Recent Posts in Federal Indictment Category
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By admin
Local police and federal agents arrested more than 100 suspected gang members throughout San Diego County as part of an investigation into racketeering , firearms trafficking and drug distribution ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By admin
In San Diego, California, former drug kingpin Benjamin Felix pleaded guilty to federal racketeering and money-laundering conspiracy charges. This marks the end of a decade-old case that targeted ...
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Posted on Jan 1, 2012 By admin
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted six foreign nationals for running an elaborate money laundering scheme that scammed hundreds of customers out of more than $4 million in fake Internet ...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2011 By admin
A United States Attorney announced that Jose Alberto Marquez was sentenced to life in prison, based on his federal jury trial conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By admin
In Los Angeles, California, a West Covina woman who admitted running an investment ponzi scheme that took in almost $7 million from about 150 victims has been sentenced to 108 months in federal ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By admin
In Los Angeles, California, in the second phase of Operation Supernova, an investigation into Ventura County’s largest street gang, three gang members have been arrested on federal drug ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By admin
A federal indictment in Los Angeles has charged 14 people that includes an 88-year-old doctor and two operators of a Los Angeles clinic, with running an illegal insurance fraud scheme to obtain and ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By admin
A federal judge sentenced a drug-dealing doctor, Al Bussam, who was once California's top prescriber of narcotic painkillers and other abused prescription drugs to seven years in a federal prison. ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By admin
The San Diego FBI office announced the arrest of 26 people with ties to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Over 250 police and federal agents from San Diego County participated in the arrest. They were ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By admin
A Compton, California man bound for Japan has been charged with federal drug trafficking after Transportation Security Administration officials at Los Angeles LAX Airport discovered almost 5 pounds of ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By admin
A Hollywood producer and businessman pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to federal charges of stock fraud and bilking an investor. Drew Levin, of Pacific Palisades, conspired to inflate the revenue and ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By admin
Matthew La Madrid was sentenced to serve a federal prison term in connection with his operation of the Plus Money Premium Return Funds and related real estate investment and mortgage fraud schemes. He ...
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Posted on Jul 25, 2011 By admin
In Los Angeles, California, a federal grand jury indicted an officer with the Transportation Security Administration on theft charges associated with watches and a pre-paid debit card that were stolen ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2011 By admin
In Los Angeles, California, three men with ties to street gangs in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties were sentenced to federal prison ranging from a 10 to 15 years after pleading guilty to federal ...
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Posted on Jun 16, 2011 By admin
In Sacramento, California, a federal grand jury returned two indictments charging two men with illegal possession of firearms, firearms trafficking, and drug trafficking . Michael Hernandez, of ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2011 By admin
Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra was once considered baseball's most improbable post-career success story because of his financial success after retiring from Major League Baseball. But ...
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Posted on May 23, 2011 By admin
A Simi Valley, California man who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in Los Angeles was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison. Lee Michael Robertson was indicted by a federal grand ...
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Posted on May 9, 2011 By admin
In Santa Maria, California, federal agents arrested 11 individuals following a investigation into the drug trafficking network of two Central Coast street gangs. Federal agents assigned to the task ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2011 By admin
A Downey man and a Hacienda Heights, California man were charged in federal court in Rhode Island for smuggling 65 kilos of cocaine, valued at over $6 million, from California for a Mexican drug ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2011 By admin
In Los Angeles, California, a Beverly Hills man has been indicted on federal fraud and money laundering charges for running an investment scheme that collected more than $9.5 million from victims who ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2011 By admin
The chief executive officer of National Lampoon Inc., the comedy company that brought you "Animal House" and the "Vacation" movie franchise, was arrested in West Hollywood, California for an alleged ...
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Posted on Feb 18, 2011 By admin
In a nationwide crackdown on Medicare fraud , six individuals in Los Angeles were arrested on charges of submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare, most of which were for electric wheelchairs that were ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2011 By admin
Dozens of members of Los Angeles' 38th Street gang were arrested under a federal racketeering indictment saying they are responsible for numerous murders and drug trafficking , as well as ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2011 By admin
In Fresno, California, a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments charging Ricky Lee Allen and Demond James Hayden, both from Bakersfield, California, with being felons in possession of a ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2011 By admin
In San Jose, California, a federal jury convicted a man on two counts of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. The jury found that Max Budziak illegally ...
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