LOS ANGELES A Koreatown man was arrested on federal charges alleging he worked with a Hollywood woman who ran a drug-delivery operation, officials stated. In one incident, they sold counterfeit oxycodone pills…
Just Saying: Russian Funerals for Dead Soldiers; Field of Russian Tanks; Ukrainians Take Back Town; Russians Appear to Use Grenades Against Ukraine Protestors; Ukrainians Claim to Recapture Key Town; Man Learns of Wife and Children’s Deaths; Russian News Reporter Speaks Out; Latest Ukraine News — Wally the Sniper is in Ukraine; Ex-Russian Officials Says Putin Could be Tossed Out of Office
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Former Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko who is the mayor of Kyiv pulls no punches on the Russians and Putin. Women and…
BitConnect Founder Indicted in Global $2.4 Billion Cryptocurrency Scheme
SAN DIEGO A federal grand jury in San Diego returned an indictment this week charging the founder of BitConnect with orchestrating a global Ponzi scheme, according to officials. BitConnect is an alleged…
Man Charged for Allegedly Getting More Than $5 Million in COVID-Relief Loans
LOS ANGELES An Orange County man who fled after authorities searched his residence on Wednesday is in federal custody, according to authorities. Reddy Raghav Budamala…
Ten Indicted for $67 Million Health Care Fraud, Kickback, Money Laundering
WASHINGTON Ten Florida residents were charged in an indictment unsealed Friday in Florida for their alleged roles in a $67 million health care fraud, wire fraud, kickback, and money laundering scheme, officials…
Former Prison Chaplain Who Sexually Assaulted Female Inmate is Facing Up to 39 Years in Prison
CALIFORNIA James Theodore Highhouse, 49, a former chaplain with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) pleaded guilty this week in federal court in California to five felonies for sexually abusing a female…
Three Former Minneapolis Police Officers Convicted for Civil Rights Violations for the Death of George Floyd
St. Paul, Minnesota Following a trial that lasted nearly five weeks, a federal jury found three former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers guilty of federal civil rights offenses arising out of the…
Man Charged with Enticing Girls to Send Him Images Depicting Masochistic Acts
LOS ANGELES A former Redondo Beach resident on Wednesday is being held without bond on federal child sexual exploitation charges, federal officials stated. He targeted girls on the internet and enticed them…
Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sexually Abusing 20 Young Victims, Including Infants
LOS ANGELES A Hawthorne man was sentenced Friday to life without parole in federal prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, officials stated. He also created child sexual abuse material (CSAM)…
Border Patrol Continues to Disrupt Migrant Smuggling Attempts, Arresting 40 People
EDINBURG, Texas – (PRESS RELEASE) Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted seven migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 40 arrests. On Feb. 17 in the early morning, Texas Department of…
Oregon State Employee Indicted for Sexual Misconduct and Kidnapping Disabled Woman
A federal grand jury in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment Friday charging an Oregon Department of Human Services employee with kidnapping a woman with significant disabilities in his care, driving her to…
Man Charged with Torture of Iraqi in 2015, Facing up to 705 Years in Prison
PENNSYLVANIA A Pennsylvania man was arrested yesterday on charges alleging that he tortured a victim in the Kurdistan region of Iraq in 2015, according to officials. A superseding indictment returned Tuesday in…