Imperial Valley News Center
FBI Warns of Phone Scammers Claiming to Represent the Agency
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Sacramento, California - An accountant was sentenced Tuesday to 51 months in federal prison for running a four-year, $3.3 million Ponzi scheme that conned dozens of investors through false promises of generous returns on foreign exchange currency investments and was funded, in part, by his embezzlement from his non-profit employer.
Four L.A. County Residents Found Guilty of Fraudulently Obtaining Millions of Dollars from COVID-Relief Programs
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Los Angeles, California - A federal jury has found four Los Angeles-area residents guilty of criminal charges for scheming to submit fraudulent loan applications seeking millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) COVID-19 relief funds.
Mexican Man Who Tried to Breach Cockpit, Opened Emergency Exit and Jumped from Departing Plane Faces Federal Charge
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Los Angeles, California - A Mexican national, who was aboard a SkyWest Airlines flight taxiing to the runway at Los Angeles International Airport Friday evening, allegedly approached the cockpit – banging on the cockpit door and trying to enter the restricted space – before opening an emergency exit and jumping to the tarmac, according to a federal criminal complaint made public Monday.
San Diego Weekly Weather Forecast July 2nd - July 8th, 2021
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Doctor Pleads Guilty to Hydrocodone Distribution Resulting in Death
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Washington, DC - A Tennessee physician pleaded guilty Wednesday in the Western District of Tennessee to causing the death of one of his patients through his illegal prescribing of hydrocodone.
Defense Department Linguist Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Transmitting Highly Sensitive Classified National Defense Information
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Washington, DC - Mariam Taha Thompson, 62, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for delivering classified national defense information to aid a foreign government. As part of her March 26 guilty plea, Thompson admitted that she believed that the classified national defense information that she was passing to a Lebanese national would be provided to Lebanese Hezbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
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