| December 2011 |
| 12-20-2011 |
State Corrections Technician Charged With Fraud....View Details |
| 12-19-2011 |
Judge Sentenced Man To Serve 360 Months in Federal Prison For Sex Trafficking of Children....View Details |
| 12-19-2011 |
Thanksgiving Day 2010 Tunnel Defendants Sentenced For Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana....View Details |
| 12-16-2011 |
Two Former Marines Sentenced For Armed Bank Robbery....View Details |
| 12-16-2011 |
Five Defendants Admit Stealing More Than $11 Million From Desperate Homeowners in Loan Modification Scam....View Details |
| 12-15-2011 |
Three Sentenced To 60 Months In Federal Prison For Firearms Violations
Relating to Attempted Purchase of “Grenade” Launcher Weapons
....View Details |
| 12-14-2011 |
Attorney General Holder Appoints Eight New U.S. Attorneys to Advisory Committee....View Details |
| 12-13-2011 |
Woman Sentenced to 95 Months In Prison Following Conviction as Leader in Alien-Smuggling Organization....View Details |
| 12-09-2011 |
Federal Jury Convicts Tax Preparer of 32 Counts of Fraud....View Details |
| 12-09-2011 |
Attorney General Recognizes Four Southern District of California Attorneys....View Details |
| 12-05-2011 |
Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Credit Card Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft....View Details |
| 12-02-2011 |
Local Resident Pleads Guilty to Tax Charge Related to Sale of Suicide Kits....View Details |
| 12-01-2011 |
San Diego Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Provide Material Support To al-Shabaab....View Details |
November 2011 |
| 11-28-2011 |
Southern District of California Collects Over $29.7 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions if FY2011....View Details |
| 11-21-2011 |
Two U.S. Citizens Ordered Extradited To Mexico....View Details |
| 11-17-2011 |
Eight Charged With Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens....View Details |
| 11-07-2011 |
Two Sentenced In Separate Cases Related to Sex Trafficking of Children To Serve 120 Months in Federal Prison....View Details |
| 11-07-2011 |
Man Sentenced To Serve 130 Months in Federal Prison For Receipt of Child Pornography....View Details |
| 11-04-2011 |
Former Navy Gunner’s Mate Petty Officer Sentenced to Serve 30 months in prison and Ordered to Pay more than $170,000 in Restitution for Export of defense articles without a license....View Details |
| 11-01-2011 |
Member of Mexican Mafia Sentenced To Life In Prison For Narcotics Charges....View Details |
| October 2011 |
| 10-21-2011 |
Former Counselor Sentenced To 120 Months in Federal Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography....View Details |
| 10-14-2011 |
Flyer - Jose Juan Chaon-Morales - Wanted by the FBI and ICE for Murder of a Federal Officer....View Details |
| 10-14-2011 |
Defendant Charged With Being Involved in Death of Border Patrol Agent Robert W. Rosas, Jr.
Arraigned In San Diego Following Extradition From Mexico....View Details |
| 10-13-2011 |
Restaurant, Owner and Manager Plead Guilty To Employing Illegal Aliens....View Details |
| 10-13-2011 |
Two Charged In Federal Criminal Complaint With Conspiracy To Harbor Illegal Aliens....View Details |
| 10-11-2011 |
Judge Sentences Man To Serve 135 Months In Federal Prison For Receipt of Child Pornography....View Details |
| 10-07-2011 |
Nine Defendants Charged In Two Separate Marijuana Cases....View Details |
September 2011 |
| 9-22-2011 |
California Man Admits Hedge Fund Was A Ponzi Scheme....View Details |
| 9-22-2011 |
Real Estate Consultant Pleads Guilty To Multi-State Mortgage Fraud Scheme and Tax Evasion....View Details |
| 9-19-2011 |
Fiduciary Sentenced For Gambling Away Trust Funds....View Details |
| 9-16-2011 |
Investment Advisor Sentenced To Prison For Operating A Ponzi Scheme and Mortgage Loan Fraud That Lost More than $9 Million....View Details |
| 9-16-2011 |
Leader of Meth Ring tied to the El Cajon Hoodlums Gang Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison....View Details |
| 9-15-2011 |
Two Plead Guilty To Manufacturing Counterfeit United States Currency....View Details |
| 9-14-2011 |
Large-Scale Narcotics Smuggler Sentenced To Serve 235 Months In Federal Custody....View Details |
| 9-14-2011 |
Justice Department Awards Over Three Million To Enhance, Support Tribal Justice and Safety In The Southern District of California....View Details |
| 9-12-2011 |
Operation Dog Pound Defendant Sentenced to Serve 20 Years in Federal Prison....View Details |
| 9-02-2011 |
Two Men Sentenced For Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana and Firearms Offenses....View Details |
August 2011 |
| 8-29-2011 |
Man Sentenced To Serve 110 Months in Federal Prison For Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm....View Details |
| 8-26-2011 |
Federal Jury Convicts Man Of Two Counts of Child Pornography....View Details |
| 8-22-2011 |
Man Sentenced To Serve 141 Months in Prison Following Guilty Plea to Sex Trafficking of a Minor....View Details |
| 8-22-2011 |
Former Leasing Manager Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison For Using Rental Trucks to Distribute Marijuana....View Details |
| 8-18-2011 |
Four Indictments Unsealed Charging Nine Individuals with Federal Narcotics and Weapons Violations....View Details |
| 8-09-2011 |
Baby Selling Ring Busted....View Details |
July 2011 |
| 7-28-2011 |
Matthew La Madrid Sentenced For His Role Materminding $30 Million Ponzi Sscheme and Mortgage Fraud....View Details |
| 7-14-2011 |
Husband Pleads Guilty To Second-Degree Murder of Wife Aboard Cruise Ship....View Details |
| 7-07-2011 |
Former Ranking Member of The Arellano-Felix Organization Pleads Guilty....View Details |
| 7-01-2011 |
Man Convicted In The Death of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar Receives Life Sentence In Federal Prison....View Details |
| 7-01-2011 |
Leader of Alien Smuggling Organization Sentenced To 12 Years in Custody and to Forfeit $180,000 ...View Details |
June 2011 |
| 6-28-2011 |
Commercial Fishermen Plead Guilty To Illegal Fishing and Shooting of Marine Mammals....View Details |
| 6-27-2011 |
Former School Counselor and Former Navy Enlisted Man Sentenced For Child Pornography....View Details |
| 6-24-2011 |
Man Arrested For Charges of Aggravated Homicide In Mexico....View Details |
| 6-17-2011 |
Two San Diego Women Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and to Make False Statements under Penalty of Perjury in Documents Required by Immigration Law....View Details |
| 6-15-2011 |
San Diego Man Forges Signature of Federal Judge In Failed Attempt to Forestall Forfeiture of Property....View Details |
| 6-13-2011 |
Judge Sentences Man To Serve 30 Years in Federal Prison For Firearms and Bank Robbery Violations....View Details |
| 6-10-2011 |
Tijuana Company Owner Sentenced to Serve 70 months in Prison For Violating The Antidumping Duty/Tariff and Ordered to Pay Restitution of $3,587,904.53 to the United States and Forfeiture of $4,221,148.11 ....View Details |
| 6-08-2011 |
Former Navy Service Member Pleads Guilty To Cyberstalking ....View Details |
| 6-06-2011 |
Former Tax Preparer and Three Co-conspirators Arraigned On Conspiring to File False Claims for Tax Refunds....View Details |
| 6-06-2011 |
California Man Convicted of Conspiracy To Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction in San Diego Federal Courthouse Bombing....View Details |
| 6-01-2011 |
Indictment Charges Man With Fraud and Defrauding Investors of over $10 Million....View Details |
May 2011 |
| 5-27-2011 |
Jury Convicts Man of Sex Trafficking of Children and Felon in Possession of a Firearm....View Details |
| 5-27-2011 |
Maryland Man Sentenced To Serve 120 Months in Federal Prison for Enticement of a Minor....View Details |
| 5-27-2011 |
Judge Sentences Man To Serve 300 Months in Federal Prison for Racketeering and Firearms Violations....View Details |
| 5-25-2011 |
Former Federal Records Custodian Sentenced To Serve 66 Months in Federal Prison for Computer Fraud....View Details |
| 5-23-2011 |
Alleged Killer Held For Extradition to Mexico....View Details |
| 5-19-2011 |
Southern California Woman Arraigned on 17-count Fraud Indictment ....View Details |
| 5-19-2011 |
Justice Department Awards San Diego Internet Crimes Task Force For Work Combating Child Exploitation....View Details |
| 5-17-2011 |
Willy A.E. De Greef, Frederic Roland Nicolas Depelchin, Meca Airways LTD and Meca Overseas Airways LTD Charged with 15 felony charges arising from the Smuggling of Helicopter and Fixed-wing Aircraft Components from the United States to Iran....View Details |
| 5-16-2011 |
Woman Sentenced to Serve 72 months in Federal Prison Following Conviction For Bank Robbery ....View Details |
| 5-16-2011 |
Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Conspiring To Bribe a Navy Federal Official....View Details |
| 5-16-2011 |
Leader of a Massive Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to Serve 360 months in federal prison and Ordered to Pay $12,408,172.01 in Restitution ....View Details |
| 5-16-2011 |
Judge Sentences Defendant to Serve 180 Months in Federal Prison and 25 Years of Supervised Release for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor....View Details |
| 5-02-2011 |
Child Care Provider Charged With Receipt of Images of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct....View Details |
April 2011 |
| 4-29-2011 |
Former Leader of the Arellano-Felix Organization Extradited from Mexico to United States to Face Charges....View Details |
| 4-29-2011 |
Operators Of Mortgage Loan Modification Business Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Fraud....View Details |
| 4-28-2011 |
Former Gunner’s Mate Petty Officer First Class Pleads Guilty to Export of Defense Articles Without A License....View Details |
| 4-25-2011 |
Two Sentenced for Trafficking in Counterfeit Microsoft Software....View Details |
| 4-25-2011 |
Truck Driver Sentenced To Federal Prison For 260 Months – Admitted To Driving Multiple Loads of Marijuana....View Details |
| 4-22-2011 |
Ten Individuals Charged With Narcotics and Federal Firearms Violations and Money Laundering....View Details |
| 4-18-2011 |
Members and Associates of Oceanside Crip Street Gangs and One Hotel Charged With Racketeering Conspiracy Relating to Prostitution of Minors and Adults, and Other Crimes and Criminal Forfeiture....View Details |
| 4-15-2011 |
Two Local Tax Preparers Charged With Stealing Millions In Purported Tax payments and Tax Refunds....View Details |
| 4-15-2011 |
Two Local Tax Preparers Charged With Stealing Millions Of Dollars In Purported Tax Payments and Tax Refund Checks....View Details |
| 4-13-2011 |
FBI Wanted Flyer for Jose Juan Chacon-Morales for the Murder of a Federal Officer....View Details |
| 4-13-2011 |
Defendant Arrested In Mexico in Death of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agent Robert W. Rosas, Jr.....View Details |
| 4-12-2011 |
San Diego Jury Convicts Individual Charged In the Death of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar....View Details |
| 4-11-2011 |
Ten Charged With Operating an Illegal Sports Bookmaking Business, Distributing Marijuana, and Conspiring to Bribe National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I College Basketball Players....View Details |
| 4-08-2011 |
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week – 22nd Annual Candlelight Tribute for Crime Survivors....View Details |
| 4-08-2011 |
Defendant Sentenced To Serve 160 months in Federal Custody for Assaulting a
Federal Officer and Importing Marijuana....View Details |
| 4-08-2011 |
Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Serve 11 Years in Custody....View Details |
March 2011 |
| 3-28-2011 |
San Diego Husband and Wife Plea Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud....View Details |
| 3-18-2011 |
Judge Sentences Man To Serve 141 Months In Federal Prison For RICO Violations....View Details |
| 3-18-2011 |
Correctional Officer Indicted For Sexual Abuse of a Ward....View Details |
| 3-14-2011 |
Woman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Fraudulently Obtaining Disaster Relief....View Details |
| 3-14-2011 |
Escondido Man Pleads Guilty To Firearms Violations – Faces 30 Years In Federal Prison....View Details |
| 3-07-2011 |
Elementary School Counselor Pleads Guilty To Possession of Child Pornography and Perjury....View Details |
| 3-03-2011 |
Defendant Sentenced To Serve 144 Months in Federal Prison For Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine....View Details |
Febuary 2011 |
| 2-22-2011 |
Man Sentenced To Serve 114 Months In Federal Prison For Violating the Hobbs Act....View Details |
| 2-22-2011 |
Judge Sentences Man To Serve 126 Months in Federal Prison For Distribution of Child Pornography....View Details |
| 2-18-2011 |
Probate Trustee Admits To Squandering Funds At Casinos....View Details |
| 2-18-2011 |
Court Sentences Four Defendants Involved In Massive Mortgage Fraud Scheme....View Details |
| 2-15-2011 |
Former Sequenom Patent Agent and Agent’s Brother Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Insider Trading....View Details |
| 2-11-2011 |
Owner of California Investment Firm Sentenced For Fraud....View Details |
| 2-09-2011 |
Mexican Citizen Certified For Extradition To Mexico To Face Homicide Charges....View Details |
| January 2011 |
| 1-31-2011 |
Former Leasing Manager Pleads Guilty To Using Rental Trucks To Distribute Marijuana....View Details |
| 1-26-2011 |
Judge Sentences Man To Serve 125 months in custody For Possession of Child Pornography and Orders Defendant To Pay $9,000 In Restitution To Three Victims ....View Details |
| 1-26-2011 |
Husband and Wife Sentenced in Impersonator Making Arrest Offense....View Details |
| 1-24-2011 |
Man Sentenced To Serve 135 Months in Federal Prison For Bank Robbery....View Details |
| 1-24-2011 |
Owner of Fraudulent Mortgage Loan Modification Scheme Sentenced To Prison....View Details |
| 1-14-2011 |
Former Correctional Officer Sentenced To Serve 15 Months in Federal Prison....View Details |
| 1-12-2011 |
Defense Contractors Plead Guilty To Mail Fraud ....View Details |
| 1-03-2011 |
Alleged High-Ranking Member of the AFO Arraigned Following Extradition....View Details |
| 1-03-2011 |
Brothers Plead Guilty For Their Roles Masterminding $30 Million Ponzi Scheme and Mortgage Fraud....View Details |
| 1-03-2011 |
Attorney Sentenced For Covering-Up and Profiting From Client’s Ponzi Scheme....View Details |
December 2010 |
| 12-17-2010 |
Man Pleads Guilty To Distribution of Ecstasy With Death Resulting ....View Details |
| 12-09-2010 |
Federal Jury Convicts Man In $19 Million Ponzi Scheme....View Details |
| 12-08-2010 |
Participants in Insider Trading Scheme Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud....View Details |
| 12-06-2010 |
Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Announces Regional Results of “Operation Broken Trust” Targeting Investment Fraud....View Details |
| 12-03-2010 |
California Resident Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorists....View Details |
| 12-03-2010 |
Judge Sentences Man to serve 318 Months in Custody for Conspiracy to Conduct Enterprise Affairs through a Pattern of Racketeering Activity and Brandishing a Firearm.....View Details |
| 12-03-2010 |
Man Charged In Eight-Count Federal Indictment Relating to the Unlawful Manufacture and Possession Of Destructive Devices at his Residence and Four Bank Robberies in San Diego County.....View Details |
November 2010 |
| 11-30-2010 |
Former Superintendent and Two Former Professors Charged With Fraud In Connection With Federal Grant Monies.....View Details |
| 11-30-2010 |
Five Defendants Plead Guilty In Connection With Worksite Enforcement Investigation.....View Details |
| 11-23-2010 |
Felon In Possession of Firearms Sentenced to Serve 125 Months in Federal Prison.....View Details |
| 11-19-2010 |
Former xélan, Inc. President Sentenced to Serve 18 Months in Federal Prison For Two Felony Convictions of Filing False Income Tax Returns.....View Details |
| 11-19-2010 |
Former xélan, Inc. president Lewis Donald Guess sentenced to serve 18 months in federal.....View Details |
| 11-15-2010 |
Woman Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorists....View Details |
| 11-09-2010 |
Multiple Defendants Charged With Methamphetamine Conspiracy Violations....View Details |
11-08-2010 |
Pastor Brian Tomlinson Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud and Tax Evasion....View Details |
| 11-05-2010 |
Former Credit Union Supervisor Convicted of Theft by a Credit Union Employee and Tax Evasion....View Details |
| 11-02-2010 |
Three Charged With Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorists....View Details |
| 11-02-2010 |
Couple Plead Guilty To Impersonator Making an Arrest and Aiding and Abetting....View Details |
| 11-01-2010 |
District Election Officer Appointed....View Details |
October 2010 |
| 10-29-2010 |
Judge Convicts Man For Threatening Two Federal Judges in Los Angeles, California....View Details |
| 10-28-2010 |
Woman Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Obtaining Over $20,000 In Disaster Relief Following Hurricane Katrina....View Details |
| 10-26-2010 |
Marijuana Storefront Owner Pleads Guilty ....View Details |
| 10-20-2010 |
Seven Sentenced in Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine Case....View Details |
| 10-19-2010 |
Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine....View Details |
| 10-14-2010 |
Local Bakery Owner and Employees Charged With Hiring Illegal Aliens....View Details |
| 10-08-2010 |
Former Naval Officer Pleads Guilty To Violating Federal Conflict of Interest Law....View Details |
| 10-04-2010 |
Brothers Sentenced In Bulk Cash Smuggling Case....View Details |
| 10-01-2010 |
Two Arraigned on Federal Firearms Violations For Attempting To Purchase Grenades....View Details |
September 2010 |
| 9-30-2010 |
Judge Sentences Man to 60 Months in Prison and Forfeiture of Two Properties Following Conviction For Smuggling....View Details |
| 9-30-2010 |
CBP Officer Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Bribery and Bringing in Illegal Aliens ....View Details |
| 9-24-2010 |
Man Sentenced To Serve 181 Months In Prison For Drug and Firearms Offenses....View Details |
| 9-24-2010 |
CBP Officer Charged With Conspiracy To Import Illegal Narcotics and Bribery....View Details |
| 9-20-2010 |
Southern California Medical Center To Pay U.S. $2.2 Million To Resolve Fraud Allegations....View Details |
| 9-20-2010 |
Man Sentenced To Serve 135 Months In Prison For Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine....View Details |
| 9-14-2010 |
Former Navy Petty Officer Arraigned on Six-count Indictment Charging With Trafficking in Stolen Government Property, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Goods and Export of Defense Articles Without a License....View Details |
| 9-14-2010 |
Postal Employee Found Guilty of Mail Theft....View Details |
| 9-13-2010 |
Judge Sentences Resident of China To 97 Months In Federal Prison for Conspiracy To Illegally Obtain U.S. Military Encryption Technology....View Details |
| 9-13-2010 |
Three Sentenced In Sexual Exploitation of a Child and Sex Trafficking Case....View Details |
| 9-10-2010 |
Man Sentenced for Enticement of a Minor....View Details |
| 9-10-2010 |
San Diego Man Sentenced for Intentionally Damaging a Protected Computer and Possessiong Child Pornography....View Details |
August 2010 |
| 8-09-2010 |
Owner of Money Transfer Business Charged In A Six-Count Indictment With Wire Fraud....View Details |
| 8-06-2010 |
Couple Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping, Kidnapping, and Impersonating a Federal Officer....View Details |
| 8-05-2010 |
Fourteen Charged with Providing Material Support to Somalia-Based Terrorist Organization Al-Shabaab....View Details |
| 8-02-2010 |
Department of Justice Releases First National Strategy For Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction....View Details |
July 2010 |
| 7-23-2010 |
Businessman Sentenced To Serve 30 Months and Ordered To Pay Over $2.5 Million In Restitution For Failing To Pay Employment Taxes....View Details |
| 7-23-2010 |
Forty-three Defendants With Ties To A Drug Cartel In Mexico Charged With Racketeering Influenced And Corrupt Organization (RICO) Conspiracy....View Details |
| 7-22-2010 |
17-count Indictment Unsealed Charging Four With Medicare Fraud Conspiracy....View Details |
| 7-22-2010 |
Thirteen Individuals Charged in a 45-count Indictment With Conspiracy To Distribute Marijuana....View Details |
| 7-20-2010 |
Tax Preparer Sentenced To Serve 41 Months For Fraud and Tax Evasion....View Details |
| 7-15-2010 |
Tax Preparer Arraigned on Criminal Charges....View Details |
| 7-09-2010 |
Two Sentenced Following Guilty Pleas to Federal Identity Theft Charges....View Details |
| 7-07-2010 |
Extradited Mexican Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To 121 Months In Federal Prison....View Details |
June 2010 |
| 6-28-2010 |
Felon Sentenced To Serve 87 Months In Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Illegally Transfer Machineguns....View Details |
| 6-28-2010 |
Former Mackenzie Aircraft Employee Sentenced To Prison For the Sale of Fraudulent Aircraft Parts to the Military....View Details |
| 6-28-2010 |
Judge Sentences Investment Advisor To Serve 24 Months in Prison For Mail Fraud....View Details |
| 6-28-2010 |
Judge Orders Defendant To Pay Approximately $9.2 Million in Restitution To Investors and Serve 110 Months in Federal Prison For Investment Scheme....View Details |
| 6-28-2010 |
Woman Sentenced For Impersonation of a Federal Officer....View Details |
| 6-24-2010 |
Former President of xélan, Inc. Found Guilty of Tax Fraud By Claiming a Sham Charitable Deduction....View Details |
| 6-22-2010 |
Two Charged With Mail Fraud and Identity Theft Related To “Immigration” Consultants To Undocumented Aliens Seeking To Legally Immigrate....View Details |
| 6-17-2010 |
Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Announces Regional Results of “Operation Stolen Dreams” Targeting Mortgage Fraudsters....View Details |
| 6-17-2010 |
Man Charged in Eight-Count Indictment Related To Bombing Of Federal Courthouse in San Diego in May 2008....View Details |
| 6-16-2010 |
Man Charged With Distribution of Ecstasy With Death Resulting and Distribution of Ecstasy....View Details |
| 6-10-2010 |
SDCA Charges 28 Defendants With Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Firearms Offenses Relating to Nationwide Operation Entitled “Project Deliverance”....View Details |
| 6-09-2010 |
LAPD Officer Arraigned on Drug Charges....View Details |
| 6-09-2010 |
Orange County Man Arraigned on Fraud Charges....View Details |
| 6-07-2010 |
Career Offender Sentenced to Serve 18 Years/7 Months in Federal Prison For Distribution Methamphetamine....View Details |
| 6-04-2010 |
New Mexico Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Alien Smuggling....View Details |
| 6-02-2010 |
Former Executive Officer of Sequenom Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Securities Fraud....View Details |
| 6-02-2010 |
Laura E. Duffy Appointed As United States Attorney....View Details |
