WASHINGTON D.C. – The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it reached an agreement with United Continental Holdings Inc. resolving a claim that divisions of the company previously operating as Continental Airlines discriminated…
Six Current and Former LA Sheriff’s Deputies Get Prison Time for Obstructing Civil Rights Investigation
LOS ANGELES – Six deputies who were working in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department each were sentenced Tuesday to federal prison terms for interfering with a federal civil rights investigation into misconduct at…
Fugitive and Head of Bogus Internet Co. Pleads Guilty to $13 Million “YES” Entertainment Scam
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – A former Newport Beach resident who fled the country 15 years ago after federal agents executed search warrants relating to his fraudulent Internet company plead guilty Monday to…
TSA Screener Gets Nearly Seven Years for Conspiring to Smuggle Drugs Via LA Airport
LOS ANGELES – A former screener with the Transportation Security Administration who conspired to smuggle narcotics through screening checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced Monday to nearly seven years in…
Irvine Man Sold Stolen Hospital Supplies Over the Internet and Made $1.8 Million in Profits
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – An Irvine man was sentenced Monday to serve 15 months in federal prison for selling stolen hospital supplies from UC Irvine Medical Center and other medical facilities over…
Former Owner of Medical Supply Company Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud
LOS ANGELES – The former owner of a Long Beach medical supply company was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution for his…
Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Firebombing Witness’s Family That Killed Six
PENNSYLVANIA – A Philadelphia man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for his role in the Oct. 9, 2004, retaliatory firebombing that killed six members of a federal witness’s family, including…
Traveling Vice Lords Chicago Gang Leader Sentenced to 35 Years for Drug Trafficking
CHICAGO―A high-ranking leader of the Traveling Vice Lords street gang who directed a violent west side drug-trafficking conspiracy was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in federal prison after a judge ruled that…
Mastermind of a $7 Million Medicare Fraud Convicted of Bogus Billing
LOS ANGELES – A woman who was responsible for more than $7 million in fraudulent Medicare billing for durable medical equipment – mostly power wheelchairs – was found guilty Friday of 16…
Alleged Cop Killer Added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List
PENNSYLVANIA – The alleged shooter of two Pennsylvania State Police troopers has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Eric Matthew Frein, a 31-year-old white male with ties to…
Campaign Manager Charged With Buying Votes in School Board Election
TEXAS – A campaign manager was arrested Thursday and accused of paying voters to vote in the November 2012 school board election in Donna, Texas. The four-count indictment charges Francisco “Frankie” Garcia, 47,…
Four Arrested for “Skimming” Information from 100,000 Credit Cards Totaling $2 Million
LOS ANGELES – Four men were arrested Thursday on federal charges related to alleged schemes involving the use of “skimming devices” to steal credit card data and using that data to manufacture…