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    July 3 Back to TopLatest Release FRENCH COUPLE CHARGED IN FRAUD CASE FOR SELLING BOGUS ‘GREEN CARDS’ TO VICTIMS IN FRANCE
       
    July 2 FORMER BOEING ENGINEER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAKING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FROM WORK TO HIS HOME
       
    June 27 Back to TopBack to Top  ISRAELI BANKER PLEADS GUILTY IN SOPHISTICATED TAX FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME LINKED TO SPINKA SECT
       
    June 27 FOUR INDICTED IN $4 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE
       
    June 27 WYOMING MAN CHARGED WITH INFECTING THOUSANDS OF COMPUTERS WITH ‘TROJAN’ THAT HE USED TO COMMIT FRAUD
       
    June 26 ATTORNEY WORKING FOR IMMIGRATION AGENCY ARRESTED FOR TAKING BRIBES FROM IMMIGRANTS SEEKING STATUS IN U.S.
       
    June 24 FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT TARGETS MEMBERS OF VIOLENT DREW STREET GANG IN NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES
       
    June 24 INTERDENT AND DEDICATED DENTAL PAY MORE THAN $375,000 TO SETTLE CIVIL ALLEGATIONS OF DEFRAUDING MEDI-CAL PROGRAM
       
    June 23 BROADCOM CO-FOUNDER PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENT TO THE SEC IN BACKDATING INVESTIGATION
       
    June 23 MAN INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC TERRORISM PLOT TARGETING MILITARY AND JEWISH FACILITIES SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS
       
    June 19 SPAIN EXTRADITES MAN UNDER INDICTMENT IN $12 MILLION INVESTMENT SCHEME HE ORCHESTRATED IN 1990s
       
    June 16 MILBERG LAW FIRM ADMITS ROLE IN FOUR-DECADE-LONG SECRET KICKBACK SCHEME IN CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS
       
    June 12 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAN SURRENDERS IN FEDERAL FRAUD CASE ALLEGING $6 MILLION IN LOSSES TO VICTIMS ACROSS U.S.
       
    June 11 EX-FINANCE DIRECTOR OF SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PLEADS GUILTY IN $1.7 MILLION EMBEZZLEMENT
       
    June 6 SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WOMAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES FOR DEFRAUDING MEDICARE OUT OF $12 MILLION
       
    June 6 FOUR NAMED IN FEDERAL INDICTMENT THAT ALLEGES FILIPINO WORKERS WERE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
       
    June 5 FORMER BROADCOM CEO HENRY NICHOLAS AND FORMER CFO INDICTED IN MASSIVE STOCK-OPTIONS BACKDATING CASE
       
    June 4 NEWPORT BEACH MAN WHO RAN PONZI SCHEME THAT COST VICTIMS NEARLY $4.2 MILLION GETS 6½-YEAR PRISON TERM
       
    June 3 BORDER OFFICER INDICTED FOR ALLOWING ILLEGAL ALIENS AND MARIJUANA TO BE SMUGGLED INTO UNITED STATES
       
    June 2 MELVYN WEISS, CO-FOUNDER OF MILBERG WEISS LAW FIRM, SENTENCED TO 2½ YEARS IN PRISON FOR RACKETEERING
       
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    EX-MARINE GUILTY OF USING DRUGS AND FORCE TO HAVE SEX WITH YOUNG GIRLS IN CAMBODIA
       
    May 29 FBI AGENT ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE CRIMINAL CASE OF MAN MARRIED TO HIS MISTRESS
       
    May 29 FORMER BELL POLICEMAN ARRESTED IN FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CASE FOR ALLEGEDLY FORCING WOMAN TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM
       
    May 27 MAN INDICTED FOR USING SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES TO MEET MINORS, HAVE SEX AND TAKE PORNOGRAPHIC PICTURES
       
    May 27 THREE INDICTED IN RELATION TO SIX LOS ANGELES-AREA MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES, INCLUDING ONE THAT SOLD DRUG TO MAN WHO CRASHED INTO C.H.P. OFFICER WHILE INTOXICATED
       
    May 20 HAWTHORNE MAN SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING 17 MILLION DOSES OF PCP
       
    May 20 TELEMARKETER WHO PITCHED BOGUS INVESTMENTS TO ELDERLY VICTIMS SENTENCED TO 12½ YEARS IN PRISON
       
    May 19 FORMER LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER WILLIAM FERGUSON SENTENCED TO 102 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PARTICIPATING IN ROBBERY RING THAT VIOLATED CIVIL RIGHTS OF DOZENS
       
    May 19 33 INDIVIDUALS IN U.S. AND ROMANIA INDICTED IN FEDERAL RICO CASE THAT ALLEGES WIDESPREAD COMPUTER FRAUD
       
    May 16 FORMER U.S. FOREST SERVICE ACCOUNT CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING MORE THAN $1.4 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT MONEY
       
    May 15 ANTHONY PELLICANO, TWO OTHERS CONVICTED OF FEDERAL RACKETEERING CHARGES
       
    May 15 MISSOURI WOMAN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF USING MYSPACE TO ‘CYBER-BULLY’ 13-YEAR-OLD WHO LATER COMMITTED SUICIDE
       
    May 14 SEC AND U.S. ATTORNEY CHARGE PROMOTERS OF MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR REAL ESTATE SCHEME TARGETING AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
       
    May 13 EX-CHAIRMAN OF GEMSTAR-TV INDICTED FOR OBSTRUCTING SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION INVESTIGATION
       
    May 13 FIVE ARRESTED IN RELATION TO COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY RING THAT MAY HAVE PRODUCED $6 MILLION IN FAKE $100s AND $20s
       
    May 12 LOCKHEED MARTIN UNIT AGREES TO PAY $10.5 MILLION TO RESOLVE CIVIL ALLEGATIONS OF SUBMITTING FALSE INVOICES
       
    May 12 FORMER LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER RUBEN PALOMARES SENTENCED TO OVER 13 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ORGANIZING ROBBERY RING THAT VIOLATED CIVIL RIGHTS OF DOZENS
       
    May 12 ASIAN ANTIQUITIES EXPERT INDICTED FOR WIRE FRAUD
       
    May 7 THIRD INDICTED IN SECURITIES ‘PUMP-AND-DUMP’ SCHEME THAT CAUSED OVER $6 MILLION IN LOSSES TO INVESTORS
       
    May 5 EX-LONG BEACH POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO OVER 8 YEARS IN PRISON FOR INVOLVEMENT IN HOME-INVASION ROBBERIES
       
    May 2 ORANGE COUNTY MAN ARRESTED IN $25 MILLION PONZI THAT TARGETED CHRISTIAN INVESTORS
       
    May 1 IMMIGRATION OFFICER ARRESTED IN BRIBERY CASE
       
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    DOCTOR INDICTED ON FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES FOR WRITING OXYCONTIN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CASH
       
    April 29 NEVADA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSING AS HOLLYWOOD EXEC IN SCHEME EXECUTED WHILE ON BOND IN FEDERAL TAX CASE
       
    April 29 FORMER UCLA HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR SELLING INFORMATION FROM CELEBRITIES’ MEDICAL FILES TO MEDIA
       
    April 24 IRANIAN NATIVE CONVICTED OF VIOLATING TRADE EMBARGO, FAILING TO REPORT INCOME AND LYING TO AUTHORITIES
       
    April 22 NEW YORK MAN ARRESTED AFTER TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA AND GOING TO MEET ‘GIRL’ TO HAVE SEX
       
    April 21 ARIZONA COUPLE PLEAD GUILTY TO CHARGES OF DEFRAUDING DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN BY OBTAINING $2.5 MILLION FROM BOGUS CONTRACTS
       
    April 17 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NARCOTICS WITHOUT EXAMINING ‘PATIENTS’
       
    April 16 PRESIDENT OF CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION GROUP CONVICTED OF PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT
       
    April 16 INFORMATION SECURITY CONSULTANT PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL WIRETAPPING AND IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES
       
    April 15 FORMER IRS REVENUE AGENT CHARGED IN INVESTMENT SCAM THAT SOLD UNREGISTERED SECURITIES IN INTERNET COMPANIES
       
    April 14 U.S. JOINS ‘WHISTLEBLOWER’ CASE AGAINST BEVERLY HILLS-BASED RADIOLOGY CLINIC THAT ALLEGES FALSE CLAIMS TO MEDICARE AND FRAUDULENT REFERRALS
       
    April 14 VALLEY MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN $500,000 CREDIT LINE ON HOUSE HE WAS RENTING
       
    April 11 LONG BEACH MAN CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING HIGHLY ENDANGERED IGUANAS INTO U.S. IN HIS PROSTHETIC LEG
       
    April 8 OPERATOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS CHARGED IN MASSIVE STUDENT VISA FRAUD SCHEME
       
    April 8 ARCADIA MAN AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO OPERATING SCAM THAT TOOK AT LEAST $7.8 MILLION FROM VICTIMS
       
    April 7 TWO CHINESE RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO BRING EXPORT-CONTROLLED THERMAL-IMAGING CAMERAS TO P.R.C.
       
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    RESERVE NAVAL LIEUTENANT COMMANDER AND CHAPLAIN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF STEALING PAY AND ALLOWANCES
       
    March 27 ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY ANNOUNCES CHARGES AGAINST 13 “GRAPE STREET CRIPS” GANG MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES AND THE FORMATION OF AN ADDITIONAL SAFE STREETS TASK FORCE TO COMBAT GANG VIOLENCE
       
    March 24 FORMER C.E.O. OF ELECTRONICS FIRM SENTENCED TO 97 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON AND ORDERED TO PAY OVER $3 MILLION IN RESTITUTION FOR DEFRAUDING LENDING BANKS AND INVESTORS
       
    March 24 CHINESE AGENT SENTENCED TO OVER 24 YEARS IN PRISON FOR EXPORTING UNITED STATES DEFENSE ARTICLES TO CHINA
       
    March 20 TAX PREPARER GUILTY IN SEVERAL FRAUDULENT SCHEMES, INCLUDING IDENTITY THEFT, THAT LED TO MILLIONS IN LOSSES
       
    March 20 MELVYN WEISS, CO-FOUNDER OF MILBERG WEISS LAW FIRM, AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL RACKETEERING CHARGE
       
    March 19 HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER AND FORMER T.V. COMPANY CEO INDICTED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR STOCK FRAUD SCHEME
       
    March 18 PALM SPRINGS MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSING HUNDREDS OF IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
       
    March 18 FORMER NFL PLAYER AND CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL COACH ARRESTED ON FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD CHARGES
       
    March 13 SAN GABRIEL VALLEY GANG AND MEXICAN MAFIA MEMBER WHO RAN OPERATIONS ARRESTED ON FEDERAL NARCOTICS CHARGES
       
    March 13 TWELVE INDICTED IN RELATION TO HUMAN SMUGGLING RING THAT MOVED OVER 5,000 ILLEGAL ALIENS ACROSS U.S.
       
    March 10 TWO ATTORNEYS AT IMMIGRATION LAW FIRM SENTENCED FOR ROLES IN VISA FRAUD SCHEME
       
    March 3 INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO 10 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HACKING INTO HOTEL BUSINESS KIOSKS AND STEALING CREDIT CARD DATA
       
    March 3 OPERATION SECURE PASSPORT II LEADS TO FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST MORE THAN TWO DOZEN WHO USED FALSE IDENTITIES
       
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    FORMER ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR OF WRITERS GUILD FUND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY IN THEFT OF UNION FUNDS
       
    February 28 NEW JERSEY MAN WHO SERVED AS EXPERT WITNESS IN NUMEROUS CLASS ACTIONS AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO PERJURY FOR CONCEALING ARRANGEMENTS WITH LAW FIRMS
       
    February 25 FORMER HEDGE FUND MANAGER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN SECURITIES FRAUD CASE
       
    February 21 VENTURA COUNTY BODY SHOP OWNERS AMONG SIX ARRESTED IN ALIEN SMUGGLING CASE
       
    February 18 FEDERAL-LOCAL INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST OF LEADERS OF POMONA GANGS THAT WERE TRAFFICKING NARCOTICS 
       
    February 15 TRANSIENT CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CHARGES FOR STARTING ‘DAY FIRE’ THAT BURNED 162,000 ACRES IN NATIONAL FOREST 
       
    February 14 INLAND EMPIRE DOCTOR ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NARCOTICS WITHOUT EXAMINING ‘PATIENTS’
       
    February 14 FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE AIRPORT SECURITY SWEEP
       
    February 13 COOK SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO PRISON 
       
    February 11 YOUNG ‘BOTHERDER’ PLEADS GUILTY TO INFECTING MILITARY COMPUTERS AND FRAUDULENTLY INSTALLING ADWARE
       
    February 11 WILLIAM LERACH, FORMER NAME PARTNER IN MILBERG WEISS, SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE AND MAKE FALSE STATEMENTS TO FEDERAL JUDGES
       
    February 11 FORMER BOEING ENGINEER CHARGED WITH ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE IN THEFT OF SPACE SHUTTLE SECRETS FOR CHINA
       
    February 6 RUSSIAN WOMAN WHO ADVERTISED FOR SPOUSE ON CRAIGSLIST.ORG CONVICTED OF MARRIAGE FRAUD
       
    February 1 EX-OWNER OF SEVEN MARIJUANA STORES PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL DRUG-DISTRIBUTION, MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES
       
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    SISTERS INDICTED ON MONEY LAUNDERING, WIRE FRAUD CHARGES RELATED TO REAL ESTATE ‘FLIPPING’ SCHEME
       
    January 30 FORMER LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER AND FORMER LONG BEACH POLICE OFFICER FOUND GUILTY IN WIDE-RANGING CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS


    January 29 ORANGE COUNTY ATTORNEY AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING


    January 28 RIVERSIDE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAVELING TO SEXUALLY ABUSE A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY


    January 23 FORMER GUARD AT CHINO PRISON PLEADS GUILTY TO PERJURY FOR LYING TO GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING FELLOW OFFICER


    January 17 FILM EXECUTIVE AND SPOUSE INDICTED FOR PAYING BRIBES TO A THAI TOURISM OFFICIAL TO OBTAIN LUCRATIVE FILM FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS


    January 17 HUNTINGTON PARK POLICE OFFICER AND ONE OF HIS INFORMANTS ARRESTED ON FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES


    January 8 8 ARRESTED FOR OBTAINING LOW-INCOME HOUSING ASSISTANCE AFTER FAILING TO DISCLOSE FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME