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        | December 31  | 
        TWO MEN ARRESTED IN HACIENDA HEIGHTS FOR ILLEGALLY EXPORTING SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA | 
      
      
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        | December 19 | 
        FORMER DOCTOR TO PAY MORE THAN $2,000,000 TO SETTLE CIVIL ALLEGATIONS OF DEFRAUDING MEDICARE PROGRAM | 
      
      
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        | December 18 | 
        LOCAL PHYSICIAN CHARGED WITH INJECTING PATIENTS WITH FAKE BOTOX | 
      
      
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        | December 18 | 
        DEFENSE CONTRACTOR AGREES TO PAY $825,000 TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS IT BILLED THE AIR FORCE FOR UNALLOWABLE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 
      
      
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        | December 17 | 
        OWNER OF REAL ESTATE COMPANY CHARGED WITH OPERATING MASSIVE INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME | 
      
      
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        | December 15  | 
        FORMER HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES AT KB HOME AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE IN CONNECTION WITH INTERNAL INVESTIGATION OF BACKDATING OF STOCK OPTIONS | 
      
      
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        | December 12 | 
        FORMER HOSPITAL C.E.O. PLEADS GUILTY TO PAYING KICKBACKS IN 'SKID ROW' HEALTHCARE FRAUD SCHEME | 
      
      
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        | December 10 | 
        BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED FOR MAKING ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS | 
      
      
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        | November 24 | 
        ATTORNEY TERRY CHRISTENSEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON ON WIRETAPPING CHARGES | 
      
      
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        | November 21 | 
        LAGUNA BEACH MAN SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN PRISON, FINED $150,000 FOR TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT CISCO GOODS | 
      
      
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        | November 19 | 
        TWO MEN SENTENCED TO LENGTHY PRISON TERMS IN $32 MILLION SCAM THAT BILKED MORE THAN 500 VICTIMS | 
      
      
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        | November 19 | 
        I.R.S. REVENUE AGENT ARRESTED AFTER BEING INDICTED ON CHARGES OF TAX FRAUD AND OBSTRUCTING AN INVESTIGATION | 
      
      
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        | November 17 | 
        TRANSIENT WHO STARTED 'DAY FIRE' THAT BURNED 162,000 ACRES SENTENCED TO NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN PRISON | 
      
      
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        | October 31  | 
        DOCTOR AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING OXYCONTIN | 
      
      
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        | October 24  | 
        PASADENA DOCTOR WITH PRACTICE IN ORANGE COUNTY INDICTED IN $2.3 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME | 
      
      
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        | October 24 | 
        MAN GUILTY IN $64 MILLION SCAM WHERE VICTIMS WERE TOLD MONEY WOULD BUY INSURANCE FOR SOUTH L.A. CHURCHES  | 
      
      
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        | October 21 | 
        ATF UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION LEADS TO FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT AND ARREST OF 61 MEMBERS OF SO. CAL.-BASED MONGOLS OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANG | 
      
      
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        | October 20 | 
        FORMER CEO OF GIANT GOLF COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO ORCHESTRATING $28 MILLION INVESTMENT FRAUD SCAM  | 
      
      
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        | October 17  | 
        NEW JERSEY MAN CHARGED WITH ATTACKING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY WEBSITES IN THE NAME OF 'ANONYMOUS' | 
      
      
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        | October 17 | 
        CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE AT L.A. AIR FORCE BASE ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF SOLICITING BRIBES FROM CONTRACTOR | 
      
      
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        | October 15 | 
        JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION LEADS TO ARREST OF NINE MEMBERS OF VIOLENT SANTA BARBARA STREET GANG | 
      
      
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        | October 6 | 
        FORMER TEACHER AT PASADENA SCHOOL PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HOME COMPUTER | 
      
      
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        | October 3  | 
        REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN $50 MILLION REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FRAUD SCAM | 
      
      
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        | October 2  | 
        TWO EUROPEAN MEN CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO LAUNCH CYBERATTACKS AGAINST WEBSITES OF TWO U.S. COMPANIES | 
      
      
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        | October 2  | 
        FILM EXECUTIVE AND SPOUSE INDICTED FOR PAYING BRIBES TO A THAI TOURISM OFFICIAL TO OBTAIN LUCRATIVE CONTRACTS | 
      
      
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        | October 1  | 
        FORMER CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE INDICTED ON FEDERAL OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGE | 
      
      
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        September 30  
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        INLAND EMPIRE MAN SENTENCED TO 3½ YEARS FOR ROLE IN CONTRABAND CIGARETTE TRAFFICKING RING | 
      
      
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        | September 30  | 
        FEDERAL AUTHORITIES DISMANTLE DRUG-TRAFFICKING RING THAT SHIPPED NARCOTICS BETWEEN CANADA AND U.S. | 
      
      
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        | September 29 | 
        FORMER EMPLOYEE OF UNION THAT REPRESENTS SOME DISNEYLAND WORKERS IS CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT | 
      
      
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        | September 19  | 
        EIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY INDICTED FOR REHIRING WORKERS LOCKED OUT DURING LABOR DISPUTE | 
      
      
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        | September 18  | 
        GLENDALE, CALIF., COMPANY OWNER CONVICTED FOR ROLE IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK AND EXPORT-IMPORT BANK | 
      
      
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        | September 10  | 
        ORANGE COUNTY MAN INDICTED IN INVESTMENT SCHEME THAT BILKED OVER 150 INVESTORS OUT OF MORE THAN $20 MILLION | 
      
      
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        | September 10  | 
        FEDERAL-LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION TARGETS 25 MEMBERS OF ENTRENCHED SANTA MARIA STREET GANG | 
      
      
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        | September 2  | 
        UNITED STATES SUES BOEING FOR INFLATING CONTRACT PRICE FOR B-1 BOMBER TOWED DECOY SYSTEM | 
      
      
      
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        August 29 
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        TERRY CHRISTENSEN, ANTHONY PELLICANO CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CONSPIRACY AND WIRETAPPING CHARGES  | 
      
      
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        | August 28 | 
        YORBA LINDA MAN SENTENCED TO 84 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN $19 MILLION PONZI SCHEME | 
      
      
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        | August 28 | 
        LOS ANGELES MAN WHO RECRUITED HOMELESS FROM 'SKID ROW' IN HEALTHCARE FRAUD SCHEME AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY | 
      
      
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        | August 27 | 
        CULVER CITY MAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CHARGES FOR INTERNET POSTING OF SONGS FROM UNRELEASED GUNS N' ROSES ALBUM | 
      
      
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        | August 26 | 
        ADULT FILM STAR SENTENCED TO OVER SIX YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR COCAINE POSSESSION, BEING FELON WITH GUN 
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        | August 25 | 
        MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO EMAILING EXTORTION THREATS DEMANDING $500,000 FROM VENTURA COUNTY HOSPITAL | 
      
      
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        | August 21 | 
        NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF TRAFFICKING MINORS FOR PURPOSES OF PROSTITUTION | 
      
      
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        | August 20  | 
        INLAND EMPIRE MAN INDICTED ON FRAUD CHARGES FOR
BILKING ELDERLY WOMAN OUT OF HER LIFE SAVINGS | 
      
      
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        | August 19 | 
        MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION TARGETS USE OF PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS TO EXCHANGE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY | 
      
      
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        | August 18 | 
        SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MAN SENTENCED TO 9 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SCAM THAT COST NORTH CAROLINA VICTIM $8.7 MILLION | 
      
      
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        | August 15 | 
        UPLAND DOCTOR ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGE OF BRINGING MISBRANDED FOREIGN CANCER DRUGS INTO THE UNITED STATES | 
      
      
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        | August 12 | 
        FORMER UNION BOOKKEEPER ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT | 
      
      
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        | August 11  | 
        PRINTER IN LARGE-SCALE COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY RING ADMITS PRODUCING OVER $2.5 MILLION IN FAKE $100s AND $20s | 
      
      
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        | August 11  | 
        BEVERLY HILLS MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 7 YEARS IN PRISON IN 'BUST-OUT' SCHEMES THAT CAUSED OVER $8 MILLION IN LOSSES | 
      
      
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        | August 11  | 
        DOWNEY MAN ARRESTED FOR BRIBING BANK MANAGER TO COVER UP BANK ACTIVITY RELATED TO PONZI SCHEME | 
      
      
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        | August 6 | 
        TWO MEN ARRESTED IN SCHEME THAT RECRUITED HOMELESS FROM 'SKID ROW' AND FRAUDULENTLY BILLED GOVERNMENT HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR UNNECESSARY SERVICES | 
      
      
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        | August 5  | 
        FATHER AND SON SENTENCED IN TAX SCHEME THEY TRIED TO COVER UP WHEN FATHER SHOT SON | 
      
      
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        | August 1 | 
        FORMER COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOAN EMPLOYEE, SECOND MAN ARRESTED IN DOWNLOADING AND SELLING IDENTITIES OF COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOAN CUSTOMERS | 
      
      
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        July 31 
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        GRAND JURY INDICTS MAN FOR SELLING PROTECTED SHARKS | 
      
      
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        | July 3 | 
        RIVERSIDE MAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF FILING NEARLY 1,000 FRAUDULENT WORK VISA PETITIONS | 
      
      
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        | July 24  | 
        PROMINENT LOS ANGELES ATTORNEY INDICTED FOR MAKING 'CONDUIT CONTRIBUTIONS' TO A FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN | 
      
      
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        | July 24  | 
        TWO OPERATIONS INVOLVING ATF AND LAPD TARGET CRIPS AND BLOODS GANG MEMBERS WHO DISTRIBUTED NARCOTICS AND FIREARMS ACROSS SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND BALDWIN VILLAGE | 
      
      
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        | July 22  | 
        FEDERAL AUTHORITIES DISMANTLE LUCRATIVE INLAND EMPIRE-BASED INDOOR MARIJUANA GROW OPERATION | 
      
      
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        | July 21  | 
        SECOND MAN INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC TERRORISM PLOT TARGETING MILITARY, JEWISH FACILITIES SENTENCED TO PRISON | 
      
      
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        | July 18  | 
        LOS ANGELES MAN WHO MADE 'DONATIONS' TO JEWISH GROUP AND TOOK BOGUS TAX DEDUCTIONS AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY | 
      
      
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        | July 17  | 
        CHINESE RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO HAVING EXPORT-CONTROLLED THERMAL-IMAGING CAMERAS SENT TO CHINA | 
      
      
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        | July 17 | 
        CALIFORNIA FIRM SENTENCED WHILE SEARCH FOR FUGITIVE VICE PRESIDENT CONTINUES IN ARMS EXPORT CASE  | 
      
      
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        | July 11  | 
        TWO MEN CONVICTED IN $32 MILLION SCAM THAT BILKED MORE THAN 500 IN COAL MINES, GOLD TRANSACTION | 
      
      
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        | July 7  | 
        DOCTOR INVOLVED IN 'RENT-A-PATIENT' SCAM SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON | 
      
      
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        | July 7  | 
        NEW YORK MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO USING INTERNET TO ENTICE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 'GIRL' TO HAVE SEX | 
      
      
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        | July 3  | 
        FRENCH COUPLE CHARGED IN FRAUD CASE FOR SELLING BOGUS 'GREEN CARDS' TO VICTIMS IN FRANCE | 
      
      
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        | July 2  | 
        FORMER BOEING ENGINEER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAKING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FROM WORK TO HIS HOME | 
      
      
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        | June 27   | 
        ISRAELI BANKER PLEADS GUILTY IN SOPHISTICATED TAX FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME LINKED TO SPINKA SECT | 
      
      
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        | June 27 | 
        FOUR INDICTED IN $4 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE | 
      
      
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        | June 27 | 
        WYOMING MAN CHARGED WITH INFECTING THOUSANDS OF COMPUTERS WITH 'TROJAN' THAT HE USED TO COMMIT FRAUD | 
      
      
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        | June 26 | 
        ATTORNEY WORKING FOR IMMIGRATION AGENCY ARRESTED FOR TAKING BRIBES FROM IMMIGRANTS SEEKING STATUS IN U.S. | 
      
      
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        | June 24 | 
        FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT TARGETS MEMBERS OF VIOLENT DREW STREET GANG IN NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES | 
      
      
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        | June 24 | 
        INTERDENT AND DEDICATED DENTAL PAY MORE THAN $375,000 TO SETTLE CIVIL ALLEGATIONS OF DEFRAUDING MEDI-CAL PROGRAM | 
      
      
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        | June 23 | 
        BROADCOM CO-FOUNDER PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENT TO THE SEC IN BACKDATING INVESTIGATION | 
      
      
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        | June 23 | 
        MAN INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC TERRORISM PLOT TARGETING MILITARY AND JEWISH FACILITIES SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS | 
      
      
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        | June 19 | 
        SPAIN EXTRADITES MAN UNDER INDICTMENT IN $12 MILLION INVESTMENT SCHEME HE ORCHESTRATED IN 1990s | 
      
      
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        | June 16 | 
        MILBERG LAW FIRM ADMITS ROLE IN FOUR-DECADE-LONG SECRET KICKBACK SCHEME IN CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS  | 
      
      
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        | June 12 | 
        SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAN SURRENDERS IN FEDERAL FRAUD CASE ALLEGING $6 MILLION IN LOSSES TO VICTIMS ACROSS U.S. | 
      
      
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        | June 11 | 
        EX-FINANCE DIRECTOR OF SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PLEADS GUILTY IN $1.7 MILLION EMBEZZLEMENT | 
      
      
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        | June 6 | 
        SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WOMAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES FOR DEFRAUDING MEDICARE OUT OF $12 MILLION | 
      
      
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        | June 6 | 
        FOUR NAMED IN FEDERAL INDICTMENT THAT ALLEGES FILIPINO WORKERS WERE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING | 
      
      
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        | June 5 | 
        FORMER BROADCOM CEO HENRY NICHOLAS AND FORMER CFO INDICTED IN MASSIVE STOCK-OPTIONS BACKDATING CASE | 
      
      
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        | June 4 | 
        NEWPORT BEACH MAN WHO RAN PONZI SCHEME THAT COST VICTIMS NEARLY $4.2 MILLION GETS 6½-YEAR PRISON TERM | 
      
      
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        | June 3 | 
        BORDER OFFICER INDICTED FOR ALLOWING ILLEGAL ALIENS AND MARIJUANA TO BE SMUGGLED INTO UNITED STATES | 
      
      
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        | June 2 | 
        MELVYN WEISS, CO-FOUNDER OF MILBERG WEISS LAW FIRM, SENTENCED TO 2½ YEARS IN PRISON FOR RACKETEERING | 
      
      
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        May 29 
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        EX-MARINE GUILTY OF USING DRUGS AND FORCE TO HAVE SEX WITH YOUNG GIRLS IN CAMBODIA | 
      
      
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        | May 29 | 
        FBI AGENT ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE CRIMINAL CASE OF MAN MARRIED TO HIS MISTRESS | 
      
      
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        | May 29 | 
        FORMER BELL POLICEMAN ARRESTED IN FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CASE FOR ALLEGEDLY FORCING WOMAN TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM | 
      
      
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        | May 27 | 
        MAN INDICTED FOR USING SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES TO MEET MINORS, HAVE SEX AND TAKE PORNOGRAPHIC PICTURES | 
      
      
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        | 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 | 
      
      
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        | May 20 | 
        HAWTHORNE MAN SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING 17 MILLION DOSES OF PCP | 
      
      
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        | May 20  | 
        TELEMARKETER WHO PITCHED BOGUS INVESTMENTS TO ELDERLY VICTIMS SENTENCED TO 12½ YEARS IN PRISON | 
      
      
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        | 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 | 
      
      
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        | May 19 | 
        33 INDIVIDUALS IN U.S. AND ROMANIA INDICTED IN FEDERAL RICO CASE THAT ALLEGES WIDESPREAD COMPUTER FRAUD | 
      
      
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        | May 16 | 
        FORMER U.S. FOREST SERVICE ACCOUNT CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING MORE THAN $1.4 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT MONEY | 
      
      
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        | May 15 | 
        ANTHONY PELLICANO, TWO OTHERS CONVICTED OF FEDERAL RACKETEERING CHARGES | 
      
      
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        | May 15 | 
        MISSOURI WOMAN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF USING MYSPACE TO 'CYBER-BULLY' 13-YEAR-OLD WHO LATER COMMITTED SUICIDE | 
      
      
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        | May 14 | 
        SEC AND U.S. ATTORNEY CHARGE PROMOTERS OF MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR REAL ESTATE SCHEME TARGETING AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY | 
      
      
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        | May 13 | 
        EX-CHAIRMAN OF GEMSTAR-TV INDICTED FOR OBSTRUCTING SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION INVESTIGATION | 
      
      
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        | May 13 | 
        FIVE ARRESTED IN RELATION TO COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY RING THAT MAY HAVE PRODUCED $6 MILLION IN FAKE $100s AND $20s | 
      
      
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        | May 12 | 
        LOCKHEED MARTIN UNIT AGREES TO PAY $10.5 MILLION TO RESOLVE CIVIL ALLEGATIONS OF SUBMITTING FALSE INVOICES | 
      
      
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        | 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 | 
      
      
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        | May 12 | 
        ASIAN ANTIQUITIES EXPERT INDICTED FOR WIRE FRAUD | 
      
      
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        | May 7  | 
        THIRD INDICTED IN SECURITIES 'PUMP-AND-DUMP' SCHEME THAT CAUSED OVER $6 MILLION IN LOSSES TO INVESTORS | 
      
      
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        | May 5 | 
        EX-LONG BEACH POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO OVER 8 YEARS IN PRISON FOR INVOLVEMENT IN HOME-INVASION ROBBERIES | 
      
      
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        | May 2 | 
        ORANGE COUNTY MAN ARRESTED IN $25 MILLION PONZI THAT TARGETED CHRISTIAN INVESTORS | 
      
      
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        | May 1 | 
        IMMIGRATION OFFICER ARRESTED IN BRIBERY CASE | 
      
      
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        April 30 
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        DOCTOR INDICTED ON FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES FOR WRITING OXYCONTIN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CASH | 
      
      
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        | April 29 | 
        NEVADA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSING AS HOLLYWOOD EXEC IN SCHEME EXECUTED WHILE ON BOND IN FEDERAL TAX CASE | 
      
      
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        | April 29 | 
        FORMER UCLA HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR SELLING INFORMATION FROM CELEBRITIES' MEDICAL FILES TO MEDIA | 
      
      
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        | April 24  | 
        IRANIAN NATIVE CONVICTED OF VIOLATING TRADE EMBARGO, FAILING TO REPORT INCOME AND LYING TO AUTHORITIES | 
      
      
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        | April 22  | 
        NEW YORK MAN ARRESTED AFTER TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA AND GOING TO MEET 'GIRL' TO HAVE SEX | 
      
      
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        | April 21 | 
        ARIZONA COUPLE PLEAD GUILTY TO CHARGES OF DEFRAUDING DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN BY OBTAINING $2.5 MILLION FROM BOGUS CONTRACTS  | 
      
      
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        | April 17 | 
        SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NARCOTICS WITHOUT EXAMINING 'PATIENTS' | 
      
      
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        | April 16 | 
        PRESIDENT OF CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION GROUP CONVICTED OF PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT | 
      
      
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        | April 16 | 
        INFORMATION SECURITY CONSULTANT PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL WIRETAPPING AND IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES | 
      
      
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        | April 15 | 
        FORMER IRS REVENUE AGENT CHARGED IN INVESTMENT SCAM THAT SOLD UNREGISTERED SECURITIES IN INTERNET COMPANIES
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        | April 14 | 
        U.S. JOINS 'WHISTLEBLOWER' CASE AGAINST BEVERLY HILLS-BASED RADIOLOGY CLINIC THAT ALLEGES FALSE CLAIMS TO MEDICARE AND FRAUDULENT REFERRALS  | 
      
      
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        | April 14 | 
        VALLEY MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN $500,000 CREDIT LINE ON HOUSE HE WAS RENTING | 
      
      
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        | April 11 | 
        LONG BEACH MAN CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING HIGHLY ENDANGERED IGUANAS INTO U.S. IN HIS PROSTHETIC LEG | 
      
      
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        | April 8  | 
        OPERATOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS CHARGED IN MASSIVE STUDENT VISA FRAUD SCHEME | 
      
      
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        | April 8 | 
        ARCADIA MAN AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO OPERATING SCAM THAT TOOK AT LEAST $7.8 MILLION FROM VICTIMS | 
      
      
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        | 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 | 
      
      
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        | 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 | 
      
      
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        | 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 | 
      
      
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        | March 24 | 
        CHINESE AGENT SENTENCED TO OVER 24 YEARS IN PRISON FOR EXPORTING UNITED STATES DEFENSE ARTICLES TO CHINA | 
      
      
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        | March 20  | 
        TAX PREPARER GUILTY IN SEVERAL FRAUDULENT SCHEMES, INCLUDING IDENTITY THEFT, THAT LED TO MILLIONS IN LOSSES | 
      
      
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        | March 20 | 
        MELVYN WEISS, CO-FOUNDER OF MILBERG WEISS LAW FIRM, AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL RACKETEERING CHARGE | 
      
      
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        | March 19 | 
        HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER AND FORMER T.V. COMPANY CEO INDICTED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR STOCK FRAUD SCHEME | 
      
      
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        | March 18 | 
        PALM SPRINGS MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSING HUNDREDS OF IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY | 
      
      
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        | March 18 | 
        FORMER NFL PLAYER AND CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL COACH ARRESTED ON FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD CHARGES | 
      
      
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        | March 13 | 
        SAN GABRIEL VALLEY GANG AND MEXICAN MAFIA MEMBER WHO RAN OPERATIONS ARRESTED ON FEDERAL NARCOTICS CHARGES
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        | March 13 | 
        TWELVE INDICTED IN RELATION TO HUMAN SMUGGLING RING THAT MOVED OVER 5,000 ILLEGAL ALIENS ACROSS U.S. | 
      
      
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        | March 10 | 
        TWO ATTORNEYS AT IMMIGRATION LAW FIRM SENTENCED FOR ROLES IN VISA FRAUD SCHEME | 
      
      
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        | March 3 | 
        INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO 10 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HACKING INTO HOTEL BUSINESS KIOSKS AND STEALING CREDIT CARD DATA | 
      
      
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        | March 3  | 
        OPERATION SECURE PASSPORT II LEADS TO FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST MORE THAN TWO DOZEN WHO USED FALSE IDENTITIES | 
      
      
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        | February 28 | 
        FORMER ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR OF WRITERS GUILD FUND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY IN THEFT OF UNION FUNDS | 
      
      
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        | 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 | 
      
      
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        | February 25 | 
        FORMER HEDGE FUND MANAGER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN SECURITIES FRAUD CASE | 
      
      
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        | February 21 | 
        VENTURA COUNTY BODY SHOP OWNERS AMONG SIX ARRESTED IN ALIEN SMUGGLING CASE | 
      
      
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  | February 18 | 
  FEDERAL-LOCAL INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST OF LEADERS OF POMONA GANGS THAT WERE TRAFFICKING NARCOTICS  | 
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  | February 15 | 
  TRANSIENT CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CHARGES FOR STARTING 'DAY FIRE' THAT BURNED 162,000 ACRES IN NATIONAL FOREST  | 
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  | February 14 | 
  INLAND EMPIRE DOCTOR ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NARCOTICS WITHOUT EXAMINING 'PATIENTS' | 
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  | February 14 | 
  FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE AIRPORT SECURITY SWEEP | 
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  | February 13 | 
  COOK SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO PRISON  | 
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  | February 11 | 
  YOUNG ‘BOTHERDER’ PLEADS GUILTY TO INFECTING MILITARY COMPUTERS AND  FRAUDULENTLY INSTALLING ADWARE | 
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  | 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 | 
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  | February 11 | 
  FORMER BOEING ENGINEER CHARGED WITH ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE IN THEFT OF SPACE SHUTTLE SECRETS FOR CHINA | 
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  | February 6 | 
  RUSSIAN WOMAN WHO ADVERTISED FOR SPOUSE ON CRAIGSLIST.ORG CONVICTED OF MARRIAGE FRAUD | 
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  | 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 | 
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  |  January 30 | 
  FORMER LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER AND FORMER LONG BEACH POLICE OFFICER FOUND GUILTY IN WIDE-RANGING CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS | 
  
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  | January 29 | 
  ORANGE COUNTY ATTORNEY AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING | 
 
  
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  | January 28 | 
  RIVERSIDE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAVELING TO SEXUALLY ABUSE A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY | 
 
  
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  | January 23 | 
  FORMER GUARD AT CHINO PRISON PLEADS GUILTY TO PERJURY FOR LYING TO GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING FELLOW OFFICER | 
 
  
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  | January 17 | 
  FILM EXECUTIVE AND SPOUSE INDICTED FOR PAYING BRIBES TO A THAI TOURISM OFFICIAL TO OBTAIN LUCRATIVE FILM FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS | 
 
 
 
  
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  | January 17 | 
  HUNTINGTON PARK POLICE OFFICER AND ONE OF HIS INFORMANTS ARRESTED ON FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES | 
 
  
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  | January 8 | 
  8 ARRESTED FOR OBTAINING LOW-INCOME HOUSING ASSISTANCE AFTER FAILING TO DISCLOSE FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME |