Governor Brown Surveys Wildfire Impacts and Meets with Emergency Officials in Butte County
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Chico, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today surveyed wildfire damage in Butte County, held a briefing at the Incident Command Post in Chico with state, local and federal officials – including U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, FEMA Administrator Brock Long and the state’s top fire and emergency management officials – and issued an executive order to cut red tape and help streamline recovery efforts in communities impacted by the devastating wildfires that continue to burn across the state.
CDFA and USDA join cotton industry to celebrate Pink Bollworm eradication
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Sacramento, California - For the second time in several years eradication of a vicious agricultural pest was achieved in the United States (and California) as the cotton industry hails elimination of the pink bollworm, a destructive pest that threatened to wipe out the U.S. cotton industry.
Governor Brown Secures Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to Support Communities Impacted by Wildfires
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Monday announced that the White House has approved California's request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration, submitted yesterday, to bolster the ongoing emergency response and help residents recover from devastating fires burning in Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
Former Employee of Dunbar Armored Named in Federal Indictment Alleging $300,000 Theft from Company
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Los Angeles, California - A former Dunbar Armored employee has pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy and bank theft charges contained in a grand jury indictment that alleges a scheme to smuggle $300,000 in cash out of Dunbar’s storage facility in Vernon.
Man Accused of Being Serial Fraudster Taken into Federal Custody
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Los Angeles, California - A West Hollywood man was taken into federal custody Wednesday in relation to new fraud charges that alleged he participated in a series of scams while free on bond and after pleaded guilty in a prior federal case.
Los Angeles Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investors Through an $8.3 Million Binary Options Scheme
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Los Angeles, California - The former CEO of Citrades pleaded guilty Thursday for his role in a scheme to defraud investors out of $8.3 million in the United States and across the world in financial instruments known as “binary options,” announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Assistant Director in Charge Nancy McNamara of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. Citrades was a purported internet-based investment platform.
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