Recent Posts in Federal Crimes Category
Posted on Jan 11, 2011 By admin
A man identified as a drug kingpin and a key defendant in a federal gang sweep was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for overseeing the racketeering and drug activities of the Varrio Hawaiian ...
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Posted on Jan 6, 2011 By admin
A San Diego FBI Special Agent announced the arrest of Amado Nicholas Hernandez, of Chico, California. Hernandez was arrested as he arrived on board a cruise ship at the Port of San Diego. Hernandez ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2010 By admin
In Sacramento, California, a United States Attorney announced that United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell sentenced two men to 20-year prison terms today as follows: David Wehde—Docket #: No. ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2010 By admin
In Fresno, California, a United States Attorney, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, and Fresno County Sheriff announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging Bounepheng ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2010 By Jerry Kastler
In Washington, D.C., an Oakland, California woman was convicted of health care fraud in connection with a scheme to bill Medicare for power wheelchairs that were medically unnecessary, announced the ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2010 By admin
San Diego FBI Special Agent in Charge announced the arrest of Joseph Valencia Gonzales II, age 36. He was arrested by FBI and NCIS agents on Naval Base Coronado. At the time of his arrest, Gonzalez ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2010 By admin
With the invaluable cooperation of the Greek and Dutch governments, fugitive brothers John and George Silah were arrested in the Netherlands after being sought by the FBI since 2008 for removing their ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2010 By admin
A United States Attorney in San Diego, California announced that Augustin Jaime Lopez-Ceballos was sentenced to serve 181 months in prison after his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2010 By admin
In Phoenix, Arizona, Stanley William Taylor, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, was found guilty of conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute by a federal jury in Phoenix. The trial began before ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2010 By admin
Maher Talal Muhawieh was charged for perpetrating a Ponzi scheme over the course of almost three years, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. According to court documents, Muhawieh allegedly ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2010 By admin
United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge announced the unsealing of an indictment and arrests resulting from a 16-month investigation into ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2010 By admin
A federal grand jury indicted 11 defendants for participating in three separate but related conspiracies to distribute controlled substances outside the scope of professional medical practice, United ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2010 By admin
The owner and operator of a Los Angeles durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison in connection with a power wheelchair scheme to defraud Medicare, the ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2010 By admin
The El Centro Regional Medical Center in Imperial County, California, has agreed to pay the United States $2.2 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare. The government ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2010 By admin
A man suspected of being an international serial rapist is in custody in Orange County after being extradited from Austria following a DNA match through INTERPOL. The defendant was featured on the ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2010 By admin
The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises. Some of the pot shops get ...
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Posted on Aug 31, 2010 By admin
Dr. Lisa Tseng, a Rowland Heights osteopath, is the focus of a DEA probe into the over-prescribing of painkillers. At least six of her patients in their 20s have died since 2007. Last December, Joey ...
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Posted on May 18, 2010 By Marks and Brooklier
Owner of Irving bookkeeping and taxes company defrauded investors out of millions and was sentenced to federal prison for 20 years. In San Francisco, Roberto Heckscher was sentenced today to 240 ...
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Posted on May 14, 2010 By Marks and Brooklier
A 75-year-old former Santa Monica resident with a previous child-sex conviction is expected to plead guilty in Los Angeles federal court to traveling to Cambodia to have sex with boys. Jack Louis ...
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