SAN DIEGO A Los Angeles furniture business and its owner plead guilty Tuesday to smuggling endangered abalone and Totoaba that could be sold for millions of dollars in China, officials said. The…
Prison Employee Sentenced to a Year Behind Bars for Bribery
CONNECTICUT A federal judge sentenced a former Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury worker to a year and a day in prison for participating in a bribery scheme involving the release of an…
The Battle of Verdun is Considered the Greatest and Lengthiest in World History
The Battle of Verdun is considered the greatest and lengthiest in world history, according to a Verdun website. “This World War I siege stemmed from German General Erich von Falkenhayn’s edict to…
Boyfriend Turned In Girlfriend’s Cell Phone to Police, She Was Sentenced to 17 Years
HOUSTON The boyfriend of a 21-year-old woman was horrified by the images and messages he saw on her cell phone and took the phone to police who got a search warrant. In…
Silk Road Coupon Counterfeiter Pleads Guilty to Fraud Involving MoreThan 50 Businesses (Video)
LOUISIANA A leader of a coupon counterfeiting ring plead guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to sell counterfeit coupons using the “Silk Road” online marketplace, federal officials said. Beau Wattigney, 30,…
Fugitive Involved In a Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme Extradite to U.S.
NEW JERSEY Eighteen years after disappearing from his court trial, a fugitive was arrested in Greece and extradited to the U.S. to serve a 10-year-sentence for his involvement in an untaxed diesel…
Family Members Indicted for Multi-Million-Dollar Scheme Involving Export-Import Bank
FLORIDA Three family members concocted phony invoices for sales of merchandise that never occurred to swindle Export-Import Bank of the United States bank and commercial lenders, according to officials. Guillermo M. Sanchez, 60,…
Bankruptcy Filings Down But More Repeat Filers
There were less people who filed for bankruptcy in 2014 compared to 2013, according to officials. But more repeat bankruptcy filers. These bankruptcy statistics are included in a report required by the…
Dutch-Turkish National Extradited to U.S. to Face Terrorism Charges
WASHINGTON D.C. U.S. authorities extradited Irfan Demirtas, aka Nasrullah, 56, a dual Dutch-Turkish national who made his first court appearance on Monday. Demirtas was extradited to the U.S. to face federal charges…
L.A. County Housing Authority Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Racial Discrimination Case
LOS ANGELES Blacks with Section 8 housing vouchers were discouraged and excluded from living in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, which teamed with the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles…
Leader of Phony Medical Clinic Scam Who Defrauded Medicare Sentenced to 20 Years
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced the leader of a group linked to a phony Glendale medical clinic that defrauded Medicare and Medi-Cal was sentenced to 20 years in prison, officials said…
Feds: Cuban Deported To Ecuador for Sex Trafficking Cuban Women into Prostitution
GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a Cuban national who is linked to human trafficking Cuban women to Ecuador, ICE officials announced today ICE extradited Yoeldis Melian-Mastrapa, 29, to Ecuador. Melian-Mastrapa…