A federal judge sentenced a former software company technician to two years and six months in prison for sending damaging computer code servers to his former employee’s servers that resulted in $5,000 in damages, according to officials.
Just Saying: The Hate Report, Four Young Men and Baumholder, Germany
When I first heard the story about the four young men, I had a hard time wrapping my head around it.
I was a 6th grader in Ms. Malecki’s class in Baumholder, Germany, and the story was mind boggling.
Why people were being denied the right to sit at any lunch counter in the United States of America?
Man Conned L.A. Churches into a Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme
A man who recruited churches into a $4.2 million mortgage scheme that defrauded Broadway Federal Bank has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison.
Woman Guilty of Lying to Banks Resulting in $660,000 in Losses to Mortgage Lenders
A federal jury found a woman guilty of lying to banks that funded mortgages for three properties that later went into default resulting in $660,000 in losses to the lenders, according to officials.
Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 33 Years in Prison, Others Get Lengthy Sentences
A federal judge sentenced the last defendant in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in North Texas for two years to 33 years in prison, according to officials.
FBI Arrest Two Chinese Goodyear Employees Who Allegedly Ripped Off the Tire Company
Two Chinese nationals — Xin Franco Fan, 40, and Rex Xu Yu, 41, — were arrested and charged Friday with receiving kickbacks in the purchase of rubber for Goodyear, according to officials.
Convenience Store Owner Who Exchanged Food Stamps for Cash Sentenced
A federal judge sentenced a man to four years and three months in prison for using his Decatur, Georgia, convenience store to run an illegal food stamp scheme, officials said.
Four Businesses and Two People Will Pay $3 Million for Dodging Customs Taxes
Three importers and their owners – Ameri-Source International Inc., Ameri-Source Specialty Products Inc., Ameri-Source Holdings Inc., Ajay Goel and Thomas Diener – and a related importer, SMC Machining LLC, incorporated agreed to pay $3 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by the federal government under the False Claims Act, according to officials.
Frontline: A Crime of Insanity – The Case of Ralph Tortorici
Contrary to popular belief, the insanity defense is used in fewer than 1 percent of all cases and only has about a 26 percent success rate. In 90 percent of the successful claims, the defendants had been previously diagnosed with mental illness, according to authorities
Feds: Two Executives Involved in Bid Rigging Supply of Water Treatment Chemicals
A federal grand jury indicted two water treatment chemicals executives for allegedly conspiring to eliminate the competition among suppliers of liquid aluminum sulfate to municipalities and pulp and paper companies in the U.S, according to officials.
Filipino Captain of Tanker Admits Dumping Bilge Waste Into the Ocean
A Filipino citizen and the captain of the tanker ship named T/V Green Sky plead guilty today to one felony count in federal court to obstructing a U.S. Coast Guard pollution investigation, according to officials.
Man Admits to Hacking 363 Apple E-Mail Accounts including Celebrity E-Mails
An Oregon man plead guilty to hacking and getting 448 usernames and passwords for about 363-e-mail accounts, including victims who were members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, according to officials.