Recent Posts in Federal Criminal Defense Category
Posted on Dec 15, 2010 By admin
A Georgia man pled guilty in Los Angeles to transporting child pornography using a secret Internet bulletin board that allowed approximately three dozen members to trade thousands of images and videos ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2010 By admin
A West Covina, California man was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for running an investment fraud scheme that took in almost $4 million from more than 100 victims who were lured to the ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2010 By admin
In Sacramento, California, a United States Attorney announced that Ronald T. Lim, of Redding, has paid $175,000 to settle the government’s claims for civil statutory violations occurring at his three ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2010 By admin
In Sacramento, California, a United States Attorney announced that Kerry Seaman, of Lake Ronkoukoma, New York, pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to divert more than $20 million from ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2010 By admin
A celebrity disc jockey and the heads of an entertainment company were among 14 people indicted in a cocaine ring where private jets were used to shuttle large amounts of the drug from Southern ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2010 By admin
A man who prosecutors say made millions of dollars from a prescription drug scam in which he recruited destitute people with HIV to serve as straw patients was sentenced to eight years in prison by a ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2010 By admin
In Sacramento, California, a United States Attorney announced that United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell sentenced Marvin Chavelle Epps, of Sacramento, to 12 years and seven months in federal ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2010 By admin
In Las Vegas, Nevada, federal prosecutors unsealed charges against 27 individuals for their involvement in an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation in Nevada and Alaska involving ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2010 By admin
Doctors, staff members and the owner of a North Hollywood clinic have been charged with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar scheme to recruit mentially ill transients for unnecessary treatments. The ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2010 By admin
The Arizona Attorney General announced the indictment and arrest of Mayor Octavio Garcia Von Borstel of Nogales, Arizona, on multiple charges including bribery, theft, fraud, and money laundering. ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2010 By admin
United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Charles Johnson, 47, of Garden Valley in El Dorado County, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Edward Garcia to receipt of ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2010 By admin
A Burbank woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme that collected more than $10 million dollars from investors with bogus promises of 25 percent returns ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2010 By admin
Ten individuals have been indicted in Los Angeles for their role in a scheme to defraud the United States Medicare System, announced U.S. Attorney, Andre Birotte Jr.; FBI Assistant Director in Charge, ...
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