Tag "money laundering"
Indictment Looms for an Extradited World’s-Most-Wanted Head of Multi- Million-Dollar Transnational Cocaine-Trafficking Enterprise
Photo: Angel Humberto Chavez-Gastelum LOS ANGELES – One of the world’s most wanted international drug traffickers has been extradited from Mexico, and arrived in the United States on Friday, September
Former San Clemente insurance agent arrested for allegedly stealing $1.2 million from elderly consumers
Originally published as an SIU E-Blast – ORANGE, Calif. — Formerly licensed insurance agent Robert Stoddard, 66, of San Clemente, was arrested after a Department of Insurance investigation found he allegedly
Financial Schemer Sentenced – Over 6 Years for Skimming IDs at Nationwide Gaspumps
GLENDALE – A theft scheme using stolen credit/debit-card information has a Southern California man slapped with a heavy federal-violation sentence. For credit-card skimming fraud at the gaspumps, the Department of
212 Years in Prison for Man’s Kill-the-Sons Scheme for the Insurance Money
Photo: Ali Elmezayen LOS ANGELES – United States District Judge John F. Walter sentenced a Hawthorne man to 212 years in federal prison for intentionally killing his children for the
Children’s Stolen Identities Fueled Man’s 3.3 Million-Dollar Scheme
Photo: Turhan Lemont Armstrong LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man received over 21 years in federal prison for a long-running scheme using children’s stolen identities. U.S. District Judge
Businessman Found Guilty in Fraudulent $1 Billion Biodiesel Tax Scheme
Photo: All Guilty, All Smiles: Derman and Kingston Exchange Fraud-Scheme Gifts with One Another LOS ANGELES – The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Public Affairs has announced the Salt
Five Arrested in $3.2Million Sober Living Home Scam
Steven Lomonaco, 61, Mahyar “Christian” Mohases, 37, Robert Williams, 41, Nicholas Reeves, 42, and James Frageau, 29, are alleged to be involved in a scheme which took advantage of people
Santa Barbara Insurance Agent Pockets Money, Leaving Client Uninsured During Deadly Mudslides
Photo: Mark Lynch After receiving complaints from his clients, the California Department of Insurance opened an investigation into the insurance dealings of 40-year old Mark Lynch. They discovered Lynch defrauded
Arrest made in three million dollar Ponzi scheme
Photo: Lo Van Tran GARDEN GROVE – 42 year old Lo Van Tran is alleged to have “defrauded multiple investors of over $3 million” in a Ponzi type scheme. An
$175 Million Rehab Fraudster Sentenced
Photo: Christopher Bathum LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday the co-owner of a drug and alcohol treatment center pleaded guilty to 46 counts in a $175 million fraud scheme. 44-year-old Kirsten
