LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury indicted eight people for allegedly being involved in a scheme that submitted more than $50 million in fraudulent bills to the state of California for alcohol…
Former CEO Involved in One of the Largest Bank Fraud Schemes Sentenced to Prison
CALIFORNIA The former chief operating officer and chief credit officer of the United Commercial Bank was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight years for securities fraud that caused the failure of the…
L.A. Attorney Charged With Allegedly Stealing Millions of Dollars of Investment Money
LOS ANGELES Federal officials allege that Stephen Young Kang, 46, of Newport Beach, took several million dollars of investment money from clients and spent the money on personal expenses and luxury items. A…
Illinois Trailer Park Owners to Pay $75,000 for Discriminating Against Blacks (News Video)
ILLINOIS The owners of a trailer park agreed to pay $75,000 for discriminating against Blacks and families with children in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act, officials said. The settlement agreement,…
U.S. Citizen Extradited to Czech Republic to Face Charges for Quadruple Murder
VIRGINIA The federal government extradited U.S. citizen Kevin Dahlgren to the Czech Republic today to face murder charges in that country, according to authorities. Dahlgren, 23, formerly of Sacramento, California, is wanted for…
Russian Nuclear Energy Official Admits to Arranging $2 Million in Illegal Payments from U.S. Company
MARYLAND A Russian nuclear energy official residing in Maryland plead guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with his role in arranging over $2 million in illegal payments in…
Man Who Wanted to Detonate Bomb at Airport Sentenced to 20 Years (News Video)
KANSAS A federal judge sentenced a 60-year-old Kansas man who told an undercover federal employee that he was waiting for the “green light” from Allah to detonate a bomb at the airport…
Man Admits Sending Malicious Computer Code to Former Company’s Servers
NORTH CAROLINA An information technology manager admitted sending malicious computer code to former company’s servers in North Carolina, officials said. Nikhil Nilesh Shah, 33, of Union, New Jersey, plead guilty in federal…
Militia Members Who Wanted to Start a “Revolution” With Explosives Sentenced
GEORGIA A federal judge sentenced militia members —Brian Cannon, 37, Terry Peace, 47, and Cory Williamson, 29 — for planning to attack federal government targets with pipe bombs, according to officials. The…
“Sovereign Citizen” Sentenced to Prison for Wounding Two Cops During a Gun Battle
CALIFORNIA Nevada man sentenced Friday to nearly 30 years in prison for wounding two law enforcement officers during a gun battle, officials announced. U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Brent…
Santa Barbara Doctor “Candyman” Facing Up to 1,360 Years in Prison for Illegal Drug Prescriptions
CALIFORNIA A Santa Barbara-area physician who wrote numerous prescriptions for powerful painkillers, such as OxyContin, for “patients” – many of whom were drug addicts, and some of whom died from drug overdoses…
Peruvian Indicted for Attempted Extortion of Spanish-Speaking Consumers Through Call Centers
MIAMI A grand jury indicted a Lima, Peru resident on fraud and attempted extortion charges for allegedly operating call centers that lied to and threatened Spanish-speaking victims in the U.S., convincing them to pay…