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December 21
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VENTURA COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES OF IMPERSONATING CIA AGENT |
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| December 21 |
EX-FINANCE DIRECTOR OF SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF EMBEZZLING $1.7 MILLION |
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| December 20 |
ORANGE COUNTY PAYS $7 MILLION TO UNITED STATES TO RESOLVE LAWSUIT ALLEGING FALSE BILLINGS TO MEDICARE |
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| December 19 |
VENTURA HOSPITAL TO PAY MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS THAT IT SUBMITTED FALSE MEDICARE CLAIMS |
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| December 19 |
TWO FOUND GUILTY IN $34 MILLION FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING ORANGE COUNTY OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER |
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| December 19 |
IDENTITY THIEF WHO OPENED ACCOUNTS IN THE NAMES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS SENTENCED TO OVER SEVEN YEARS |
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| December 19 |
FEDERAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES JOIN FORCES TO FEDERALLY PROSECUTE GANG MEMBERS HELD IN AREA JAILS |
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| December 19 |
BROOKLYN RABBI AND SEVERAL ASSOCIATES CHARGED IN SOPHISTICATED TAX FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME |
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| December 19 |
MEMBERS OF MONTREAL-BASED TELEMARKETING SCAM NAMED IN FRAUD INDICTMENT ISSUED BY U.S. GRAND JURY |
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| December 18 |
FILM EXECUTIVE AND SPOUSE ARRESTED FOR PAYING BRIBES TO A THAI TOURISM OFFICIAL TO OBTAIN LUCRATIVE FILM FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS |
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| December 18 |
L.A. COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HACKING INTO HOTEL BUSINESS KIOSKS AND STEALING CREDIT CARD INFORMATION |
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| December 18 |
ALTADENA MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME THAT BILKED MEDICARE OUT OF $7 MILLION |
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| December 14 |
BUSINESSMAN AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO MAKING ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS |
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| December 14 |
TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO DOMESTIC TERRORISM CHARGES OF CONSPIRING TO ATTACK MILITARY FACILITIES, JEWISH TARGETS |
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| December 14 |
SANTA BARBARA MAN INDICTED IN INVESTMENT SCAM THAT SOLD UNREGISTERED SECURITIES IN INTERNET COMPANIES |
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| December 11 |
DOCTOR INVOLVED IN 'RENT-A-PATIENT' SCAM SENTENCED TO NEARLY FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| December 10 |
CAPTURED FUGITIVE SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY BY TAKING PICTURES OF LEWD ACTS BETWEEN HIMSELF AND 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL |
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| December 10 |
AMBULANCE COMPANY OWNER AND WIFE AGREE TO PAY $6 MILLION TO RESOLVE CIVIL MEDICARE FRAUD ALLEGATIONS |
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| December 3 |
WHITTIER MOTHER WHO CONSPIRED WITH DAUGHTER TO FILE FALSE TAX RETURNS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON |
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November 30
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FORMER BROADCOM VICE PRESIDENT AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IN STOCK BACKDATING PROBE |
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| November 29 |
U.S. MAN AND HIS RUSSIAN 'WIFE' ARRESTED FOR MARRIAGE FRAUD AFTER SHE PAID HIM WITH AUTOMOBILE FOR SHAM UNION |
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| November 27 |
VENICE CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY STEPHEN YAGMAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ATTEMPTED TAX EVASION, CONCEALING ASSETS FROM U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT |
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| November 26 |
O.C. MAN WHO EMBEZZLED OVER $1 MILLION FROM MERCEDES-BENZ DEALERSHIP SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS |
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| November 16 |
PRESIDENT OF NON-PROFIT HOUSING AGENCY PLEADS GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTING A H.U.D. AUDIT BY FABRICATING DOCUMENTS |
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| November 15 |
TASK FORCE TARGETS MS-13 GANG, INCLUDING LEADER OF LOS ANGELES FACTION |
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| November 14 |
NEWPORT BEACH MAN WHO RAN PONZI SCHEME THAT COST VICTIMS NEARLY $4.2 MILLION AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY |
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| November 13 |
LEADER OF GROUP WHO TRAFFICKED IN ENDANGERED 'DRAGON FISH' SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON |
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| November 9 |
COMPUTER SECURITY CONSULTANT CHARGED WITH INFECTING UP TO A QUARTER MILLION COMPUTERS THAT WERE USED TO WIRETAP, ENGAGE IN IDENTITY THEFT, DEFRAUD BANKS |
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| November 8 |
FOUR ARRESTED IN INLAND EMPIRE MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME THAT COST GOVERNMENT AND BANKS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS |
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| November 7 |
TWENTY-THREE CHARGED IN LEASING FRAUD SCHEME THAT CAUSED MORE THAN $20 MILLION IN LOSSES TO LENDERS |
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| November 6 |
OPERATION BELL BOTTOMS TARGETS COUNTERFEITING, NARCOTICS OPERATION IN LOS ANGELES-AREA CLOTHING STORES |
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| November 5 |
OWNER OF PROMINENT MACHINE TOOL-MAKING COMPANY SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR AVOIDING PAYMENT OF MORE THAN $34 MILLION IN FEDERAL INCOME TAXES |
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October 30
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IN LARGEST FEDERAL GANG CASE EVER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 102 LINKED TO SOUTH LOS ANGELES' FLORENCIA 13 GANG NOW FACE RACKETEERING, NARCOTICS CHARGES |
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| October 25 |
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STEPS UP EFFORTS TO INVESTIGATE FRAUD ALLEGATIONS IN WILDFIRE RELIEF EFFORTS |
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| October 24 |
TWO DOZEN LINKED TO 18TH STREET GANG NAMED IN FEDERAL INDICTMENTS THAT ALLEGE NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION AND 'TAXATION' OF STREET-LEVEL DRUG DEALERS |
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| October 16 |
TWO DOZEN MEMBERS OF FLORENCIA 13 GANG NAMED IN RICO INDICTMENT THAT ALLEGES DRUG TRAFFICKING AND SHOOTINGS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS |
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| October 9 |
UNITED STATES FILES NEW LAWSUIT AGAINST OPERATOR OF 'DUROVILLE' TRAILER PARK NEAR THERMAL, ALLEGING IMMINENT HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS TO THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS |
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| October 5 |
THOMAS P. O'BRIEN SWORN IN AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY |
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| October 5 |
TWO ATTORNEYS AT IMMIGRATION LAW FIRM PLEAD GUILTY IN RELATION TO VISA FRAUD SCHEME |
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| October 5 |
TWO MEN ARRESTED IN $27 MILLION SCAM THAT BILKED MORE THAN 5OO IN COAL MINES, GOLD TRANSACTION SCAM |
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| October 3 |
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARREST FOUR IN CHECK-KITING SCHEME THAT COST BANKS MORE THAN $4 MILLION |
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| October 3 |
LOS ANGELES MAN SENTENCED TO OVER THREE YEARS FOR FAILING TO REPORT $600,000 IN INCOME TO I.R.S. |
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| October 3 |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO SMUGGLING PROTECTED TORTOISES INTO THE UNITED STATES |
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| October 3 |
FORMER ATTORNEY CHARGED IN RELATION TO 'ARBITAGE' PONZI SCHEME THAT COST VICTIMS OVER $19 MILLION |
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| October 2 |
ONE DOZEN MEMBERS OF U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HONORED WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL AWARDS |
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| October 1 |
MAN WHO BILKED VICTIMS ACROSS U.S. AND SWITZERLAND OUT OF MORE THAN $6 MILLION SENTENCED TO NEARLY 11 YEARS |
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September 27
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ARIZONA COUPLE INDICTED ON CHARGES OF DEFRAUDING DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN BY OBTAINING $2.6 MILLION FROM BOGUS CONTRACTS |
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| September 26 |
WATER DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT RECEIVING CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR |
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| September 26 |
MAN ARRESTED ON CHARGES THAT, DESPITE COURT ORDER AND PRIOR GRAND JURY INDICTMENT, HE CONTINUED TO SELL TO DENTISTS ADULTERATED AND UNAPPROVED MEDICAL DEVICES |
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| September 24 |
ORANGE COUNTY TAX PREPARER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR AIDING IN THE PREPARATION OF FALSE TAX RETURNS |
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| September 21 |
LONG BEACH MAN INDICTED FOR SMUGGLING RARE AND ENDANGERED IGUANAS INTO U.S. IN HIS PROSTHETIC LEG |
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| September 20 |
STEVEN SCHULMAN, FORMER NAME PARTNER IN MILBERG WEISS, AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL RACKETEERING OFFENSE AND ADMIT ROLE IN PAID PLAINTIFF KICKBACK SCHEME |
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| September 20 |
MELVYN WEISS, CO-FOUNDER OF MILBERG WEISS LAW FIRM, INDICTED IN SECRET KICKBACK SCHEME INVOLVING NAMED PLAINTIFFS IN CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS |
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| September 19 |
AUSTRALIAN MAN SENTENCED TO 7½ YEARS IN PRISON FOR BRINGING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TO UNITED STATES |
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| September 19 |
O.C. ATTORNEY INDICTED FOR RUNNING 'HIGH-YIELD' INVESTMENT SCAM THAT COST VICTIMS OVER $1 MILLION |
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| September 18 |
WILLIAM LERACH, FORMER NAME PARTNER IN MILBERG WEISS, TO PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE AND MAKE FALSE STATEMENTS TO FEDERAL JUDGES ACROSS U.S. |
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| September 17 |
PRINCIPAL AT C+ CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SENTENCED TO OVER SEVEN YEARS FOR ORCHESTRATING $28 MILLION SCAM |
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| September 17 |
LOS ANGELES MAN RECEIVES DECADE-LONG SENTENCE FOR TRAVELING TO THAILAND TO HAVE SEX WITH MINORS |
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| September 6 |
NEVADA MAN CHARGED WITH IMPERSONATING ATTORNEY TO GAIN CONTROL OF WEB DOMAINS WITH THREATS OF LAWSUITS |
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| September 6 |
FORMER ORANGE COUNTY MAN BROUGHT TO UNITED STATES TO FACE CHARGES OF HAVING SEXUAL CONTACT WITH BOY |
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| September 4 |
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MAN ARRESTED IN $8.7 MILLION SCAM THAT TARGETED NORTH CAROLINA INVESTOR |
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August 30
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ORANGE COUNTY FISHERMAN FACES FEDERAL CHARGES FOR STABBING CALIFORNIA SEA LION, WHICH LATER DIED |
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| August 27 |
OWNER OF PROMINENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY IN $34 MILLION FEDERAL TAX EVASION SCHEME |
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| August 20 |
FORMER RED CROSS EMBEZZLER SENTENCED TO TERM OF IMPRISONMENT AND IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF FULL RESTITUTION |
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| August 13 |
INLAND EMPIRE WOMAN SENTENCED TO 78 MONTHS IN FEDERAL IDENTITY THEFT CASE THAT COST VICTIMS NEARLY $200,000 |
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| August 13 |
MAN WHO TARGETED SPANISH SPEAKERS WITH BOGUS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY EXTRADITED TO U.S. FROM ROMANIA |
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| August 9 |
NINE CHARGED IN SEX TRAFFICKING RING WHERE MINORS WERE SMUGGLED FROM GUATEMALA AND FORCED TO WORK AS PROSTITUTES IN L.A. AREA |
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| August 7 |
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES CHARGE 10 FOR STARTING WILDFIRES THAT BURNED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES |
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| August 6 |
L.A. MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE PCP |
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| August 2 |
WESTSIDE REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND APPRAISERS INDICTED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR 'PROPERTY-FLIPPING' FRAUD SCHEME |
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July 31
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FEDERAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES TARGET DRUG TRAFFICKING IN GANG-PLAGUED SOUTH L.A. 'GHOST TOWN' NEIGHBORHOOD |
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| July 27 |
TWO MEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH SCHEME TO EXTORT ACTOR TOM CRUISE FOR MORE THAN $1 MILLION FOR PHOTOS |
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| July 25 |
JURY FINDS ORANGE COUNTY TAX PREPARERS GUILTY
IN MASSIVE ANAHEIM-BASED TAX FRAUD CONSPIRACY |
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| July 24 |
CALIFORNIA MAN CHARGED WITH FEDERAL OBSCENITY VIOLATIONS |
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| July 17 |
OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF FOUR MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTION OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF MARIJUANA |
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| July 12 |
THOMAS P. O'BRIEN NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY |
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| July 12 |
DOCTOR PLEADS GUILTY IN 'RENT-A-PATIENT' SCHEME THAT BILLED INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR UNNECESSARY SURGERIES |
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| July 10 |
FORMER USC REAL ESTATE PROFESSOR WHO BILKED STUDENTS, OTHERS OUT OF $1.5 MILLION IN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT SCAM SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON |
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| July 9 |
FORMER NAME PARTNER IN MILBERG WEISS LAW FIRM TO PLEAD GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN ILLEGAL KICKBACK SCHEME |
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| July 3 |
NEVADA MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON CHARGES RELATED TO THE SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINOR |
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| July 2 |
ILLINOIS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSTING '24' TELEVISION SHOW ON INTERNET PRIOR TO FIRST BROADCAST ON FOX |
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June 26
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THREE FORMER V.P.s AT COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL AGREE TO PLEAD GUILTY TO INSIDER TRADING CHARGES |
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| June 25 |
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN CONVICTED IN FRAUD SCHEME THAT BILKED ELDERLY VICTIMS AT O.C. RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OUT OF NEARLY $5 MILLION SENTENCED TO 7½ YEARS IN PRISON |
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| June 22 |
FORMER PACIFIC CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES EXECUTIVE ARRESTED IN CONSPIRACY TO BRIBE U.K. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OFFICIAL |
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| June 22 |
VENICE CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY STEPHEN YAGMAN FOUND GUILTY OF TAX AND BANKRUPTCY FRAUD CHARGES |
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| June 18 |
TEXAS MAN WHO TRAVELED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO HAVE SEX WITH MINOR AND PLAYED ROLE IN GIRL'S SUICIDE SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| June 18 |
SUPERVISOR ADMITS TO EMBEZZLING OVER $1 MILLION FROM LARGE ORANGE COUNTY MERCEDES-BENZ DEALERSHIP |
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| June 18 |
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MAN CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT OF TRAVEL TO HAVE SEX WITH BOY, POSSESSING CHILD PORN |
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| June 14 |
'PHISHER' SENTENCED TO NEARLY SIX YEARS IN PRISON AFTER NATION'S FIRST CAN-SPAM ACT JURY TRIAL CONVICTION |
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| June 13 |
OWNER OF NUMERO UNO MARKETS ARRESTED ON FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT THAT ALLEGES MURDERS, CORRUPTION AND HARBORING OF ILLEGAL ALIENS |
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| June 11 |
FORMER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT NEWPORT BEACH ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT |
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| June 8 |
MAN GUILTY OF CHARGES IN $5 MILLION INVESTMENT SCAM THAT BILKED VICTIMS FROM ACROSS U.S. AND SWITZERLAND |
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| June 7 |
LANCASTER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PAYS $1.2 MILLION TO RESOLVE LAWSUIT ALLEGING OVERPAYMENT BY MEDICARE |
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| June 6 |
FIFTH FAMILY MEMBER PLEADS GUILTY IN SCHEME TO EXPORT U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES TO CHINA |
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| June 1 |
ILLINOIS MAN CHARGED WITH LEAKING SEASON PREMIER OF POPULAR TELEVISION SHOW BY UPLOADING TO THE INTERNET |
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May 25
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WESTSIDE MORTGAGE BANKER AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR 'PROPERTY-FLIPPING' FRAUD SCHEME |
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| May 24 |
SECOND GUILTY PLEA IN $20 MILLION TAX EVASION SCHEME LINKED TO VENTURA COUNTY MANUFACTURING FIRM |
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| May 24 |
SEVEN 'ROLLER PIGEON' ENTHUSIASTS CHARGED WITH KILLING, OR HELPING TO KILL, PROTECTED HAWKS AND FALCONS |
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| May 23 |
FORMER RED CROSS OFFICIAL IN ORANGE COUNTY PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING MORE THAN $100,000 |
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| May 23 |
PASADENA MAN WHO RAN DOWNTOWN SKID ROW STORES PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING FOOD STAMP PROGRAM |
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| May 17 |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN SURRENDERS ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF SMUGGLING PROTECTED TORTOISES INTO THE UNITED STATES |
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| May 15 |
CAREER CON MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS FOR ATTEMPTING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM ATTORNEY REPRESENTING MURDERER |
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| May 11 |
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAN LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY SCAM THAT TOOK MORE THAN $25 MILLION FROM VICTIMS SURRENDERS TO FACE CHARGES |
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| May 9 |
FINAL DEFENDANT IN WEST MYRTLE STREET GANG CASE
CONVICTED OF FEDERAL RACKETEERING CHARGES |
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| May 7 |
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MAN SENTENCED TO OVER FIVE YEARS
IN IDENTITY THEFT CASE FOR FRAUDULENT CREDIT CARD USE |
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April 27
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COACHELLA VALLEY GANG TASK FORCE MAKES 13 ARRESTS IN FEDERAL NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING CASE IN WHICH MEXICAN MAFIA MEMBER RAN OPERATION THAT DISTRIBUTED DRUGS AND COLLECTED ‘TAXES’ FROM LOCAL STREET GANGS |
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| April 27 |
ROLLING 30's GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO 33½ YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR COMMITTING ARMED ROBBERY |
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| April 25 |
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY HOSPITAL PAYS OVER $2 MILLION TO RESOLVE 'WHISTLEBLOWER' ALLEGATIONS THAT IT OVERBILLED GOVERNMENT HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS |
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| April 25 |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN INDICTED FOR TRANSPORTING VIOLINS STOLEN FROM LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC MEMBER |
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| April 23 |
LEADER OF VINELAND BOYS GANG GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RACKETEERING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENSES |
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| April 20 |
TEXAS MAN WHO TRAVELED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO HAVE SEX WITH MINOR AND PLAYED ROLE IN TEEN-AGE GIRL'S SUICIDE PLEADS GUILTY |
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| April 20 |
TWO INDICTED ON FEDERAL SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGES IN $6 MILLION PUMP-AND-DUMP SCHEME INVOLVING OIL COMPANIES |
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| April 19 |
ORANGE COUNTY FIREFIGHTER SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY |
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| April 17 |
STATE PRISON INMATE SERVING TIME FOR IDENTITY THEFT CHARGED IN FEDERAL IDENTITY THEFT CASE FOR ALLEGEDLY TAKING OVER CREDIT ACCOUNTS WITH HELP FROM OUTSIDE |
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| April 16 |
JAPANESE MAN WHO SMUGGLED ENDANGERED BUTTERFLIES SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| April 12 |
HAWTHORNE WOMAN CHARGED WITH STEALING HUNDREDS OF IDENTITIES OF DEAD PEOPLE TO FILE BOGUS TAX RETURNS
THAT SOUGHT MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN REFUNDS |
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| April 12 |
SANTA MARIA OIL REFINING COMPANY, THREE EMPLOYEES
AGREE TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED
TO DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER INTO UNDERGROUND WELLS |
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| April 12 |
LOS ANGELES TIMES, PARAMOUNT, AD FIRM PAY TO RESOLVE
CLAIMS ARISING FROM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III PROMOTION |
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| April 12 |
FORMER SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEE
SURRENDERS TO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ON CHARGES OF
DISCLOSING INFORMATION THAT WAS USED FOR IDENTITY THEFT |
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| April 9 |
FORMER EXECUTIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY MEDICAL DEVICE FIRM INDICTED ON FEDERAL SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGES FOR LYING AND CAUSING OVER $200 MILLION IN LOSSES TO INVESTORS |
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| April 6 |
OWNER OF NEWPORT TUX AND UNIFORM
PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION |
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March 27
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS FOR FORCING THEM TO WORK AS PROSTITUTES |
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| March 23 |
PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD LEADS TO CHARGES AGAINST NINE MEN ACCUSED OF CHILD EXPLOITATION CRIMES |
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| March 22 |
EX-LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR POSSESSING 1 MILLION CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IMAGES |
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| March 22 |
TWO LINKED TO COMPTON GUN STORE ARRESTED ON
FEDERAL CHARGES OF KNOWINGLY SELLING AMMO TO FELONS |
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| March 22 |
FEDERAL COURT ORDERS OPERATORS OF DUMP ON INDIAN LAND
TO PAY OVER $46 MILLION RELATED TO ILLEGAL DUMPING |
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| March 14 |
IRANIAN MEDIA PERSONALITY SENTENCED TO 2 1/2 YEARS
IN PRISON FOR RUNNING FAR-REACHING VISA FRAUD SCHEME |
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| March 8 |
SIX INDICTED IN FRAUD CASE THAT TOOK OVER $18 MILLION FROM VICTIMS WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE PAYING FOR ADS |
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| March 8 |
CALIFORNIA SUSPENDS LICENSE OF DOCTOR WHO FAILED TO REPAY STUDENT LOAN DEBT TOTALING NEAR $1 MILLION |
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| March 7 |
FORMER USC PROFESSOR PLEADS GUILTY IN $1.5 MILLION SCAM THAT BILKED STUDENTS AND OTHERS IN INVESTMENT SCAM |
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| March 5 |
COUPLE AGREE TO PLEAD GUILTY TO SELLING FAKE ARTWORK, RIGGING AUCTIONS IN SCAM THAT COST AT LEAST $20 MILLION |
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| March 2 |
ATTORNEY FOR COMPANY THAT RAN FOREIGN CURRENCY SCAM PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING TO INVESTOR, COURT & REGULATORS |
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| March 2 |
FORMER OFFICIAL WITH LAUSD ARRESTED IN FRAUD SCHEME IN WHICH HE AUTHORIZED LARGE PURCHASE OF BOOK HE WROTE |
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| March 2 |
VALLEY MAN WHO DISTRIBUTED NEARLY TWO POUNDS OF METH AND HAD CHILD PORNOGRAPHY SENTENCED TO 12 1/2 YEARS |
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| March 1 |
TWO ATTORNEYS WITH WEST COAST IMMIGRATION LAW FIRM INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY ON VISA FRAUD CHARGES |
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February 26
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ACCOUNT MANAGER AT MAJOR BROKERAGE FIRM PLEADS GUILTY IN SECURITIES FRAUD CASE |
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| February 23 |
LEADER OF SCAM THAT TARGETED HOMEOWNERS IN DEFAULT PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES |
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| February 22 |
LOS ANGELES-AREA MAN CHARGED WITH UPLOADING ACADEMY AWARD 'SCREENER' ONTO INTERNET |
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| February 21 |
LOS ANGELES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TRAVELING TO THAILAND TO HAVE SEX WITH MINORS |
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| February 20 |
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MAN WHO TOOK EXPLICIT PICTURES OF 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON |
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| February 20 |
TWO CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AT CHINO STATE PRISON INDICTED IN FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CASE RELATED TO ASSAULT |
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| February 20 |
FORMER ORANGE COUNTY JUDGE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AT HOME AND IN CHAMBERS |
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| February 15 |
DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN BALCO CASE PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED TO LEAK OF GRAND JURY TESTIMONY IN STEROID CASE |
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| February 14 |
FOUR CHARGED WITH OPERATING BOGUS MEDICAL CLINIC IN POMONA THAT PROVIDED UNNEEDED TREATMENTS AND DEFRAUDED MEDICARE |
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| February 14 |
NINE DOCTORS, NINE OTHERS INDICTED IN HEALTH CARE SCAM THAT BILKED FEDERAL MEDICARE PROGRAM OUT OF $12 MILLION BY GIVING UNNEEDED TREATMENTS TO ELDERLY, MENTALLY ILL |
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| February 12 |
GANG MEMBER ARRESTED WITH FIREARM AND CRACK COCAINE WHILE A FUGITIVE SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| February 12 |
INLAND EMPIRE MAN ARRAIGNED IN FOOD TAMPERING CASE |
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| February 6 |
VALLEY GANGSTERS GET DECADES-LONG PRISON TERMS FOR RACKETEERING AND NARCOTICS OFFENSES COMMITTED BY NOTORIOUS VINELAND BOYS GANG |
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| February 5 |
OPERATOR OF EMPLOYERS MUTUAL GOING TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS FOR OPERATING BOGUS HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDER |
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| February 5 |
FORMER SANTA ANA DELOITTE & TOUCHE MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES OF DEFRAUDING FIRM |
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January 31
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PARTICIPANT IN MILBERG WEISS KICKBACK SCHEME AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY COUNT |
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| January 30 |
FORMER HEAD OF FLEISHMAN-HILLARD'S LOS ANGELES OFFICE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR OVERBILLING FOR P.R. WORK |
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| January 22 |
FOURTH GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR FEDERAL HATE CRIME MURDERS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS |
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| January 22 |
ORANGE COUNTY FIREFIGHTER CONVICTED OF RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY |
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| January 19 |
ONTARIO MAN AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY FOR REPORTING NON-EXISTENT TERRORIST ATTACK IN LOS ANGELES |
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| January 18 |
VALLEY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING AIRPORT SHUTTLE BY SELLING NON-EXISTENT 'INSURANCE' |
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| January 17 |
U.S.-CANADIAN INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST OF COUPLE ACCUSED OF TELEMARKETING FRAUD TARGETING ELDERLY |
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| January 17 |
VENTURA COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY, ADMITTING ROLE IN TAX SCAM THAT COST UNITED STATES OVER $20 MILLION |
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| January 17 |
FORMER RED CROSS ACCOUNTANT INDICTED ON CHARGES OF EMBEZZLING FUNDS FROM ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER |
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| January 17 |
JAPANESE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED TO SMUGGLING OF PROTECTED AND ENDANGERED BUTTERFLIES |
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| January 16 |
'PHISHER' GUILTY OF POSING AS AOL BILLING DEPARTMENT AND OBTAINING PERSONAL AND CREDIT CARD INFORMATION |
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| January 9 |
RIVERSIDE MAN ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES FOR DEMANDING CASH FROM OWNER OF COMPANY BUILDING PSYCHOLOGY FACILITY AT U.C. RIVERSIDE |
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| January 9 |
ACCUSED FRAUD ARTIST SURRENDERS TO AUTHORITIES AFTER BEING INDICTED IN $5 MILLION INVESTMENT SCAM THAT BILKED VICTIMS FROM ACROSS U.S. AND SWITZERLAND |
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| January 8 |
FORMER MOORPARK RESIDENTS WHOSE ESCAPED TIGER
TERRORIZED VENTURA COUNTY RESIDENTS FOR A MONTH PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING OBSTRUCTION |
