Recent Posts in U.S. District Court Category
Posted on May 13, 2012 By admin
A San Marino, California businessman was sentenced to over 10 years in federal prison for operating a scheme to defraud banks, where he used straw borrowers with fake documents to obtain about $9 ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2012 By admin
Kinde Durkee, who used to be a campaign treasurer for Democratic candidates in California, pleaded guilty to five counts of mail fraud after an FBI investigation found she pilfered more than $7 ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2012 By admin
The girlfriend of mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger has agreed to plead guilty to various federal crime charges related to helping him avoid capture for 16 years. Catherine Greig will plead ...
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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 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 Dec 19, 2011 By admin
In San Francisco, California, A federal judge sentenced baseball star Barry Bonds to probation, 30 days confinement in his Beverly Hills home and community service, but placed the sentence on hold ...
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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 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 Apr 25, 2011 By admin
Ronald Hannah and Alison Hannah, of Fallbrook, California, pled guilty to bankruptcy fraud related charges in United States District Court in San Diego. According to their own admissions, in March ...
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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 28, 2011 By admin
A Canadian woman convicted of mail fraud targeting elderly victims is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles, California. Carrie Elizabeth Hope, from the Canadian province of ...
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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 Mar 9, 2011 By admin
A Rancho Cucamonga, California furniture company owner was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for hiring illegal immigrants. Rick Vartanian was convicted of obstruction of justice and employing ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2011 By admin
A Special Agent in Charge of the FBI San Diego Field Office, announced the filing of federal bank robbery charges against Adan Montiel, of Calexico, California. A federal complaint was filed with the ...
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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 28, 2011 By admin
In San Jose, California, Zachary Snead was sentenced to seven years in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release for his role in distributing child pornography online. He was indicted by a ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2011 By admin
Five people involved in one of Israel’s most powerful organized crime families appeared in federal court in Los Angeles to face drug trafficking and racketeering charges. Itzhak and Meir Abergil, and ...
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Posted on Jan 6, 2011 By admin
A United States attorney announced that brothers Matthew La Madrid and Lance La Madrid pled guilty in federal court to conspiracy and mail fraud charges in connection with their operation of the Plus ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2010 By admin
In Santa Ana, California, an Irvine man pleaded not guilty after surrendering to special agents with the FBI in an investment scheme case that allegedly involved losses totaling $2.4 million. Charles ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2010 By admin
Through the cooperation of several international government and law enforcement agencies, three children that were kidnapped by their father were recovered overseas and returned to the United States. ...
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