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| December 27 Latest Release |
ORANGE COUNTY MAN SURRENDERS AFTER BEING INDICTED IN INVESTMENT FRAUD CASE THAT CAUSED $2.4 MILLION IN LOSSES |
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| December 23 |
FORMER BELL POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS ON FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT |
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| December 21 |
SYLMAR BROTHERS ARRESTED IN LOAN FRAUD CASE THAT COLLECTED OVER $5 MILLION IN ONLY EIGHT MONTHS |
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| December 20 |
WEST COVINA WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES IN NEARLY $7 MILLION INVESTMENT SCHEME |
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| December 20 |
FORMER TEACHER IN CAMBODIA SENTENCED TO NEARLY NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING MINORS IN CAMBODIA |
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| December 16 |
LOS ANGELES-BASED UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COLLECTED OVER $200 MILLION DURING LAST FISCAL YEAR |
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| December 14 |
FORMER LOS ANGELES MAN SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES |
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| December 14 |
GEORGIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN INTERNATIONAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY RING DISMANTLED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORT |
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| December 8 |
NORTHROP GRUMMAN AGREES TO PAY $5.21 MILLION TO RESOLVE FRAUD INVESTIGATION RELATED TO B-2 BOMBER |
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| December 6 |
WEST COVINA MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RUNNING PONZI SCHEME THAT CAUSED $2.2 MILLION IN LOSSES TO OVER 100 VICTIMS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
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| December 6 |
FINANCIAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF "OPERATION BROKEN TRUST" TARGETING INVESTMENT FRAUD |
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| December 3 |
THIRD PERSON CHARGED FOR ROLE IN FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCHEME THAT INVOLVED $725 MILLION IN MORTGAGES |
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| December 3 |
BEVERLY HILLS WOMAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF RUNNING PONZI SCHEME THAT COLLECTED ALMOST $11 MILLION |
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| December 3 |
‘OPERATION SPIDERMAN’ LEADS TO ARREST OF GERMAN MAN ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF SMUGGLING TARANTULAS INTO THE U.S. |
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| December 2 |
CABAZON MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING FAKE MILITARY IDENTIFICATION CARD |
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| December 1 |
JOINT LAPD-ATF INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL GUN SALES LEADS TO INDICTMENT OF NINE ON FEDERAL WEAPONS CHARGES |
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| November 30 |
NIGERIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN $2.7 MILLION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY SCAM |
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| November 30 |
FORMER RAYTHEON EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING NEARLY $265,000 THROUGH CLASSIFIED CELL PHONE PROGRAM |
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| November 23 |
VANCOUVER MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RUNNING INTERNATIONAL TELEMARKETING SCAM THAT CAUSED $1.8 MILLION IN LOSSES, PRIMARILY TO ELDERLY VICTIMS |
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| November 23 |
OPERATOR OF $12 MILLION 'CAP X' PONZI SCHEME PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL FRAUD AND TAX CHARGES |
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| November 23 |
SHERMAN OAKS WOMAN FACES CHARGES IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE FOR INFLATING INCOME IN 'LIAR LOAN' APPLICATIONS |
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| November 16 |
FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS 14 FOR SHIPPING HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF COCAINE FROM LOS ANGELES TO BALTIMORE |
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| November 9 |
HIGH DESERT PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ARRESTED IN FEDERAL CASE FOR ALLEGEDLY UNLAWFULLY DISPENSING OXYCODONE |
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| November 8 |
BURBANK BROTHERS ARRAIGNED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF DEFRAUDING FEDERAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM |
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| November 3 |
SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL PAYS $5.15 MILLION TO RESOLVE CIVIL CASE ALLEGING THAT IT DEFRAUDED MEDICARE |
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| November 1 |
TWO EXECUTIVES IN PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO ILLEGAL STOCK SALES |
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| October 29 |
LOS ANGELES-BASED FEDERAL PROSECUTOR TO SERVE AS ELECTION OFFICER DURING NOVEMBER 2 GENERAL ELECTION |
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| October 28 |
CALIFORNIA MAN FACES FEDERAL CHARGE FOR TAKING 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO LAS VEGAS TO HAVE SEX |
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| October 27 |
LONG BEACH MAN INDICTED ON FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES FOR PROMOTING 'PUMP AND DUMP' OF PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY |
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| October 26 |
THIRD DEFENDANT IN $20 MILLION SCAM THAT SOLD FAKE ART NATIONWIDE VIA TV AUCTIONS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON |
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| October 26 |
BOEING TO PAY $4 MILLION FOR INFLATING CONTRACT PRICE FOR ANTI-MISSILE TOWED DECOY SYSTEM FOR B-1 BOMBER |
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| October 25 |
COACHELLA VALLEY MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR SHOOTING LASER AT CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL HELICOPTER |
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| October 25 |
41-MONTH PRISON SENTENCE FOR IMPORTING CHINESE-MADE COUNTERFEIT EXERCISE GEAR AND BRIBING CUSTOMS OFFICIAL |
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| October 25 |
DOWNEY MAN AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FRAUD THAT BILKED INVESTORS AND HOMEOWNERS |
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October 21
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FEDS INDICT 61 IN MULTI-AGENCY DRUG PROBE FOCUSING ON LOS ANGELES-AREA GANGS |
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October 20
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DOCTOR ARRESTED ON FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES FOR DISPENSING NARCOTICS WITHOUT EXAMINING 'PATIENTS' |
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October 20
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MAN WHO PROMOTED ASSET PROTECTION STRATEGY TO AVOID TAXES SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN FEDERAL TAX CASE |
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October 19
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BURBANK WOMAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS FOR PONZI SCHEME THAT CAUSED MORE THAN $6.1 MILLION IN LOSSES
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October 15
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CALIFORNIA COUPLE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO EXPORT SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TO PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA |
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October 14
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CVS ADMITS ILLEGALLY SELLING PSEUDOEPHEDRINE TO CRIMINALS WHO MADE METHAMPHETAMINE, AGREES TO PAY $77.6 MILLION TO RESOLVE GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION |
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October 7
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FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS IRVINE ATTORNEY IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME TO PURCHASE HOMES AT INFLATED PRICES |
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October 6
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN FACES AT LEAST 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CONVICTIONS IN SMUGGLING SCHEMES, INCLUDING PLOT TO BRING SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES INTO UNITED STATES |
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October 6
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LOS ANGELES MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS IN PRISON IN POWER WHEELCHAIR SCHEME TO DEFRAUD MEDICAREE |
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October 5
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FORMER TOP OFFICIAL WITH INLAND EMPIRE INDIAN TRIBE PLEADS GUILTY, ADMITS TAKING NEARLY $875,000 IN BRIBES |
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October 5
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LOS ANGELES MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS IN PRISON IN POWER WHEELCHAIR SCHEME TO DEFRAUD MEDICARE |
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September 30
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OWNER OF SHERMAN OAKS INVESTMENT COMPANY INDICTED ON FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES IN $228 MILLION PONZI SCHEME |
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| September 30 |
DOWNEY MAN CHARGED WITH RUNNING $11 MILLION PONZI SCHEME, AS WELL AS RELATED $10 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF DISTRESSED HOMEOWNERS |
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September 30
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HOSTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS SUMMIT TO DISCUSS COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY |
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| September 28 |
CYBER CRIME PREVENTION SYMPOSIUM BRINGS TOGETHER EDUCATORS, PARENTS AND CHILDREN TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON STAYING SAFE ON THE INTERNET |
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| September 28 |
EX-MAYOR OF LYNWOOD RE-SENTENCED TO NEARLY 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING RESIDENTS IN CORRUPTION CASE |
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| September 24 |
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ARRESTED IN BRIBERY CASE |
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| September 24 |
CONTRACTORS WHO CAUSED PIRU WILDFIRE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER $5.4 MILLION TO COVER FEDERAL COSTS RELATED TO FIRE |
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| September 23 |
PROMINENT L.A. BUSINESSMAN INDICTED ON FRAUD CHARGES THAT ALLEGE HE BILKED FIVE VICTIMS OUT $23 MILLION |
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| September 22 |
FEDERAL INDICTMENT ACCUSES 20 LINKED TO ASIAN GANGS WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING AND SHAM MARRIAGE CONSPIRACY |
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| September 13 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF WALNUT ALLEGING RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION |
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| September 10 |
FORMER DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH CAUSING HIS WIFE TO COLLECT SALARY OF NEARLY $600,000 EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS NOT WORKING |
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| September 2 |
FORMER UNION BOSS SENTENCED TO JAIL IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD NON-PROFIT GROUP |
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| August 31 |
FORMER HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS FOR PAYING KICKBACKS IN 'SKID ROW' HEALTHCARE FRAUD SCHEME |
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| August 30 |
TUSTIN-BASED PONZI SCHEMER, ARRESTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE COUNTRY, SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN PRISON |
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| August 30 |
FORMER LABOR UNION OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR STEALING UNION FUNDS AND FILING FALSE TAX RETURN |
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| August 27 |
MORTGAGE BROKER WHO PLAYED KEY ROLE IN MASSIVE REAL ESTATE FRAUD SENTENCED TO 6½ YEARS IN PRISON |
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| August 27 |
CALIFORNIA WOMAN WHO SOLD ABUSED AND SICK HORSES OVER THE INTERNET AGREES TO PLEAD TO FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES |
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| August 25 |
SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER AGREES TO PAY $5.25 MILLION TO UNITED STATES TO SETTLE CIVIL FRAUD INVESTIGATION |
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| August 25 |
41 MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF PUEBLO BISHOPS CHARGED IN FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT THAT ALLEGES MURDERS, ROBBERIES AND WIDESPREAD DRUG SALES IN BID TO CONTROL SOUTH L.A. COMMUNITY |
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| August 24 |
FOUR LINKED TO GANG BASED AT NICKERSON GARDENS HOUSING PROJECT ARRESTED ON FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES |
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| August 18 |
OWNER OF BEVERLY HILLS BEAUTY SPA ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF STEALING CREDIT CARD INFO FROM CELEBRITIES |
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| August 10 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES TO STOP TWO LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS FROM PROMOTING ALLEGEDLY BOGUS TRUSTS |
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| August 10 |
INDICTMENTS TARGET ARM OF PASADENA STREET GANG ALLEGEDLY SELLING CRACK COCAINE IN ANTELOPE VALLEY |
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| August 6 |
SANTA ANA INVESTMENT ADVISOR CHARGED WITH RUNNING $10+ MILLION PONZI SCHEME THAT BILKED SENIOR CITIZENS |
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| August 5 |
GRAND JURY INDICTS 15 LINKED TO MAJOR 'ECSTASY' RING |
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| August 3 |
MAN WHO PARTICIPATED IN TAX FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT SCHEME SENTENCED TO NEARLY FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| August 3 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES FIRST NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION PREVENTION AND INTERDICTION |
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| August 2 |
WOMAN WHO STAGED FAKE FUNERALS AS PART OF LIFE INSURANCE SCAM FOUND GUILTY OF FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES |
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| August 2 |
LOS ANGELES MAN RECEIVES 25-YEAR SENTENCE FOR TRAVELING TO THAILAND TO HAVE SEX WITH MINORS |
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| July 29 |
DOCTOR SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR WRITING OXYCONTIN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CASH |
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| July 23 |
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAN CONVICTED IN JOB SCAM THAT CAUSED $6 MILLION IN LOSSES TO VICTIMS ACROSS U.S. |
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| July 21 |
FINAL SIX DEFENDANTS FOUND GUILTY IN IMPOSTER NURSE SCHEME THAT DEFRAUDED MEDI-CAL OUT OF $4.6 MILLION |
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| July 15 |
IMPORTER CONVICTED OF BRIBERY AND TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT EXERCISE EQUIPMENT MADE IN CHINA |
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| July 15 |
BEL-AIR MAN CONVICTED OF BANKRUPTCY FRAUD
AND ASSAULT |
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| July 12 |
LONG BEACH MAN SENTENCED TO 6½ YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN $33 MILLION PONZI THAT PROMISED PROFITS IN REAL ESTATE |
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| July 12 |
CANADIAN MAN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR RUNNING LOTTERY SCAM THAT TARGETED ELDERLY AMERICANS |
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| July 8 |
NATIONAL CARDIO LABS PAYS $3.6 MILLION TO SETTLE CIVIL ALLEGATIONS THAT DEFRAUDED FEDERAL HEALTH PROGRAMS |
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| July 2 |
RADIOLOGY CLINIC PAYS $647,000 TO RESOLVE LAWSUIT ALLEGING IT BILKED MEDICARE FOR UNNEEDED TESTS |
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| June 29 |
CUBAN NATIONAL WHO DEFRAUDED OTHER IMMIGRANTS BY POSING AS ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO OVER 5 YEARS IN PRISON |
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| June 28 |
WOMAN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN $3.8 MILLION 'FEDERAL RESERVE BANK' LOAN FRAUD SCHEME |
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| June 23 |
NORTHROP GRUMMAN AGREES TO PAY $12.5 MILLION TO SETTLE CIVIL FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASE ALLEGING TEST VIOLATIONS |
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| June 22 |
PRESIDENT OF CAMBODIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS ORGANIZATION SENTENCED TO LIFE IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR PLOTTING TO VIOLENTLY OVERTHROW CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT |
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| June 22 |
ORANGE COUNTY MAN SUSPECTED OF HACKING COMPUTERS ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO DEMANDS FOR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VIDEOS FROM WOMEN AND TEENAGE GIRLS |
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| June 21 |
FORMER OFFICIAL WITH BARSTOW LABOR UNION PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF UNION FUNDS AND FILING FALSE TAX RETURN |
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| June 17 |
ORANGE COUNTY ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR STEALING OVER $2 MILLION FROM HIS CLIENTS' SETTLEMENT FUND AND THEN LYING TO COURT TO COVER UP HIS CONDUCT |
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| June 17 |
JOINT FEDERAL-STATE INVESTIGATION LEADS TO INDICTMENTS NAMING 14 LINKED TO MORTGAGE FRAUD IN VENTURA COUNTY |
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| June 17 |
REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT JOINS TOGETHER IN CRACKDOWN ON MORTGAGE FRAUD, WITH SEVERAL DOZEN BEING NAMED IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS FILED IN FEDERAL COURT
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| June 10 |
MAN PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED TO 17½ YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS |
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| June 8 |
FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT LEADS TO ARREST OF 8 MEMBERS, ASSOCIATES OF SAN GABRIEL VALLEY STREET GANG |
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| June 8 |
FORMER L.A. COUNTY WORKER ARRESTED IN IDENTITY THEFT, TAX SCHEME THAT SOUGHT NEARLY $2 MILLION FROM IRS |
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| June 7 |
ORANGE COUNTY MEN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR SMUGGLING SONGBIRDS FROM VIETNAM INTO UNITED STATES |
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| June 7 |
FORMER CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AT CHINO STATE PRISON SENTENCED TO OVER FOUR YEARS FOR ASSAULTING INMATES |
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| May 26 Latest Release |
SEVENTEENTH DEFENDANT SENTENCED IN $15 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME TARGETING ELDERLY, MENTALLY ILL |
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| May 21 |
STATE EMPLOYEE WHO INSPECTED REHAB CLINICS PLEADS GUILTY TO CORRUPTION CHARGES FOR TAKING CASH BRIBES |
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| May 13 |
ORANGE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROLE IN $61 MILLION PONZI SCHEME |
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| May 12 |
MOVIE DISTRIBUTOR SENTENCED TO NEARLY 4 YEARS IN PRISON IN $7 MILLION INDEPENDENT FILM FINANCING FRAUD |
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| May 11 |
PROMOTER OF TAX-AVOIDANCE SCHEME ADMITS FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE |
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| May 7 |
ESCROW AGENT TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES FOR EMBEZZLING $3.9 MILLION HELD FOR 23 CALIFORNIA CITIES |
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| May 5 |
SAN PEDRO FISH COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO FALSIFYING DOCUMENTS RELATED TO HARVEST OF PACIFIC SARDINES |
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| May 3 |
VALLEY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN $39 MILLION PONZI SCHEME |
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| April 27 |
EX-UCLA HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY PEEKING AT PATIENT RECORDS |
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| April 27 |
ANTIQUES DEALER AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO SALE OF FAKE PICASSO FOR $2 MILLION |
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| April 26 |
FORMER STATE EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS FOR SCHEME INVOLVING OVER $30,000 IN UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS |
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| April 26 |
EX-FBI AGENT AND ACCOMPLICE SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PLOTTING VIOLENT HOME-INVASION ROBBERY |
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| April 26 |
OPERATOR OF BEST DIAMOND FUNDING SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR RUNNING $62 MILLION PONZI SCHEME THAT DEFRAUDED 2,300 SPANISH-SPEAKING INVESTORS |
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| April 21 |
FORMER CEO OF KB HOME CONVICTED OF FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES RELATED TO STOCK OPTION BACKDATING IN WHICH HE AWARDED HIMSELF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN COMPENSATION |
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| April 21 |
TASK FORCE OPERATION LEADS TO ARREST OF 27 LINKED TO ONTARIO STREET GANG WITH ALLEGIANCE TO MEXICAN MAFIA |
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| April 20 |
FEDERAL PRISONER SERVING TIME FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING MISBRANDED DRUGS THAT WERE LABELED AS 'ALL-NATURAL' SEXUAL ENHANCEMENT |
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| April 20 |
IMMIGRATION AGENCY ATTORNEY CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES FOR TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN BRIBES FROM IMMIGRANTS SEEKING STATUS IN U.S. |
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| April 19 |
EX-CEO OF HOMESTORE.COM SENTENCED TO 54 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR OVERSEEING FRAUDULENT 'ROUND-TRIP' SCHEME THAT ILLEGALLY INFLATED COMPANY'S REVENUE |
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| April 16 |
BIG BEAR LAKES MAN FALSELY CLAIMED TO BE ARMY GENERAL |
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| April 16 |
MEXICAN ACTRESS AND 'HUSBAND' ARRESTED BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES FOR ALLEGEDLY ENTERING INTO SHAM MARRIAGE |
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| April 15 |
ORANGE COUNTY CANCER DOCTOR CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING MEDICARE AND OTHER HEALTH INSURERS IN $1 MILLION SCAM |
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| April 14 |
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY DOCTOR SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY DISPENSING HUGE AMOUNTS OF NARCOTICS WITHOUT EXAMINING HIS 'PATIENTS' |
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| April 13 |
WEST HOLLYWOOD PSYCHIATRIST, OFFICE MANAGER ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF WRITING HUGE NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS FOR ADDICTIVE DRUGS WITHOUT EXAMINING CASH-PAYING 'PATIENTS' |
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| April 12 |
CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING DONORS TO VETERANS' CAUSES BY POSING AS ACTIVE MILITARY OFFICER |
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| April 12 |
REAL ESTATE BROKER ADMITS FILING TAX RETURNS THAT FRAUDULENTLY CLAIMED THE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER CREDIT |
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| April 9 |
FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS I.R.S. REVENUE AGENT FOR FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS AND THREATENING INVESTIGATORS |
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| April 7 |
VALLEY WOMAN CHARGED WITH FILING TAX RETURNS THAT FRAUDULENTLY CLAIMED THE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER CREDIT |
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| April 6 |
LA CAÑADA WOMAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR SELLING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FAKE ART THROUGH NATIONWIDE TV ART AUCTION PROGRAM |
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| April 6 |
TWO DESERT HOT SPRINGS POLICE OFFICERS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF ABUSING HANDCUFFED SUSPECTS WITH TASERS |
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| April 5 |
ORANGE COUNTY MAN WHO PARTICIPATED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME SENTENCED TO 60 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| April 1 |
MEMBER OF COMMERCE CITY COUNCIL ARRESTED IN SCHEME TO HIDE ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GRAND JURY |
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| April 1 |
10 LINKED TO MEXICO-BASED DRUG TRAFFICKING RING ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING AND DISTRIBUTING LARGE QUANTITIES OF METHAMPHETAMINE ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES |
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| March 31 |
FIVE CHARGED IN INSIDER TRADING RING THAT GENERATED MORE THAN $1.7 MILLION IN ILLEGAL PROFITS |
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| March 29 |
BEVERLY HILLS INVESTMENT ADVISOR WHO STOLE $8 MILLION FROM CLIENTS SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| March 23 |
OPERATOR OF STANDARD HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENSE IN DUMPING OF POOL CHEMICALS THAT CAUSED ILLNESSES IN SUBWAY |
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| March 22 |
MAN WHO OPERATED LOS ANGELES-AREA MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON |
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| March 22 |
INLAND EMPIRE MAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO ROLE IN $4 MILLION MORTGAGE SCAM SENTENCED TO OVER 7 YEARS |
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| March 15 |
FINAL DEFENDANT IN $6 MILLION FRAUD CASE INVOLVING BILLS FOR NONEXISTENT ADS SENTENCED TO 5½ YEARS IN PRISON |
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| March 15 |
ILLINOIS MAN SENTENCED TO 2½ YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSTING NUDE VIDEOS OF ESPN REPORTER ON INTERNET |
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| March 10 |
SANTA MONICA RESTAURANT AND SUSHI CHEF CHARGED WITH SELLING MEAT OF PROTECTED SEI WHALES |
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| March 9 |
KEY PLAYERS IN IRVINE INVESTMENT FIRM ARRESTED FOR RUNNING $8 MILLION PONZI SCHEME THAT TARGETED KOREANS |
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| March 8 |
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 18 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SOLICITING MURDER OF I.C.E. INFORMANT |
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| March 4 |
GLENDALE RESIDENT CONVICTED IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME THAT FRAUDULENTLY BILLED MEDICARE $3.4 MILLION |
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| March 4 |
ANDRÉ BIROTTE JR. SWORN IN AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY |
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| March 4 |
MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN CHARGED WITH SKIMMING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM MILITARY CONTRACTS |
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| March 3 |
WARDEN OF VICTORVILLE FEDERAL PRISON INDICTED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS |
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| March 2 |
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE AT L.A. AIR FORCE BASE SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS FOR SOLICITING BRIBES FROM CONTRACTOR |
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| March 1 |
LOS ANGELES WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FALSELY TELLING F.B.I. THAT SHE HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED |
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| March 1 |
EUROPEAN FRAUDSTER CONVICTED IN INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME THAT BILKED VICTIMS OUT OF $7.3 MILLION |
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| February 26 |
14 ENTITIES PAY $15.4 MILLION TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS OF BID-RIGGING AND PRICE-FIXING ON DEFENSE CONTRACTS |
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| February 22 |
DOCTOR WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD FOR GIVING AIDS AND HIV PATIENTS DILUTED MEDICATIONS SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| February 22 |
FORMER HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE SENTENCED TO 37 MONTHS FOR PAYING KICKBACKS IN 'SKID ROW' HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME |
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| February 22 |
GARDENA TAX RETURN PREPARER WHO HELPED CLIENTS AVOID $2.7 MILLION IN TAXES SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON |
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| February 18 |
FIVE WHO TARGETED HOMEOWNERS IN DEFAULT SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON IN $13 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE |
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| February 17 |
LONG BEACH MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN $33 MILLION PONZI THAT LURED INVESTORS WITH PROMISES OF PROFITS IN REAL ESTATE |
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| February 17 |
LOS ANGELES TAX PREPARER ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING U.S. WITH LIES ON VISA APPLICATIONS AND FALSE TAX RETURNS |
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| February 12 |
FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS THREE GUARDS ARRESTED WHEN 37 ILLEGAL ALIENS WERE FOUND IN LYNWOOD 'DROP HOUSE' |
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| February 9 |
FORMER TUSTIN HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO PAYING KICKBACKS IN 'SKID ROW' HEALTHCARE FRAUD PLOT |
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| February 8 |
CASTAIC MAN WHO EMBEZZLED MORE THAN $800,000 FROM LOCKHEED FEDERAL CREDIT UNION SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS |
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| February 8 |
FORMER BOEING ENGINEER SENTENCED TO NEARLY 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR STEALING AEROSPACE SECRETS FOR CHINA |
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| February 5 |
OPERATOR OF MALIBU-BASED 'CAP X' INVESTMENT PROGRAM ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY RUNNING $12 MILLION PONZI SCHEME |
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| February 4 |
FIFTH GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE AFTER CONVICTIONS IN MASSIVE FEDERAL RACKETEERING CASE |
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| February 3 |
WEST COVINA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN PONZI SCHEME BASED ON BOGUS INVESTMENTS IN LATEX GLOVES AFTER 9/11 ATTACKS |
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| February 2 |
NEVADA MAN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN EXTORTION CASE WHERE VICTIMS WERE THREATENED WITH INJURY AND DEATH |
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| February 1 |
FORMER PRESIDENT OF INLAND EMPIRE MORTGAGE COMPANY SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN FRAUD SCHEME THAT LED TO NEARLY $30 MILLION IN LOSSES AT H.U.D. |
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| January 29 |
REAL ESTATE APPRAISER SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS IN PRISON IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME THAT LED TO $46 MILLION IN LOSSES |
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| January 29 |
COACHELLA VALLEY MAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES FOR SHOOTING LASER AT CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL HELICOPTER |
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| January 29 |
RIVERSIDE GANG WITH LINKS TO MEXICAN MAFIA TARGETED IN FEDERAL CASE THAT ALLEGES METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING |
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| January 26 |
NIGERIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO OVER 8 YEARS FOR ROLE IN FRAUDULENT CHECK SCAM THAT VICTIMIZED NEARLY 500 VICTIMS |
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| January 25 |
NEBRASKA MAN AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY IN ATTACK OF SCIENTOLOGY WEBSITES ORCHESTRATED BY 'ANONYMOUS' |
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| January 25 |
INMATE WHO WAS SERVING TIME IN STATE PRISON FOR IDENTITY THEFT SENTENCED TO 8½ YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN SECOND IDENTITY THEFT CASE FOR TAKING OVER CREDIT CARDS |
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| January 22 |
SOUTH BAY SURGEON CONVICTED OF FRAUD FOR PERFORMING COSMETIC PROCEDURES THAT WERE BILLED TO PATIENTS' INSURANCE COMPANIES AS 'MEDICALLY NECESSARY' |
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| January 20 |
CONMAN FOUND GUILTY OF OPERATING $62 MILLION PONZI SCHEME THAT TARGETED SPANISH-SPEAKING INVESTORS |
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| January 19 |
INLAND EMPIRE MAN AND THAI SUPPLIER CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING IVORY FROM ENDANGERED AFRICAN ELEPHANTS |
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| January 13 |
FORMER OFFICIAL WITH BARSTOW LABOR UNION INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO THEFT OF UNION FUNDS |
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| January 12 |
MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 13 YEARS IN $21 MILLION PONZI SCHEME THAT COSTS DOZENS OF VICTIM THEIR LIFE SAVINGS |
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| January 11 |
GUILTY PLEA IN PASADENA ARSON PLOT LINKED TO DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION |
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| January 11 |
HEDGE FUND MANAGER WHO BILKED RELATIVES OUT OF $25 MILLION SENTENCED TO OVER 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| January 11 |
UNLICENSED ORANGE COUNTY MORTGAGE BROKER SENTENCED TO NEARLY SIX YEARS IN PRISON IN $40 MILLION FRAUD SCHEME |
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| January 8 |
EX-UCLA HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS OF ILLEGALLY PEEKING AT PATIENT RECORDS |
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| January 8 |
WEST HOLLYWOOD ANTIQUES DEALER FACES CHARGES OF SELLING FAKE PICASSO DRAWING FOR $2 MILLION |
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| January 7 |
EX-CEO OF HOMESTORE.COM AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY IN SCHEME THAT ILLEGALLY INFLATED COMPANY'S REVENUE |
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| January 6 |
GRAND JURY INDICTS DOCTOR WHO HEADED LIVER TRANSPLANT PROGRAM ON CHARGES OF COVERING UP PATIENT SWITCH |
