Wei Xu, 56, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection watch commander at the Long Beach Seaport pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for running an illegal gun-selling business, unlawfully possessing more than 40 machine guns and other prohibited firearms, failing to disclose his foreign financial interests and contacts …
A federal district court judge sentenced Anthony Paul De La Torriente, 30, of Simi Valley, a former cheerleading coach, to 78 months in federal prison for sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman on a cruise ship bound from Long Beach to Ensenada, Mexico during the summer of 2015. A federal jury found De La Torriente guilty …
A federal judge sentenced Fernando Barroso Sr., 69, a former civilian employee of the United States Navy who was a senior procurement official for Naval Base Ventura County and who received $1.2 million in illegal kickbacks to 70 months in federal prison. Barroso pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of subscribing …
Dennis Blieden, 29, a former executive at StyleHaul Inc., a digital marketing company that represents “influencers” on YouTube and Instagram, has been arrested for embezzling $22 million from his employer and using the stolen money for buy-ins at professional poker tournaments, crypto-currency investing, and other personal expenses. He has been charged with 11 counts of …
Nineteen year old Aquinas Kasbar pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of stealing a ring-tailed Lemur, an endangered species. He faces a year in federal prison and a $100,000 fine. On July 27, 2018, Kasbar broke into the Santa Ana Zoo after it had closed for the day. Using …
Fourteen burrito shaped methamphetamine packages landed Ricardo Renteria in federal prison for 180 months. On February 3, 2018, the police pulled over Renteria because he drove his white Chevrolet Tahoe erratically and evasively. Renteria consented to a search of the vehicle and the police found a black garbage bag on the floor behind the driver’s …
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A jury found Yi-Chi Shih, 64, an electrical engineer, guilty of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), mail fraud, wire fraud, subscribing to a false tax return, making false statements to a government agency, and conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer to …
Israel returned Linda Morrow, 67, to the United States after Morrow was named in a 31-count federal grand jury indictment. Israel determined that Morrow entered Israel on a fraudulent Mexican passport. Linda Morrow and her husband, David Morrow, 74, were arrested in Israel. David Morrow, who pleaded guilty in …
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A federal grand jury charged Edwin Oliva, 28, with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. Oliva talked to the police and told them an acquaintance came to his house after midnight on February 28. Oliva said he gave the acquaintance fentanyl, a drug that killed her. Oliva should have claimed his Fifth Amendment right to remain …
The feds indicted 50 year old Jose Ramon Aguilar-Moreno, a Salvadoran national who was deported from the United States in 2003 after being convicted of sexually abusing a child, for illegally reentering the United States and posting child pornography on Facebook. Even worse, he failed to register as a …