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PRESS RELEASES- 2009

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11/03/09 FORMER PHONE COMPANY EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF LYING TO FBI, GRAND JURY, AND COURT IN PELLICANO WIRETAPPING CASE
11/03/09 ORANGE COUNTY MAN WHO FIRED LASERS AT COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT SENTENCED TO 2.5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
11/03/09 WESTLAKE VILLAGE MAN WHO ORCHESTRATED $64 MILLION PONZI SCHEME SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
10/30/09 TWO INLAND VALLEY FUGITIVES RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES THIS WEEK BY THE INLAND REGIONAL APPREHENSION TEAM
10/23/09 HIGHEST OFFICIAL WITH INLAND EMPIRE INDIAN TRIBE SURRENDERS TO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ON BRIBERY CHARGES
10/21/09 SEVENTY-FOUR MEMBERS OF ROLLIN’ 40’S CRIPS VIOLENT STREET GANG CHARGED WITH FEDERAL AND STATE NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS IN OPERATION “40 OUNCES TO FREEDOM”
10/21/09 LOS ANGELES MEDICARE FRAUD STRIKE FORCE CHARGES 20 IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD CASES INVOLVING DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
10/20/09 MAN WANTED FOR MULTIPLE MURDERS IN LOS ANGELES ADDED TO THE FBI'S LIST OF TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVES
10/08/09 STEVEN M. MARTINEZ NAMED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF THE LOS ANGELES DIVISION
10/07/09 ONE HUNDRED LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER HACKING RING CHARGED BY UNITED STATES AND EGYPT IN OPERATION PHISH PHRY
10/05/09 MAN WHO ABUSED YOUNG GIRL SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
10/05/09 CHICAGO-AREA MAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL STALKING CHARGES RELATED TO NUDE VIDEOS OF ESPN REPORTER
10/01/09 FBI ARRESTS MAN ON FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO 2006 ATTEMPTED ARSON LINKED TO DOMESTIC TERROR IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
10/01/09 ORANGE COUNTY ATTORNEY AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY IN MISAPPROPRIATION OF MORE THAN $2 MILLION OBTAINED FOR CLIENTS HE REPRESENTED IN EMPLOYMENT CLASS ACTION
09/28/09 OPERATOR OF MX FACTORS SENTENCED TO 100 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PONZI SCHEME THAT COST VICTIMS $39 MILLION
09/22/09 FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT CHARGES 88 MEMBERS OF NOTORIOUS NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES STREET GANG
09/14/09 FILM EXECUTIVE AND SPOUSE FOUND GUILTY OF PAYING BRIBES TO A SENIOR THAI TOURISM OFFICIAL TO OBTAIN LUCRATIVE CONTRACTS
09/03/09 FORMER PACIFIC CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES LP EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH BRIBES PAID TO U.K. MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OFFICIAL
08/31/09 THREE AMERICAN MEN ACCUSED OF TRAVELING TO CAMBODIA TO HAVE SEX WITH CHILDREN NOW EN ROUTE TO UNITED STATES TO FACE PROSECUTION ON FEDERAL ‘SEX TOURISM’ CHARGES
08/27/09 FORMER UNION BOSS AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD NON-PROFIT FORMED BY ANOTHER UNION LEADER
08/25/09 ORANGE COUNTY ARREST BY SAFE TEAM; PHOTO OF MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL CONTACT WITH MINORS TO BE RELEASED TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE VICTIMS
08/24/09 HEDGE FUND MANAGER WHO RAISED $44 MILLION IN SCHEME THAT BILKED RELATIVES PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD CHARGES
08/21/09 LAWYER INDICTED FOR ACCEPTING CASH IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISE OF TAMPERING WITH GRAND JURY WITNESS TESTIMONY
08/19/09 FUGITIVE WANTED FOR NORTH HOLLYWOOD MURDER ARRESTED IN MEXICO
08/19/09 ORANGE COUNTY MAN WHO RAN $55 MILLION INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING GOLF CLUBS AND INTERNET COMPANY SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
08/18/09 ORANGE COUNTY MAN WHO FALSELY CLAIMED TO BE ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
08/18/09 FIVE SENTENCED FOR FORCING GUATEMALAN GIRLS AND WOMEN TO WORK AS PROSTITUTES IN LOS ANGELES
08/14/09 FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS THREE MEN IN KIDNAPPING OF VALLEY MAN WHO WAS SHOT WITH GUN, SHOCKED WITH TASER, AND HELD FOR $1 MILLION RANSOM FOR FIVE DAYS
08/11/09 ‘GOOFY HAT BANDIT’ SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON
08/10/09 TWO REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS CONVICTED IN MASSIVE MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME THAT LED TO $40 MILLION IN LOSSES
08/05/09 LAWYER ARRESTED FOR ACCEPTING CASH IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISE TO TAMPER WITH GRAND JURY WITNESS TESTIMONY
08/04/09 STATE EMPLOYEE WHO INSPECTED REHAB CLINICS INDICTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY TAKING CASH BRIBES
08/04/09 THREE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY EXPORTING HIGHLY SENSITIVE U.S. TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA
08/03/09 VENTURA COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SELLING ‘MAGIC MUSHROOMS’ TO TEENAGERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS KILLED AFTER RUNNING ONTO FREEWAY
08/03/09 NEW YORK RABBI PLEADS GUILTY TO SCHEME TO DEFRAUD I.R.S.
08/03/09 GLENDALE MAN SENTENCED TO OVER SEVEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR RUNNING $14 MILLION PONZI SCHEME
07/31/09 '20 QUESTIONS BANDITS' WANTED FOR TWO VIOLENT ARMED TAKEOVER BANK ROBBERIES IN THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA IN 2009
07/31/09 'SUMMER SCHOOL BANDIT' WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH TWO BANK ROBBERIES IN LOS ANGELES AREA IN PAST WEEK
07/28/09 ANAHEIM MAN GUILTY OF INTERFERING WITH UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT CREW FOR DISRUPTING HONG KONG-LOS ANGELES TRIP
07/20/09 FBI TOP TEN FUGITIVE AND REPUTED LOS ANGELES GANG MEMBER APPREHENDED IN MEXICO FOR 2000 AUTOMATIC WEAPON ATTACK ON TWO LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES
07/17/09 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA MAN EXTRADITED FROM PARIS, FRANCE ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF TRANSPORTING VIOLINS STOLEN FROM LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC MEMBER
07/17/09 LOS ANGELES JURY CONVICTS EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS OF MEDICARE FRAUD
07/17/09 FORMER BELL, CALIFORNIA POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CRIME
07/16/09 FORMER BOEING ENGINEER CONVICTED OF ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE IN THEFT OF SPACE SHUTTLE SECRETS FOR CHINA
07/13/09 FORMER NFL PLAYER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES IN SCHEME THAT COST VICTIMS $5 MILLION
07/09/09 SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH VENICE STREET GANGS CHARGED FOR ROLES IN NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION RING; ARRESTS MADE THIS MORNING
07/09/09 FORTY-TWO DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN $4.6 MILLION MEDI-CAL FRAUD CASE
07/08/09 INVESTIGATION TARGETING VARRIO HAWAIIAN GARDENS GANG AND ASSOCIATES IS LARGEST GANG CASE IN U.S. HISTORY WITH NEARLY 200 DEFENDANTS NAMED IN FEDERAL INDICTMENTS
07/01/09 JURY CONVICTS LOS ANGELES PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT FOR STEALING DOCTOR’S IDENTITY AND DEFRAUDING MEDICARE IN $7.7 MILLION SCHEME
06/25/09 SAFE STREETS TASK FORCE ARRESTS MORE THAN 43 DEFENDANTS ON CHARGES ALLEGING NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK LINKED TO MEXICAN MAFIA PRISON GANG
06/24/09 TWENTY-FOUR DEFENDANT INDICTMENT NAMES MEMBERS AND LEADERS OF NOTORIOUS MS-13 GANG, ALLEGING FEDERAL RACKETEERING VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING MULTIPLE MURDERS
06/18/09 ORANGE COUNTY ARRESTS BY SAFE TEAM; PHOTOS OF MEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL CONTACT WITH MINORS TO BE RELEASED
06/16/09 FORMER HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO PAYING KICKBACKS IN ‘SKID ROW’ HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
06/16/09 JUNK COLLECTOR INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ILLEGALLY STORING TOXIC AND EXPLOSIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE IN RESEDA NEIGHBORHOOD BACKYARD
06/16/09 RICO INDICTMENT EXPANDS CASE AGAINST CLIQUE OF 18TH STREET GANG INVOLVED IN MURDER OF 3-WEEK-OLD CHILD, A COLD CASE MURDER COMMITTED IN 2001, AND OTHER CRIMES
06/12/09 EL MONTE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY MOLESTED MINORS AND IS CHARGED FEDERALLY WITH PRODUCTION AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ATTEMPTED TO WORK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
06/11/09 LOS ANGELES MAN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF ABUSING BANKRUPTCY SYSTEM TO DEFRAUD THOSE IN FORECLOSURE
06/10/09 ORANGE COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF FALSELY CLAIMING TO BE ATTORNEY ARRESTED AGAIN FOR SAME CONDUCT
06/04/09 FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT MUELLER WILL VISIT LOS ANGELES MONDAY, JUNE 8TH, TO RECOGNIZE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPECIAL GUEST
05/21/09 MASSIVE RACKETEERING CASE TARGETS HAWAIIAN GARDENS GANG INVOLVED IN MURDER OF SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, ATTACKS ON AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND WIDESPREAD DRUG TRAFFICKING
05/19/09 FORMER CENTRAL COAST SHERIFF’S DEPUTY PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGE OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
05/15/09 BEVERLY HILLS HEDGE FUND MANAGER WHO RAISED $44 MILLION FACES CHARGES AFTER FUND VALUE DROPS TO NEARLY ZERO
05/12/09 LAW ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATORS, AND EMERGENCY PLANNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN MOCK TERRORIST ATTACK TRAINING EXERCISE: “STAR 09” (SCHOOL TERRORISM AWARENESS AND RESPONSE)
05/11/09 NEW JERSEY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LAUNCHING ATTACK THAT SHUT DOWN CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY WEBSITES
05/06/09 SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPTON STREET GANG CHARGED FOR ROLES IN NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK AND RELATED IMMIGRATION, PROBATION AND PAROLE VIOLATIONS
05/05/09 DOWNEY MAN CONVICTED OF BRIBING BANK MANAGER AND FALSIFYING BANK RECORDS
05/05/09 MAN ARRESTED IN 2008 FOR PROSTITUTING MINORS PLEADS GUILTY TO TRANSPORTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY INTERSTATE
04/28/09 SEVEN PLEAD GUILTY TO PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO DESIGNATED FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
04/28/09 PEMGROUP FOUNDER ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF STRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS TO AVOID FEDERAL REPORTS
04/27/09 FORMER ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF MICHAEL S. CARONA SENTENCED TO 5½ YEARS IN PRISON FOR WITNESS TAMPERING
04/23/09 ORANGE COUNTY MAN CONVICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES FOR SHOOTING LASER AT COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
04/22/09 MULTIPLE ARRESTS OF TWO DOZEN FEDERALLY CHARGED IN VALLEY OPERATION TARGETING HISPANIC GANGS AND ASSOCIATES IN CONNECTION WITH NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION RING
04/22/09 MULTI-AGENCY JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE REWARD OFFERED IN LATEST ATTACK TARGETING UCLA PROFESSOR AND UPDATE TO OUTSTANDING REWARDS FOR SIMILAR ATTACKS CLAIMED BY ANIMAL RIGHTS EXTREMISTS SINCE 2006
04/20/09 OWNER OF NUMERO UNO MARKETS CONVICTED OF FEDERAL RACKETEERING CHARGES AFTER JURY FINDS HE SOLICITED MURDER, BRIBED PUBLIC OFFICIAL
04/20/09 FONTANA WOMAN CONVICTED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE INVOLVING MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN FRAUDULENT LOANS
04/20/09 FORMER RIVERSIDE BANK MANAGER SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF FAMILY'S ACCOUNTS
04/20/09 CUBAN NATIONAL ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING OTHER IMMIGRANTS BY POSING AS ATTORNEY AND CHARGING FEES AT THE SAME IMMIGRATION COURT WHERE HE HAD BEEN ORDERED DEPORTED
04/20/09 SEEKING PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE IN “HAZMAT BANDIT” ROBBERY
04/15/09 FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES FOR PROSTITUTING GIRL HE SOLICITED ON INTERNET
04/09/09 WOMEN WHO ALLEGEDLY CASHED LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND STAGED FUNERALS ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES
04/03/09 MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON IN $32 MILLION SCAM THAT BILKED MORE THAN 500 VICTIMS IN COAL MINES AND A SECRET GOLD TRANSACTION
04/03/09 “SLEEVE BANDIT” ARRESTED IN MARYSVILLE
04/02/09 FORMER PRESIDENT OF INLAND EMPIRE MORTGAGE COMPANY FOUND GUILTY IN $23 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
03/30/09 GLENDALE MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN $14 MILLION PONZI SCHEME
03/27/09 CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE SEARCH FOR UNIDENTIFED BANK ROBBER WHO CONDUCTED AT LEAST 15 TAKEOVER BANK ROBBERIES IN PAST FOUR MONTHS
03/27/09 ORANGE COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN $15 MILLION PONZI SCHEME AND ADMITS BRIBE PAYMENT IN SCHEME TO FLEE U.S.
03/24/09 CALIFORNIA COUPLE PLEADS GUILTY IN ALIEN SMUGGLING SCHEME IN WHICH SOME WERE FORCED TO WORK AT ELDER CARE HOMES
03/23/09 FBI AGENT PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES, ADMITTING HE ATTEMPTED TO IMPROPERLY INFLUENCE CRIMINAL CASE
03/18/09 FORMER HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO PAYING KICKBACKS IN ‘SKID ROW’ HEALTHCARE FRAUD SCHEME
03/18/09 ‘GUITAR HERO’ BANDIT SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON
03/18/09 FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS EX-FBI AGENT AND ACCOMPLICE IN SCHEME TO COMMIT VIOLENT HOME-INVASION ROBBERY
03/17/09 UPLAND MAN INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY DAMAGING COMPUTER SYSTEMS USED TO MONITOR OFF-SHORE OIL PLATFORMS
03/11/09 CANADIAN BUSINESSMAN CHARGED WITH BANKRUPTCY FRAUD
03/11/09 ORANGE COUNTY LUXURY CAR DEALER AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES FOR BILKING COMPANY THAT LOANED HIM MONEY TO PURCHASE LAMBORGHINIS
03/10/09 PORTUGUESE MAN WORKING ON CRUISE SHIP CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING FEMALE PASSENGER
03/06/09 MAN WHO FORMED TERRORIST GROUP THAT PLOTTED ATTACKS ON MILITARY AND JEWISH FACILITIES SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
03/06/09 FORMER CEO OF KB HOME CHARGED WITH SECURITIES FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH STOCK-OPTION BACKDATING SCHEME
03/04/09 INFORMATION SECURITY CONSULTANT SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS IN PRISON IN FEDERAL WIRETAPPING AND IDENTITY THEFT CASE
03/03/09 LOS ANGELES MAN WHO MADE ‘DONATIONS’ TO JEWISH GROUP AND TOOK BOGUS TAX DEDUCTIONS SENTENCED TO PRISON
02/27/09 SECOND MAN INVOLVED IN MASSIVE FRAUD AGAINST HSBC SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
02/26/09 DOCTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD FOR GIVING AIDS AND HIV PATIENTS DILUTED MEDICATIONS
02/25/09 CARIBBEAN MAN INDICTED FOR ORCHESTRATING ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
02/25/09 CALIFORNIA OFF-ROAD RACER SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
02/23/09 CHINESE MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ILLEGALLY EXPORTING SENSITIVE THERMAL-IMAGING TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA
02/20/09 THREE CHARGED IN MOVIE PIRACY CASES INVOLVING ILLEGAL POSTING OF THEATRICAL FILMS ON INTERNET
02/20/09 BORDER OFFICER WHO ALLOWED ILLEGAL ALIENS, MARIJUANA TO BE SMUGGLED INTO U.S. SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON
02/18/09 DAFER MOHAMMED DAKHIL NAMED FBI LOS ANGELES RECIPIENT OF THE DIRECTOR’S COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
02/18/09 MAN SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH SEVENTEEN BANK ROBBERIES IN FOUR WEEK PERIOD ARRESTED THIS AFTERNOON IN LOS ANGELES
02/12/09 PAUL EDMOND CARPENTER, FUGITIVE SOUGHT IN COLD CASE OF 1998 MURDER OF GERMAN TOURIST IN SANTA MONICA, ARRESTED
02/11/09 MAN SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH SEVENTEEN BANK ROBBERIES IN FOUR WEEKS
02/11/09 FIVE DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF INTERNATIONAL SEX TRAFFICKING FOR FORCING GUATEMALAN GIRLS AND WOMEN INTO PROSTITUTION
02/10/09 CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN CONNECTION WITH SCHEME TO DEFRAUD FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK AND EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
01/30/09 FORMER HOSPITAL OWNER ARRESTED IN KICKBACK SCHEME THAT DEFRAUDED GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS THROUGH UNNECESSARY TREATMENTS TO HOMELESS
01/29/09 FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMAN INDICTED ON CHARGES RELATED TO BOGUS INVESTMENT SCAM INVOLVING INTERNET COMPANIES
01/29/09 OPERATOR OF STANDARD HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES CHARGED IN DUMPING OF CHEMICALS THAT CAUSED ILLNESSES IN SUBWAY
01/21/09 VENTURA COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH SALE OF ‘MAGIC MUSHROOMS’ CONSUMED BY TEEN LATER KILLED ON FREEWAY
01/21/09 TWO MEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ILLEGAL EXPORT OF SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA WITHOUT A LICENSE, AND CONSPIRACY TO PURCHASE COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
01/21/09 “ARMED CLOWN” BANDIT SOUGHT FOR ONE-MAN TAKEOVER BANK ROBBERIES IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
01/20/09 WOMAN WHO PROMISED TO HELP HOMEOWNERS AVOID FORECLOSURE SENTENCED TO OVER 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TAKING MILLIONS FROM INVESTORS IN FRAUDULENT SCHEME
01/12/09 VP OF LA-AREA COMPANY CHARGED WITH EXPORTING RESTRICTED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS TO CHINA
01/12/09 TAX PREPARER SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RUNNING SCHEME THAT LED TO MILLIONS IN LOSSES
01/12/09 TEN DEFENDANTS IN LARGEST-EVER FEDERAL GANG CASE FOUND GUILTY OF RACKETEERING, NARCOTICS CHARGES