The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), in collaboration with federal, state, and local agencies across seven federal districts, led a six-week national operation that located 200 critically missing children, including endangered runaways and…
Three Former Executives Sentenced for Roles in $1 Billion Fraud Scheme
Three former executives of Outcome Health, a Chicago-based health technology startup, were sentenced for their roles in a $1 billion fraud scheme targeting the company’s clients, lenders, and investors. Rishi Shah, 38,…
Legal Notebook: Reasonable Articulable Suspicion to Detain a Suspect
Reasonable Articulable Suspicion: An Overview Reasonable articulable suspicion is a key legal standard that allows police officers to temporarily detain a suspect if they have specific reasons to believe a crime has…
Former Corrections Officer Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Injuring Inmate
A former Washington D.C. Corrections Officer, Marcus Bias, 28, was sentenced Friday to 42 months in prison for injuring a handcuffed inmate, officials stated. Bias pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation…
Man Sentenced to Over 28 Years in Prison for Leading a Crew That Committed Armed Robberies
LOS ANGELES A Long Beach man received a 28-year and three-month federal prison sentence on Friday for leading a crew responsible for several armed robberies in the Antelope Valley, amassing hundreds of…
Former Soldier Guilty of Posting Youtube Video Threatening Lives of Soldiers at Fort Irwin Army Base
RIVERSIDE, California A Northern California man and former soldier pleaded guilty Friday to a federal criminal charge for posting online videos of himself threatening to kill multiple military personnel at the Fort…
Man Who Trafficked Pounds of Fentanyl and Cocaine Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A Hemet man was sentenced Friday to 19 years in federal prison for knowingly mailing pound quantities of fentanyl and marijuana, possessing more than four pounds of fentanyl and more…
California Man Guilty of Sending Bomb Threat to Security Guard at Bank
LOS ANGELES A San Gabriel Valley man pleaded guilty Friday to sending a bomb threat to a security guard in El Monte last year, federal officials stated. Nearly two weeks later, he…
Men Charged for Allegedly Using Instagram to Sell Firearms, Including “Ghost Guns”
LOS ANGELES A Nevada man was arraigned Thursday on a federal grand jury indictment charging him and three other defendants – two of them from Los Angeles County – with using Instagram…
Six-Time Convicted Felon Who Shot Two People Outside Bar Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A San Bernardino County man and six-time convicted felon who shot two people outside a San Bernardino sports bar was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison for illegally…
California Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Selling Large Quantities of Fentanyl Pills
LAS VEGAS A California man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for conspiring with others to distribute hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills throughout the United States, officials stated. According…
Pharmacist Charged for Allegedly Submitting Over $300 Million in Fraudulent Claims to Medi-Cal
LOS ANGELES The Justice Department announced Thursday that a Riverside County pharmacist is being charged for allegedly using his Montclair pharmacy to submit more than $300 million in fraudulent Medi-Cal claims. The…