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May 2013

May 17, 2013

Salinas Man Charged With Child Sexual Abuse

San Francisco Man Indicted For Data Hosting Scheme

May 16, 2013

East Bay Home Building Company Sales Manager Pleads Guilty to Bribing Bank Loan Officer

Defendants Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Prison For Assault And Attempted Robbery Of Federal Agent At Gun Point

May 14, 2013

Brother and Sister Team Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison for Running a Fraudulent Document Ring

Defendant Sentenced To 15 Years For Distribution Of Child Pornography

May 13, 2013

Pittsburg Mother and Son Plead Guilty to Conspiring To File False Claims

Salinas Realtor Sentence to 14 Months Imprisonment for Tax Evasion

May 9, 2013

Man Claiming To Be Son Of The President Of The Congo Indicted For Defrauding Victims Out Of $1.6 Million

May 3, 2013

San Francisco Man Charged with Failing to File Tax Returns

Principals Of Bay Area Internet Services Company Sentenced For Mail Fraud And Money Laundering

April 2013

April 30, 2013

California Rural Indian Health Board Inc. Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit

April 29, 2013

Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Ship Methamphetamine And Cocaine To The Philippines In Redwood City

April 26, 2013

San Francisco Man Sentenced To 151 Months For LSD And Ecstasy Trafficking Offenses

Man Claiming To Be Son Of The President Of The Congo Charged With Defrauding Victims Out Of $1.6 Million

April 24, 2013

Antioch Woman Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison For Conspiring To File False Tax Returns

Executive Recruiter David Nosal Convicted of Computer Intrusion and Trade Secret Charges

Federal Murder Charges In San Jose Gang Shooting

Jury Convicts Bay Area Man Of Knowingly Receiving Stolen Property

April 23, 2013

Salinas Resident Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud

April 19, 2013

Man Charged with Unlawfully Using Others’ Identities to Steal More Than $250,000 in IRS Refunds

April 18, 2013

San Leandro Woman Pleads Guilty To Filing False Claims

Laguna Niguel Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Ebay

April 16, 2013

Former Investment Banker And His Associate Plead Guilty In San Francisco To Insider Trading Scheme

April 12, 2013

Ten Bay Area Residents Charged With Federal Passport Offenses

April 11, 2013

IRS Employee Pleads Guilty To Filing False Tax Return

April 5, 2013

Career Offender Sentenced To 13 Years For Trafficking Methamphetamine, Possession Of A Firearm

April 1, 2013

Managing Director of Walnut Creek Investment Company Arrested For Defrauding Lenders

Guadalajara Resident Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison for Smuggling Drugs Through SFO

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Defendants Indicted For Defrauding NASA And NSF

UPS Agrees To Forfeit $40 Million In Payments From Illicit Online Pharmacies For Shipping Services

Cupertino Businessman Charged With High-Tech Worker Visa Fraud

March 27, 2013

Nine Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances Over The Internet

March 26, 2013

Fremont Woman Charged In Million Dollar Fraud Scheme

San Francisco Resident Charged with Aggravated Identity Theft and False Claims

March 21, 2013

Former Bookkeeper Of East Bay Real Estate Investment Company Sentenced To Prison For Embezzlement And Tax Evasion Scheme

March 20, 2013

Federal Jury Convicts Vallejo Woman Of Bankruptcy And Mortgage Fraud Scheme

March 19, 2013

Former East Bay Resident Sentenced For His Role In Tax Refund Scam

San Anselmo Contractor Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

March 18, 2013

Former CalPERS CEO And Former Placement Agent Indicted For Conspiracy And Fraud

March 15, 2013

Convicted Felon Operating A Grow House And Illegally Possessing Firearms In San Leandro Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison

March 13, 2013

Berkeley Man Sentenced To Prison For Possessing A Destructive Device

March 8, 2013

San Diego Man Indicted For Fraudulently Obtaining Millions Of Dollars Of Cash And Equipment From Cisco

March 7, 2013

Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced To Fifteen Years In Prison

Saratoga Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

March 4, 2013

FBI Reunites Children with Mother After Eighteen Months in Captivity

March 1, 2013

Former CFO And Two Associates Given Prison Sentences For Multimillion Dollar Insider Trading Scheme

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Sell Over 4 Kilos Of Methamphetamine In Oakland

February 26, 2013

Chicago Man Convicted Of Multimillion Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme

Cynthia Suratos Lorica Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud and Tax Evasion

February 25, 2013

Former Silicon Valley Engineer Will See Prison After Conviction For Stealing Marvell Trade Secrets

February 22, 2013

Monterey County Strawberry Farm Owner Sentenced To 12 Months Imprisonment For Submitting Fraudlent Claims For Federal Disaster Relief

San Bernardino Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Methamphetamine

Defendant Sentenced In $1.8 Million Scheme To Defraud Kaiser Permanente

February 21, 2013

Montara Man Charged With Running Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme

February 20, 2013

Hayward Woman Pleads Guilty To Filing False Claims

February 19, 2013

San Francisco Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Possession Of Child Pornography

February 15, 2013

Co-Founders Of South San Francisco Company Plead Guilty To Taking Money From Their Employees’ Benefit Plans

February 14, 2013

Santa Rosa Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Money Laundering

February 12, 2013

Santa Cruz Woman Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud

Discovery Bay Resident Faces Class A Misdemeanor Charges For Failing To File Federal Tax Returns

February 8, 2013

Federal Agents Arrest Man After He Attempts To Bomb Bank In Oakland

February 6, 2013

Oxycodone Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years

February 5, 2013

Dublin Woman Charged With Filing False Claims With IRS

February 1, 2013

Paralegal Charged In Scheme To Defraud Bay Area Law Firm And Its Clients

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Portola Valley Man Pleads Guilty To Failure To Report Foreign Bank Accounts

Owner Of Japanese Restaurant Receives 33-Month Prison Sentence For Tax Crimes

January 30, 2013

Manager Of Commodities Fund Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy

January 29, 2013

Former President And Executive Director Of Vanguard Public Foundation Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison For Fraud And Money Laundering

January 24, 2013

Hayward Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud

Pittsburg Woman Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Filing Tax Returns Using Stolen Identities

Jury Convicts Mountain View Man Of Heroin Smuggling

January 23, 2013

Convicted Felons Operating Grow House In San Leandro, Illegally Possessing Firearms Sentenced To 72 Months And 87 Months In Prison

U.S. Attorney’S Office Reaches Settlement With Mills College Over Compliance With Americans With Disabilities Act

January 22, 2013

San Francisco International Airport Passenger Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Cocaine

January 18, 2013

Bay Area Nurse Sentenced To 27 Months In Prison For Misuse Of A Social Security Number, Bank Fraud And Tax Evasion

More Than 11 Pounds Of Methamphetamine Seized At San Francisco International Airport

January 16, 2013

Eureka Man Pleads Guilty To Intent To Distribute Heroin, Possession Of Firearms In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking

January 14, 2013

International Hedge Fund Founder Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Investment Fraud

January 10, 2013

San Francisco Man Sentenced To 135 Months In Prison For Transportation Of Child Pornography

Four Defendants Indicted For Committing A Home Invasion Robbery Dressed As Police Officers

Philadelphia Woman Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Paymate

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