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Blogs
June 11, 2013
Marijuana Dispensary Crackdown by Feds in Echo Park, Westlake, Long Beach
Federal authorities today moved to shut down marijuana dispensaries in Echo Park, Westlake, south L.A., the harbor area, Long Beach, Lancaster and Pearblossom. The action so far involves mainly warning letters to most of the 103 storefronts targeted, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney' ... More >>
Blogs
May 28, 2013
Walmart Guilty of Crimes Against Environment, Must Pay $110 Mil
Walmart has fewer friends in Los Angeles than the Tea Party. While local lefties usually decry the retail Godzilla for its non-union, low-paying ways, they have new reason to hate: An investigation that started here in Southern California has led to a $81.6 million settlement (and more, below) betw ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2013
'Family Guy' Ring in L.A. Area Smuggled Cocaine To Italy, Feds Say
If you thought the Southern California economy was still wobbly following the Great Recession, rejoice. People are actually exporting goods from L.A. to the rest of the world, including Europe. The U.S. Attorney's Office today announced that nine enterprising suspects, including a pair of brothers ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2013
15 Marijuana Grow Houses From L.A. To I.E. Busted In Federal Raid; 10 Arrested
Ten people were arrested yesterday and 8,000 plants were seized in a hydroponic marijuana-grow ring that spanned Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. That's a lot of weed. Authorities say one of the ringleaders, a 39-year-old "top lieutenant" fr ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2013
Samuel In: Third L.A. Building Inspector In Bribery Scandal
A third L.A. building inspector has pleaded guilty in a federal bribery scandal that has rocked City Hall. Authorities say that from 2007 to 2010 Samuel In took $30,000 in dirty cash from people hoping to get their projects approved in Koreatown. And, they say, he pleaded guilty. The U.S. Attorney ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2013
Robert Brandon Mawhinney Of Lights Over Paris Band Charged In $6 Mil Fraud Case
The front man of an L.A. band called Lights Over Paris was living the rock-star life. Unfortunately, authorities allege, Robert Brandon Mawhinney was doing so by using fake documents to get more than $6 million in fraudulent loans that he "used to fund his band and his lavish lifestyle," according ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2013
Aaron Sandusky's Marijuana Dispensary Sales Get Him 10-Year Federal Sentence
The operator of three Inland Empire medical marijuana shops was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for selling pot through his dispensaries. While cannabis is legal in California for patients, federal authorities don't recognize any legit use for pot. Aaron Sandusky, president of G3 Holistics, Inc., ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2013
Letha Mae Montemayor: Child Porn Produced In San Fernando Valley; Suspect Arrested
Updated at the bottom with a suspect's ID. Headline has changed. First posted at 6:03 a.m. Thursday The U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles says federal authorities are looking for a man and woman seen molesting children in child porn allegedly produced in the San Fernando Valley. A press confer ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2012
Alex Sanchez's Charges Of Leading MS Gang Crime As He Was 'Peacemaker' Could Be Nixed
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to dismiss charges against Alex Sanchez, the controversial gang-intervention leader accused of continuing to be a murderous "shot caller" for the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) organization even as he glad-handed local leaders with a message of peace on the ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2012
USC Students Robbed By Harpys Gang? Feds Crack Down, Allege Mexican Mafia Ties
Federal officials today cracked down on a Mexican Mafia-connected gang it says has targeted USC students for robberies and shaken down or "taxed" local businesses via threats of violence and murder. The RICO organized-crime indictment against alleged leaders and members of the "Harpys Deadend Gang" ... More >>
Blogs
August 21, 2012
All Marijuana Dispensaries in Anaheim, La Habra Told by Feds to Shut Down
In the wake of the city of Los Angeles' decision to close all pot shops in town, some of you were thinking, Fine, I'll just go to Orange County to get my "medicine." Not so fast. Federal authorities today cracked down on several marijuana dispensaries in Anaheim and La Habra, ordering each and eve ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2012
David Silva, Onetime Cudahy Mayor, Admits to Taking Cash From Marijuana Dispensary
The former mayor of Cudahy, David Silva, along with a former acting city manager, Angel Perales, agreed today to plead guilty to federal extortion and bribery charges after they took money to smooth the way for a would-be marijuana dispensary operator who wanted to open up a store in town. The two ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2012
Cudahy Mayor David Silva Among Three City Officials Who Took Bribe From Marijuana Dispensary, Says U.S. Attorney
Updated at the bottom with the juicy, 143-page criminal complaint against three allegedly "freewheeling" city scumbags. Government corruption in the small southeast city of Bell made national headlines all throughout 2010 -- even earned the Los Angeles Times a Pulitzer. And if you ask the locals, i ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2012
Marijuana Dispensary in Upland Raided by Feds: Six Arrested As Part of Ongoing Obama Administration Crackdown
Don't say they didn't warn you. Federal authorities today seem to be making an example of the folks behind an Inland Empire chain of marijuana dispensaries run under the banner of G3 Holistic. Six people were indicted and then arrested today in connection with what the U.S. Attorney's Office in Lo ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2012
Marijuana Crackdown on 36 L.A. County Pot Shops by Feds
Federal authorities today announced a crackdown on 36 medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles County, including raids on two shops in Santa Fe Springs and warning letters to 34 businesses and property owners. Interestingly, the actions did not involve any pot shops in the city of Los Angeles. ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
Marijuana Being Shut Out of Santa Barbara After Feds' Medical Crackdown
Obama recently said it: "Big" marijuana business would not be immune from federal prosecution, even in medical weed states like California. Today the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. announced that the feds are walking that walk: They raided four pot operations, filed legal papers to seize the asse ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
Turtle Smuggler Busted at LAX Sentenced: Atsushi Yamagami Gets 21 Months
Atsushi Yamagami had quite an import-export business going, according to federal authorities. Not only did he bring protected tortoises into the United States for sale, but he used that cash to export snakes, turtles and tortoises native to America back to Japan, they said. Savvy, yes, except he ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Need to Get Your Drugs Through LAX? Just Bribe a TSA Screener
Four TSA screeners were arrested for allegedly taking cash in exchange for letting suitcases full of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana to pass through checkpoints. The allegations focus on two current and two former TSA screeners: Three were arrested this morning and one was arrested last nigh ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Ecstasy, Marijuana, LSD Sold at Online 'Farmers Market:' Feds in L.A. Move In For The Bust
What if we were to tell you there was a place online where you could buy ecstasy, marijuana and LSD, no questions asked? You'd say, Right on! (We know our readers). Federal authorities, unfortunately, weren't as gung-ho about this particular operation, and today they announced that the so-called F ... More >>
Blogs
February 29, 2012
Albert Abrams, City Hall's Ex-Neighborhood Councils Chief, Indicted, Arrested For Child Porn
Albert Abrams, the former chief of the L.A. Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, was arrested this morning by federal agents after he was indicted yesterday as part of a child-porn case, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The former president of the City of Los Angeles' Board of Neighborho ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2012
Robert Butyka Hacked Into JPL Computer System, Called Himself 'The Iceman,' Feds Say
He called himself The Iceman, and he hacked into some of the more sensitive computers in the realm of U.S. space and defense systems -- those at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. So says the U.S. Attorney's Office, which today announced that a federal grand jury has turned up the heat o ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Jimmy Luong, L.A. Ecstasy Kingpin, Gets 22 Years Behind Bars
And then there was agony. Jimmy Luong, a 30-year-old from Monterey Park, was somewhat of an Ecstasy kingpin in these parts, responsible for the distribution of at least 1 million pills in just a few months' time, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. Now he'll be living in a cell ...
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Marijuana Crackdown in Southern California as Feds Move to Take Assets of Four Dispensaries
Bad times for pot shops in Southern California. Dispensary operators in Long Beach were recently convicted for ... selling weed. L.A. City Hall's move to ban them outright is gaining momentum. And today the U.S. Attorney's Office announced that it's going to take everything that belongs to targeted ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2012
Elephant's Foot, Sea Turtle Boots, Leopard Pelt Found For Sale Online: Feds Make Busts
This is news that will surely send PETA members into kiniptions that will require the aid of first responders. The U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. today announced they've filed charges against a dozen people for selling endangered animals and related clothing, including boots made out of sea turtle ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2011
John Farahi: Iranian Bernie Madoff? Feds Say $20 Million of L.A. Persian Jews' Money Lost
yunguyen666A Bel Air Estates man whose investment fraud allegedly cost $20 million in losses was indicted by a federal grand jury this week. And since these alleged, mini-Madoffs are getting titles in the news based on ethnicity, we'll call this suspect a potential Iranian Bernie Madoff. Ind ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2011
Adult Diaper Company Reamed Taxpayers: SoCal's Shield Healthcare Will Pay us Back $5 Million
This guy's a U.S. Senator. Really.Turns out you, the American taxpayer, has been overpaying for adult diapers. (Yeah, we didn't realize we were buying them either). The largest supplier of adult diapers in the nation charged us more than twice what it paid for the items, a no-no under federa ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2011
Dr. Alvin Yee: Starbucks Used to Evaluate Patients, Dole Out Oxycodone Prescriptions For Cash, Feds Allege
Rush likes it.You know, just the other day we were thinking we sure wish we could find a good doctor ... in Starbucks. And here we find that one Alvin Mingczech Yee has been practicing inside this fine purveyor of coffee, with examinations costing $600 and less, according to our friends at t ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
Michael Jackson Memorabilia Owned by African Royal Teodorin Obiang of Malibu Sought by U.S. Government
MJ's glove.The U.S. government really wants this guy's Michael Jackson memorabilia. We told you earlier this month how the feds had filed a civil suit seeking the Malibu-based property of African royal Teodorin Obiang -- including the MJ stuff (such as an infamously bejeweled glove), his Gul ... More >>
Blogs
August 15, 2011
Samuel Martinez Gonzalez Charged With The Sex Trafficking of Underage Teenage Girls in Orange County
One PSA's claim about sex trafficking.Recent stats about a wave of sex trafficking in the United States have come across as far-fetched if not overblown. But on Monday federal authorities said they caught a man with three teen girls -- including a 15- and 16-year-old -- from Texas that he al ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2011
Indie Film Investors Scammed in Plot Fit for a B Movie
Feds: Movie made with dishonest cashImagine the excitement - you're at home at night, feeding the kids, when suddenly the phone rings and someone asks you to be a part of Hollywood and invest in an independent film. Sure, it costs a lot to buy-in - more than $30,000 in many cases - but the guy o ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2011
Aaron Scott Vigil, Rialto Cop, Busted by FBI For Allegedly Accepting Bribe And Promising to Make an O.C. Prosecutor's Case Go Away
Andy ClymerLittle, money, lots of burn in this case, it would seem. FBI agents today arrested a Rialto cop and an Orange County defense attorney for allegedly taking cash for a defendant in exchange for telling prosecutors he was an informant who deserves easy treatment. The alleged bribe w ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2011
Lenny Dykstra Indicted For Allegedly Selling Stuff Under The Table After Declaring Bankruptcy
Lenny.Charlie Sheen might have helped to spring him from jail, but Lenny Dykstra still faces some serious allegations. Today a grand jury gave the former All-Star player the gift of a 13-count indictment that essentially alleges what feds originally arrested him for last month: Selling stuff ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2011
Illegal Immigrants Suspected of Landing in SoCal on a Boat Caught Caked With Sand in Anaheim, Feds Say
TheGirlsNYAh-hah!U.S. authorities seem pretty cocksure about this case: After a boat ran around in Carlsbad and smuggling-at-sea suspects they were shadowing on land led them to an apartment in Anaheim several hours later, they found ... ... nine illegal immigrants there whose clothing was c ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2011
Britney Spears, Jennifer Hudson, Nick Nolte Invoked For Movie Investment Scam, Feds Allege
Britney was used.In a town for where handshakes and words often suffice for written contracts, it's easy to see how an alleged scam like this could go down. Two L.A. area men were arrested today on suspicion of running a "boiler room" operation that raised $300,000 for films that weren't pro ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2011
Linda Gagnon Defrauded Nuns of a Quarter of a Mil, Used Cash to Buy Lingerie and Other Goods, Feds in L.A. Claim
lalalingerie.comThe devil wears lingerie, feds allege.Is there a lingerie section in hell? (If so, it would be hot). It's a question prosecutors might be asking Monday after 57-year-old Southern California woman Linda Rose Gagnon surrendered to authorities following her indictment on allega ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2011
Feds find 55 turtles illegally smuggled into LAX stuffed in snack food boxes
courtesy of U.S. Attorney's OfficeIt's perhaps no surprise that illegal turtle smuggling investigations take a long, long time. On Friday, however, a year-long federal sting concluded, netting a pair of Japanese tortoise smugglers at LAX. So far, this doesn't sound as gruesome as the whale mea ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2010
Alejandro Stephens, Former SEIU Union Leader, Sentenced To Prison
The former president of one of California's most-prominent unions was sentenced on Thursday to four months in prison and three months of home confinement after he defrauded a nonprofit organization out of $52,000, cash the official said he used to launch a reelection campaign, federal officia ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2010
Following Post-Rave Death Of Teen, U.S. Attorney's Office Cracks Down On Alleged Ecstasy Ring; $17 Million In Pills Seized
U.S. Attorney's OfficeTuan Vu, at-large.Fifteen suspects were indicted this week following a federal investigation in the Los Angeles area that led to the seizure of 1.1 million tablets of ecstasy -- $17 million worth, the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. announced Thursday. The U.S. Attorney i ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2010
Steven Erik Prowler, Onetime L.A. Resident, Gets 25 Years For Having Sex With Underage Boys In Southeast Asia
FoxHerbert.A Los Angeles man was sentenced to 25 years behind bars after an original sentence of 10 years for traveling abroad to have sex with minors was rejected by a federal judge as too light. He was convicted of having sex with underage boys in Southeast Asia and Mexico. Steven Erik Pro ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2010
Luis Rodriguez Ortega Files For Tax Refunds In The Names Of Several Puerto Ricans, Gets 57 Months Behind Bars
A man who filed tax returns under the names of several Puerto Ricans in order to reap $5 million in refunds was sentenced this week to 57 months in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. Downey resident Luis Rodriguez Ortega, 35, was also ordered to pay more than $780, ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2010
Today In WTF: Sex Hacker Allegedly Took Over Computers, Demanded Sex Acts On Video
A self-proclaimed member of an international computer gang hacked into females' computers and demanded that they perform sexual acts on video for his pleasure or face identity theft, federal authorities allege. Some of the women did as he requested, officials said. The suspect, 31-year-old S ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2010
Man Who Promoted Lavish Lifestyle Through Tax Avoidance Nabbed For ... Tax Avoidance
A Southern California tax advisor who used TV infomercials to sell his books and videos about how to avoid paying taxes has plead guilty to what amounts to ... avoiding paying taxes. (Again, don't try this at home, kids). Dana Ray Reynolds of Huntington Beach pleaded guilty this week to fili ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2010
Whale Sushi Restaurant Off The Hook
It looks the The Hump, the now-closed Santa Monica sushi restaurant busted for serving endangered whale sashimi last month, is off the hook: The U.S. Attorney's Office on Wednesday asked a federal judge to dismiss charges against the eatery and its sushi chef. "We're asking for dismissal 'wi ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2010
Street Gang With Ties To Mexican Mafia Raided
Federal and state authorities raided an Ontario street gang that allegedly has ties to the Mexican Mafia. Twenty-seven members of the Black Angels were arrested in the action Wednesday morning after a Los Angeles federal grand jury indicted 50 of the gang's members on suspicion of racketeerin ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2010
Fraudster Who Sold Fake Picassos On TV Sentenced
Edvard Munch'The Scream.'A woman who sold fake Picasso, Dali and Chagall artwork as the real thing on a television auction show was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles announced Tuesday. Authorities say La Canada resident Kristine Eubanks, 52, ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2010
Whale FAIL: Sushi Restaurant Targeted By Demonstrators
Animal rights demonstrators plan to gather outside Santa Monica restaurant The Hump to decry is alleged serving of endangered whale meat. Its corporate owner and sushi chef were charged Wednesday with allegedly serving the illicit fare. Pennywise frontman Zoli Teglas, along with Sea Shepherd ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2010
Latino Gang Member Who Targeted Black Victims Gets Life
A Latino gang member who a judge said "preyed on victims because they were black" received a sentence of life in federal prison (and then some) this week. Francisco Flores, 24, actually received a life sentence as well as a consecutive 10 years for racketeering that includes conspiring to com ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2010
Today In WTF: Man Serving Time For ID Theft Does It Again From Behind Bars, Graduates To Federal Prison
An identity thief got an extra 102 days behind bars Monday, this time in federal lockup, after he was caught taking out credit card lines in other people's names as he served time in a state prison in El Centro, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Authorities say he even obtained persona ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2010
Former UCLA Health Worker Pleads Guilty To Accessing Celebrities' Medical Records
UCLAUCLA Medical Center.Fomer UCLA Healthcare System researcher Huping Zhou has pleaded guilty to violating parts of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and could be one of the first people in the country convicted under the law, federal authorities announced Friday. Afte ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2009
Man Admits To Uploading Crap Movie; All He Gets Is Probation
An Irvine man has agreed to plead guilty to uploading a screener of The Love Guru before its release. In exchange for his cooperation the U.S. Attorney's Office has agreed to recommend three years of probation instead of the possible maximum sentence of three years in federal prison. We say ... More >>
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