LOS ANGELES A former elementary school teacher in the San Gabriel Valley allegedly received and possessed child sexual abuse material, officials stated Friday. Steven Pilar, 47, of Las Vegas, is charged in…
Restauranteur Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Getting More Than $4 Million of COVID Business-Relief Loans
SANTA ANA, California According to officials, a Culver City man and restauranteur who owns a hospitality company with restaurants and hotels in California, Tennessee, and Kentucky pleaded guilty on Thursday to fraudulently…
Three Owners of Notorious Prostitution Website Backpage.com Sentenced
A federal judge in Phoenix Wednesday sentenced the three owners of Backpage.com, a prostitution website, for offenses arising from their promotion of and associated money laundering, officials stated. The sentence for Michael…
Feds: Army Private Guilty of Producing Child Pornography Faces Up to 100 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A federal jury Wednesday found a former Army private based at Fort Irwin guilty of producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The pornography depicted a 14-year-old girl, using Snapchat to…
Man and Six Others Allegedly Stole $5 Million Through a “Crime Tourism Group.”
LOS ANGELES A 46-count indictment alleges that a man from Santa Clarita Valley facilitated a crime tourism group composed of South Americans and others, according to officials. Law enforcement arrested six defendants…
Founder/CEO of Injectable Stem Cell Product Pleads Guilty of Distributing Unapproved Drug
LOS ANGELES The founder and chief executive officer of a California-based company that marketed stem cell-based products linked to multiple hospitalizations has pleaded guilty to a felony violation of the Federal Food,…
Disbarred Lawyer Tom Girardi Guilty of Defrauding Clients of Tens of Millions of Dollars, Facing Up to 80 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A jury on Tuesday found disbarred plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyer Thomas Vincent Girardi guilty of orchestrating a years-long fraud scheme. Girardi embezzled tens of millions of dollars from his clients,…
Former Police Officer Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Stealing Cocaine from Lockup and Reselling it on the Street
SANTA ANA, California A former Inglewood Police Department (IPD) officer was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in federal prison for stealing cocaine from the IPD’s lockup and reselling it on the street,…
Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for $24 Million Ponzi Scheme, Involving 200 Investors
RIVERSIDE, California A Riverside County man was sentenced Monday to 15 years and eight months in federal prison for running a nearly 20-year Ponzi scheme The scheme fraudulently obtained more than $24…
Army Soldier Arrested for Allegedly Using AI to Generate Child Pornography
An Army soldier stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, was arrested last week on criminal charges related to his alleged possession of files depicting child sexual abuse Seth Herrera was…
JUST SAYING: Trump Belongs in an Insane Asylum, Not Debating Anyone
COLD FEET? Trump Lays Groundwork To Chicken Out Of Kamala Harris Debate The former president seems ready to bail as the vice president continues to rise in the polls. ******************** JUST SAYING…
DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme That Harms Millions of Renters Natioinwide
The Justice Department has taken decisive action, filing a civil antitrust lawsuit against RealPage Inc. for orchestrating an illegal scheme to stifle competition among landlords in apartment pricing and monopolize the market…