LOS ANGELES – A Northern California man who operated the Internet’s best-known “revenge porn” website plead guilty Wednesday to federal computer hacking and identity theft charges for hiring another man to hack…
Defense: Cops Targeted Community Leader By Giving Him Five Tickets for Jaywalking During Protest Over Police Killings
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ VENTURA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, CALIF. – Community Activist Francisco Romero was the victim of “selective enforcement” when he was video-recorded by Oxnard police officers during a 2013 protest and later, mailed five…
City Official to Plead Guilty to Stealing $300,000 Within Two Years from Tax Coffers
PENNSYLVANIA – A city official is accused of stealing more than $300,000 from the tax coffers in 2008 and 2009, according to authorities. Melissa Ann Arnold, 46, of York was the Treasurer…
FBI: The Latest Cyber Security Threat is StealthGenie
SAN DIEGO – The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center recently received reports related to the fraudulent advertisement and selling of StealthGenie, a mobile device spyware application that is alleged to illegally intercept…
Alabama Cop Pleads Guilty to Trying to Fix Cocaine Trafficking Charges
BIRMINGHAM—A Huntsville police officer plead guilty Tuesday in federal court to taking part in a conspiracy to fix cocaine trafficking charges against an individual arrested by another Huntsville officer, according to federal…
L.A.Executive Arrested in Connection with Alleged $9 Million Bank Fraud
WASHINGTON – A Los Angeles-area executive was arrested Tuesday in connection with a $9 million scheme to defraud United Commercial Bank and East West Bank, officials announced. Chung Yu “Louis” Yeung, 37,…
OTHER VOICES — FBI: A Ponzi Scheme Collapses
FBI NEWS BLOG: Nearly a dozen fraudsters who conspired to operate a $40 million Ponzi scheme will be spending plenty of time behind bars after a joint effort by the FBI,…
Two Sentenced to 25-Years Each for Helping Terrorists Plot to Kill Americans in Afghanistan
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. – Two men were each sentenced Monday to 25 years in federal prison for helping to plot with al Qaeda and the Taliban to kill Americans, officials said. U.S. District…
Bookkeeper Used Boss’ Signature Stamp to Steal $3.4 Million From Business
SANTA ANA, CALIF. – A Huntington Beach woman was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for embezzling nearly $3.5 million from her former employer, a warehouse and trucking-services company, officials…
Smugglers Sentenced for Leaving Pregnant Woman to Die in Mountain Wilderness
SAN DIEGO – Two smugglers who left a pregnant woman to die in the rugged Otay Mountain wilderness during an ill-fated border-crossing attempt were sentenced in federal court last week. The woman’s husband…
Man Who sold Heroin and Guns Near a School Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
SEATTLE – A federal judge on Friday sentenced a man who sold guns and heroin from the basement apartment of a home in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood in Seattle to six years in…
Women Who Ran $1.4 Million Real Estate Con Sentenced to Prison
SANTA ANA, CALIF. – A Seal Beach woman was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in federal prison for operating a $1.4 million con that bilked clients who paid money in response…