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PRESS RELEASES- 2008

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05/08/08

MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO ENGAGE IN SEX TRAFFICKING AND TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS IN LOS ANGELES 

05/08/08 STRIKE FORCE TARGETS MEDICARE FRAUD BY LOS ANGELES AREA HEALTH CARE COMPANIES
05/08/08  FORMER PACIFIC CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES LP EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH BRIBES PAID TO U.K. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OFFICIAL
05/05/08  FORMER LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
05/02/08 ORANGE COUNTY MAN ARRESTED IN $25 MILLION PONZI SCHEME THAT TARGETED CHRISTIAN INVESTORS
05/01/08 IMMIGRATION OFFICER ARRESTED IN BRIBERY CASE
04/29/08 NEVADA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSING AS HOLLYWOOD EXEC IN SCHEME EXECUTED WHILE ON BOND IN FEDERAL TAX CASE
04/29/08 FORMER UCLA HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR SELLING INFORMATION FROM CELEBRITIES’ MEDICAL FILES TO MEDIA
04/28/08 DIRECTOR MUELLER ANNOUNCES NEW REGIONAL COMPUTER FORENSICS LABORATORIES IN LOS ANGELES AND ALBUQUERQUE
04/24/08 IRANIAN NATIVE CONVICTED OF VIOLATING TRADE EMBARGO, FAILING TO REPORT INCOME AND LYING TO AUTHORITIES
04/22/08 NEW YORK MAN ARRESTED AFTER TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA AND GOING TO MEET ‘GIRL’ TO HAVE SEX
04/22/08 MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER BY LOS ANGELES DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARRESTED IN PHOENIX AFTER COLD CASE INVESTIGATION BY INGLEWOOD POLICE AND FBI
04/21/08 ARIZONA COUPLE PLEAD GUILTY TO CHARGES OF DEFRAUDING DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN BY OBTAINING $2.5 MILLION FROM BOGUS CONTRACTS
04/16/08 PRESIDENT OF CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION GROUP CONVICTED OF PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT (pdf)
04/16/08 INFORMATION SECURITY CONSULTANT PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL WIRETAPPING AND IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES
04/15/08 FORMER IRS REVENUE AGENT CHARGED IN INVESTMENT SCAM THAT SOLD UNREGISTERED SECURITIES IN INTERNET COMPANIES (pdf)
04/14/08 U.S. JOINS ‘WHISTLEBLOWER’ CASE AGAINST BEVERLY HILLS-BASED RADIOLOGY CLINIC THAT ALLEGES FALSE CLAIMS TO MEDICARE AND FRAUDULENT REFERRALS
04/14/08 VALLEY MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN $500,000 CREDIT LINE ON HOUSE HE WAS RENTING
04/09/08 GLENDALE MAN EMPLOYED BY LAUSD ARRESTED LAST NIGHT FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/09/08 $5,000 REWARD OFFERED BY CAROLE SUND/CARRINGTON FOUNDATION FOR SAFE RETURN OF MISSING VENTURA TEEN BELIEVED TO BE IN MEXICO WITH FUGITIVE
04/08/08 ARCADIA MAN AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO OPERATING SCAM THAT TOOK AT LEAST $7.8 MILLION FROM VICTIMS
04/07/08 TWO CHINESE RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO BRING EXPORT-CONTROLLED THERMAL-IMAGING CAMERAS TO P.R.C.
04/04/08 THREE ARRESTED FOR BRINGING FILIPINO ALIENS TO THE U.S. AND FORCING THEM TO WORK IN ELDER CARE HOMES: VICTIMS, ELDERLY PATIENTS RESCUED
03/26/08 ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY ANNOUNCES CHARGES AGAINST 13 “GRAPE STREET CRIPS” GANG MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES AND THE FORMATION OF AN ADDITIONAL SAFE STREETS TASK FORCE TO COMBAT GANG VIOLENCE
03/25/08 FUGITIVE WANTED BY RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND THE FBI FOR MURDER, ESCAPE AND UNLAWFUL FLIGHT ARRESTED IN MEXICO
03/24/08 FORMER C.E.O. OF ELECTRONICS FIRM SENTENCED TO 97 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON AND ORDERED TO PAY OVER $3 MILLION IN RESTITUTION FOR DEFRAUDING LENDING BANKS AND INVESTORS
03/24/08 TAX PREPARER GUILTY IN SEVERAL FRAUDULENT SCHEMES, INCLUDING IDENTITY THEFT, THAT LED TO MILLIONS IN LOSSES
03/24/08  CHINESE AGENT SENTENCED TO OVER 24 YEARS IN PRISON FOR EXPORTING UNITED STATES DEFENSE ARTICLES TO CHINA
03/22/08 ALLEGED “WEATHERGIRL BANDIT” IDENTIFIED BY CITIZENS IN CONNECTION WITH SOUTH BAY HOLD-UPS
03/19/08 HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER AND FORMER T.V. COMPANY CEO INDICTED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR STOCK FRAUD SCHEME
03/18/08 PALM SPRINGS MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSING HUNDREDS OF IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
03/18/08 FORMER NFL PLAYER AND CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL COACH ARRESTED ON FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD CHARGES
03/17/08 REWARD FOR LOS ANGELES GANG MEMBER ON FBI'S LIST OF TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVES INCREASED TO $200,000
03/03/08 LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL CHIEFS OF POLICE SUMMIT ON TRANSNATIONAL GANGS TO COMMENCE IN HOLLYWOOD
03/03/08 INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO 10 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HACKING INTO HOTEL BUSINESS KIOSKS AND STEALING CREDIT CARD DATA
02/25/08 FORMER HEDGE FUND MANAGER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN SECURITIES FRAUD CASE (pdf)
02/18/08 FEDERAL-LOCAL INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST OF LEADERS OF POMONA GANGS THAT WERE TRAFFICKING NARCOTICS
02/14/08 INLAND EMPIRE DOCTOR ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NARCOTICS WITHOUT EXAMINING ‘PATIENTS’
02/14/08 FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE AIRPORT SECURITY SWEEP
02/11/08 YOUNG ‘ BOTHERDER’ PLEADS GUILTY TO INFECTING MILITARY COMPUTERS AND FRAUDULENTLY INSTALLING ADWARE (pdf)
02/11/08 FORMER BOEING ENGINEER CHARGED WITH ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE IN THEFT OF SPACE SHUTTLE SECRETS FOR CHINA
02/05/08 MAN WANTED FOR FLEEING JUSTICE WITH MINOR GIRL FROM VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
01/30/08 FORMER LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER AND FORMER LONG BEACH POLICE OFFICER FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS
01/29/08 ORANGE COUNTY ATTORNEY AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING
01/28/08 RIVERSIDE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAVELING TO SEXUALLY ABUSE A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY
01/28/08 TACOMA WOMAN SENTENCED FOR HOLDING DOMESTIC SERVANT IN FORCED LABOR
01/23/08 FORMER GUARD AT CHINO PRISON PLEADS GUILTY TO PERJURY FOR LYING TO GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING FELLOW OFFICER
01/22/08 FBI PRESENTS DIRECTOR'S COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD TO FBI LOS ANGELES INFRAGARD PRESIDENT RICHARD L. JONES
01/17/08 FILM EXECUTIVE AND SPOUSE INDICTED FOR PAYING BRIBES TO A THAI TOURISM OFFICIAL TO OBTAIN LUCRATIVE FILM FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS