Imperial Valley News Center
National FFA Week - Inspiration from our future farmers
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- Written by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Sacramento, California - Congratulations to the Future Farmers of America, FFA! This is National FFA Week, a tradition that began in 1947 when the National FFA Board of Directors adopted the week of George Washington’s birthday in recognition of his legacy as an agriculturist and farmer.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Calls on the Department of Education to Revise Regulations to Protect Students Defrauded by Corinthian Colleges
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- Written by IVN
San Francisco, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today issued the following statement calling on the United States Department of Education (ED) to do more to protect students defrauded by Corinthian Colleges and other for-profit colleges. Last week, ED held the second of three negotiated rulemaking sessions to determine how student borrowers can get relief from federal student loans when these loans were used at a school that abused and deceived the students.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Legislation To Promote Statewide Tracking of DNA Evidence
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- Written by IVN
Sacramento, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced her sponsorship of two bills which will improve statewide tracking of forensic evidence through the adoption of technology.
Loan Officer Pleads Guilty to Concealing Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy
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- Written by IVN
Sacramento, California - Christian Parada-Renteria, 40, of Woodland, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of concealing a widespread conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of concealing a mail fraud transaction in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
Woman Who Obtained Mortgages, Lying about Homes Being Her Primary Residences, Convicted of Making False Statements to Banks
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- Written by FBI
Los Angeles, California - A Lakewood woman has been found guilty of five felony charges for lying to banks that funded mortgages for three properties that later went into default, causing about $660,000 in losses to the lenders.
Former Employee of Sporting Goods Distributor Convicted of Embezzling over $300,000 from Orange County Company
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- Written by FBI
Santa Ana, California - A former office manager for an independent sporting goods distributor was found guilty this afternoon of three counts of wire fraud for using company checks and credit cards to embezzle more than $300,000 from her Los Alamitos-based employer.
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