Crime
Tipping the Scale to Get People Back on Track
- Category: Crime
- Created on Sunday, 28 April 2013 21:02
San Diego, California - A man caught violating the terms of his probation Wednesday night as part of a multiagency operation could have gone to jail, but instead he agreed to go straight into a drug treatment program. If he is successful in his treatment, he illustrates the goals of the operation.
Former Executive Director of Indian Human Resource Center Indicted for Embezzling Non-Profit’s Money
- Category: Crime
- Created on Friday, 26 April 2013 21:07
San Diego, California - United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that David Hedley, a former executive director of the Indian Human Resource Center (IHRC), was arraigned yesterday on an indictment charging him with eight felony counts of theft from the San Diego-based non-profit that received federal funds.
Illegal Sports Bookmaker Sentenced for Conspiring to Commit Sports Bribery
- Category: Crime
- Created on Monday, 22 April 2013 21:41
San Diego, California - United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Richard Francis Garmo was sentenced in federal court in San Diego by the Honorable Anthony J. Battaglia to serve 24 months in custody, followed by three years’ supervised release, for his role in a criminal conspiracy.
Former IRS Agent Sentenced to 24 Years in Federal Prison for Murder-for-Hire and Tax Charges
- Category: Crime
- Created on Thursday, 18 April 2013 13:39
San Diego, California - Former Internal Revenue Service agent-turned-tax preparer Steven Martinez was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William Q. Hayes to almost 24 years in prison for defrauding clients of more than $11 million and then plotting their murders to prevent them from testifying about the theft.
Nearly Four Dozen Suspected Meth and Heroin Traffickers Indicted
- Category: Crime
- Created on Thursday, 18 April 2013 13:56
San Diego, California - Eighteen suspected methamphetamine and heroin traffickers were arrested during pre-dawn raids around the North County yesterday.
Self-Proclaimed Camp Pendleton ‘Godfather’ Charged with Bribery
- Category: Crime
- Created on Friday, 12 April 2013 21:52
San Diego, California - United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Natividad Lara Cervantes, aka Nate Cervantes, a U.S. Department of Defense employee and the supervisor for construction and service contracts at Camp Pendleton was arraigned today on bribery charges before Magistrate Judge Barbara L. Major in relation to assisting a contractor obtain a $4 million construction contract.
San Diego College Pays $700,000 and Former Financial Aid Director Pleads Guilty to Resolve Allegations of Financial Aid Fraud
- Category: Crime
- Created on Thursday, 18 April 2013 13:42
San Diego, California - United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced today that United States University, a for-profit college located in San Diego, has agreed to pay a civil settlement in the amount of $686,720 and the school’s former Financial Aid director has pled guilty, resolving allegations that between December 2008 and February 2011, the school submitted falsified financial aid applications to the U.S. Department of Education in order to obtain Pell Grant funds for which students were not eligible.
Illegal Sports Bookmaker Sentenced for Conspiring to Commit Sports Bribery
- Category: Crime
- Created on Friday, 12 April 2013 21:51
San Diego, California - United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Paul Joseph Thweni was sentenced today by the Honorable Anthony J. Battaglia to serve 30 months in custody, followed by three years’ supervised release, for his role in a criminal conspiracy.
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