TENNESSEE First Tennessee Bank N.A. agreed to pay $212.5 million for underwriting bad mortgage loans that were insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal…
Two Admit Scamming Consumers Through Phony Debt Relief Services
CALIFORNIA Two people Athena Maldonado, 30, and Christopher Harati, 31, both of Orange County, California, plead guilty Monday to duping consumers by portraying debt relief companies as law firms and attorney-based companies that…
Got Fear? Take a Test and Find Out – Top 100 Phobia List
Not sure if you have an anxiety disorder? Take this test and find out now. Top 100 Phobia List These are the top 100 phobias in the world, with the most common ones…
Chinese Immigrant Involved in “Black Market” Forfeits Money and Loses U.S. Citizenship
LOS ANGELES The owner of a Fashion District import-export business plead guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from an investigation into “Black Market Peso Exchange” schemes that are used by international…
Sex Offender Who Babysat for Neighborhood Children Guilty of Child Molestation
WASHINGTON A child sex offender who was convicted of child pornography in Florida moved to Tacoma, Washington, and started volunteering to babysit neighborhood children there, according to officials. Friday, Caleb Dean…
Woman Allegedly Stole Elderly Victims’ IDs to Get $500,000 in Unemployment Payments
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. A federal grand jury indicted a woman who stole identities of elderly victims to defraud California’s unemployment insurance program out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, officials said…
24-Year-old Man Sentenced to 15 Years in “Sextortion” Child Pornography Case
LOS ANGELES A federal judge today sentenced Jeremy Brenden Sears, Moorpark, California, to 15 years in prison for producing child pornography in “extortion” case, officials said. Sears used social networking websites to trick,…
Follow the Money In Oxnard – Millions of CalGrip Dollars Gone?
(Other Voices is an opinion column that provides a criminal justice forum where different viewpoints can be expressed by people from all political, socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.) By: Armando Vazquez Guest…
Woman Who Recruited Teens for Sex Trafficking Sentenced to 24 Years
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. A federal judge sentenced 25-year-old Shanntaye Ebony Hicks, of Sacramento, to 24 years and four months in prison for two counts of transportation of a minor with intent to…
Lawyer Indicted for Evading Taxes on Income He Got 10 Years Ago
CHICAGO A federal grand jury indicted a Chicago lawyer for dodging taxes on income he received two decades ago, including income he got from a lawsuit against tobacco companies, authorities stated…
Fed Program Making It Harder to Hide Money in Swiss Banks – “There is no safe haven”
WASHINGTON D.C. Tax dodgers or criminals trying to hide drug profits in Swiss banks will find it more difficult to do so, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. Swiss Banks are self-reporting…
Former Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives Indicted on Bank-Related Charges
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS The former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was charged with structuring cash withdraws to evade the bank requirement that transactions of more than $10,000 must be reported under…