Imperial Valley News Center
Mission Viejo Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to $2.3 Million Real Estate Investment Fraud Scheme
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Los Angeles, California - A Mission Viejo man has agreed to plead guilty to taking more than $2,300,000 from investors in a fraudulent real estate investment scheme in which he used investor funds to pay for personal expenses, including travel and cosmetic surgery, to make cash withdrawals, and to make Ponzi-style payments to other investors.
Former Bakersfield Police Department Detective Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Bribery, Drug Trafficking, and Filing a False Tax Return
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Fresno, California - Damacio Diaz, 44, of McFarland, formerly a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for bribery, possession and attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and making and subscribing a false income tax return, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
United States Citizen Extradited to Los Angeles From Tonga to Face Investment Fraud Charges
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Los Angeles, California - A U.S. citizen who formerly resided in Turlock, California, and Auckland, New Zealand, was returned to the United States by Tonga and is expected to appear in court Monday to face federal investment fraud charges.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Brenda Delgado Extradited from Mexico
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Dallas, Texas - Thomas M. Class, Sr., special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas Field Office, announced today that Brenda Delgado, the 506th person to be placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, was extradited from Mexico to the United States this evening. Delgado faces a state capital murder charge for allegedly orchestrating the murder-for-hire of dentist Kendra Hatcher.
Hubble Peers Into the Center of a Spiral
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Washington, DC - Lying at a distance of around 11 million light-years from us, it forms part of the Sculptor Group, a loose collection of galaxies that also contains the more famous NGC 253 (otherwise known as the Sculptor Galaxy).
NASA Tests Thrusters on Journey to Asteroid Bennu
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Greenbelt, Maryland - NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM) thrusters for the first time Friday in order to slightly adjust its trajectory on the outbound journey from Earth to the asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft’s planned first Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-1) began at 1 p.m. EDT and lasted for approximately 12 seconds. The maneuver changed the velocity of the spacecraft by 1.1 mile per hour (50 centimeters per second) and used approximately 18 ounces (.5 kilogram) of fuel. The spacecraft is currently about 9 million miles (14.5 million kilometers) from Earth.
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