LOS ANGELES A federal jury Monday found a long-time senior leader of the South Los Angeles-based East Coast Crips street gang guilty of federal criminal charges for conspiring to commit racketeering, officials…
Former Congressional Candidate and a Casino Executive Guilty of Political Contribution Schemes
Two Indiana men plead guilty Monday to federal crimes for their roles in paying and receiving secret political contributions through a middleman, federal officials stated. A former Indianapolis-based casino executive plead guilty…
Man Who Got $7 Million COVID-19 Relief Loan Used Money to Buy Luxury Cars
LOS ANGELES A Riverside County man who purported to own a pothole-repair company was found guilty by a federal jury Friday of theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the COVID-19…
Man Sold Fentanyl-Laced Counterfeit Pills That Caused Overdose Death
LOS ANGELES A Sylmar man plead guilty Friday to two drug trafficking offenses, saying he advertised the sale of drugs on Snapchat, according to federal officials. Gustavo Jaciel Solis admitted that…
Former Corrections Officer Guilty of Setting Up White Supremacist Assault on Black Inmates
A federal jury in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, convicted a former Kay County Oklahoma supervisory corrections officer of violating the civil rights of three pretrial inmates, according to officials. The jury convicted Matthew…
Hollywood Political Donor Sentenced to 30 Years for Providing Methamphetamine to two Victims Who Died of Fatal Overdoses
LOS ANGELES Edward Buck, a businessman and long-time figure of West Hollywood politics, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for providing fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men, The…
Russian Legislator and Two Others Allegedly Conspired to Influence U.S. Officials
NEW YORK Three Russian citizens are charged with allegedly violating U.S. sanctions and conspiring to commit visa fraud, federal officials announced Thursday. According to court documents, beginning in or around January 2012…
Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for $6.5 Million Medicare/Medicaid Fraud
A New York woman was sentenced Wednesday to six years and six months in prison for defrauding health care programs, including more than $6.5 million from Medicare Part D plans and Medicaid…
Former Jail Captain Admits to Brutally Beating Inmate, Breaking his Jaw
KENTUCKY Gregory Evans, 50, a former Captain with the Madison County Detention Center, in Richmond, Kentucky, plead guilty Wednesday to brutally beating an inmate, federal officials stated. According to the evidence, Evans…
Florida Bookkeeper Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Operating Sexually Exploitive “Child Modeling” Websites
WASHINGTON POST A Florida woman was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for her involvement in a subscription-based sexually exploitative “child modeling” websites, officials stated. The court…
Former Train Engineer Sentenced to Three Years for Derailing Locomotive
LOS ANGELES A former train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was sentenced Wednesday to 36 months in federal prison for intentionally running a locomotive at full speed off the end…
Department of Justice to Reform Springfield Police Department’s Use of Force
WASHINGTON D.C. The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts want police for the City of Springfield, Massachusetts to reform the officer’s use…