Los Angeles County PetSmart LLC has been ordered to pay $1.46 million to settle a lawsuit that alleges the company overcharged customers for items it listed in advertisements, officials announced Thursday. “Charging…
Former Calif. Resident Guilty of Fleecing Investors Out of $3 Million With Promises of Discounted Pre-IPO Shares os Alibaba
LOS ANGELES A former Malibu resident who defrauded several individuals out of more than $3 million with bogus claims he had access to stock shares of Alibaba This was done before its…
Michigan White Supremacist Allegedly Conspired with Others to Deface a Jewish Synagogue
A Michigan man was indicted for conspiring with others and allegedly defacing Temple Jacob – a Jewish synagogue in Hancock, Michigan, federal officials announced this week. According to the court documents, Nathan…
Brothers Guilty of Illegally Getting Over $340,000 in Federal Tax Refunds
LOS ANGELES Two San Fernando Valley brothers have been found guilty by a jury of nearly a dozen felonies for fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal income tax refunds,…
Three Healthcare Providers and Others Agree to Pay $68 Million for Alleged False Claims to Medi-Cal
LOS ANGELES A county-organized health system (COHS) that arranges services for Medi-Cal enrollees in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and three Central Coast health care providers have agreed to pay…
Four Mexicans Arrested for Roles in Tractor-Trailer Smuggling That Resulted in 53 Dead and 11 Injured
Four Mexican nationals were arrested Tuesday in San Antonio, Houston, and Marshall, Texas, for their alleged roles in a tractor-trailer smuggling incident that resulted in 53 deceased and 11 injured undocumented individuals…
Georgia Woman Who Threw Molotov Cocktail Inside Bank Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES According to federal officials, a South Bay woman was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months in federal prison for throwing a Molotov cocktail inside a bank in Torrance after having a…
Calif. Woman Guilty of $24 Million Medicare Scam for Unnecessary Equipment
LOS ANGELES A South Bay woman was found guilty Tuesday of nearly two dozen felonies for fraudulently billing Medicare more than $24 million, according to federal officials. She did this by submitting…
Just Saying: The Trifecta of Corruption — Clarence Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch — Green Light Jim Crow Law
Supreme Court Rejects Radical Independent State Legislature Theory — Huffington Post The court rejected the argument that only state legislatures have a say on redistricting and election laws. ********************************** JUST SAYING BY…
Idaho Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Defrauding Department of Veterans Affairs Out of Nearly $105 Million
An Idaho man was sentenced today to five years in prison for his role in defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefit program in the department’s largest…
Feds: Illinois Pharmacist Stole and Sold COVID-19 Vaccination Cards
Officials announced Monday that a federal jury in Chicago convicted an Illinois pharmacist on Friday for stealing and selling COVID-19 vaccination cards. According to court evidence presented at trial, pharmacist Tangtang Zhao,…
Family Drug Trafficking Bust Leads to 11 Arrests, Enough Fentanyl to Kill 100,000 People
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd gives an update after 11 people were arrested in what he calls a family drug trafficking operation in which deputies seized enough fentanyl to kill 100,000 people….