyl Dealer Indicted In Nationwide Operation Targeting Vendors
TEXAS Federal officials announced this week that a grand jury indicted a darknet drug dealer who allegedly leveraged Bitcoin’s apparent anonymity to sell fentanyl online. The charges against him are the result…
Two Men Charged with Federal Hate Crimes Along with Kidnapping, Carjacking
TEXAS A federal grand jury Wednesday charged Daniel Jenkins, 20, and Daryl Henry, 22, with conspiracy to commit hate crimes, kidnapping, and carjacking, officials announced Thursday. Additionally, Mr. Jenkins was charged with…
Six Linked to Major Drug Trafficking Charged with Federal Crimes
LOS ANGELES Federal authorities this week arrested six defendants named in a federal indictment that alleges a large-scale, Mexico-based narcotics trafficking operation smuggled hundreds of pounds of narcotics into the U.S., according…
JUST SAYING: Cornyn Feeling the Heat; Trump’s Trip; Will’s Debacle; Mexican Avocados; What the F*ck Did Mr. Mueller Say? Translation Here
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] CORNYN ALTRUISTIC HEART States along the border, especially Texas, would take the brunt of the Trump tax, cleverly disguised as a tariff, on the American consumer. The NYT…
Read the Entire Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III Statement on Investigation
WASHINGTON D.C Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Two years ago, the Acting Attorney General asked me to serve as Special Counsel, and he created the Special Counsel’s Office. The appointment order directed the…
76-Year-Old Man Guilty for His Role in $7 Million Telemarketing Scheme
OHIO A federal jury found a 76-year-old man guilty Wednesday for his role in a seven-million-dollar telemarketing scheme that defrauded primarily elderly victims in the U.S. from call centers in Costa Rica,…
“Cowboy Gun Bandits” Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison
LOS ANGELES Two men dubbed the “Cowboy Gun Bandits” by the FBI for using a large-caliber revolver during a series of robberies that targeted gas station convenience stores and a bank have…
ABA: Lawyer Shortage Might Result in Some Areas Licensing Legal Technicians
BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL MAY 28, 2019, 7:00 AM The New Mexico Supreme Court has appointed a work group to consider whether the state should allow licensed legal…
Just Saying: Facebook and the Dream Merchants
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] FACEBOOK IN THE LAND OF STUPID Facebook is a boil on the world’s a**. However, let’s face it, we incessantly post on Facebook. We share, shock and…