SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 26-year-old Placentia man pleaded guilty May 25 to a social media check fraud scheme of teaching people how to create false checks using Telegram chat groups, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Meshach Samuels pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and two counts of being a felon…
Placentia Man Pleads Guilty in $1.2 Million Social Media Check Fraud Scheme
California Man Allegedly Poses as ICE Agent to Bilk Immigrants
A San Diego man is facing criminal charges for allegedly impersonating a federal agent in order to con tens of thousands of dollars from Orange County immigrants who sought “green cards” and United States citizenship, officials announced Thursday. Davyd George Brand Jimenez, 52, of San Ysidro, was named in a 25-count indictment returned by a…
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon to Pay Nearly $24 Million to Settle Allegations
LOS ANGELES—A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, his son, medical practices and billing company have agreed to pay $23.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated federal law by submitting or causing the submission of false claims to both Medicare and Medicaid, officials announced April 28. The settlement resolves allegations that Dr. Joel Aronowitz, Daniel Aronowitz,…
4 US Black Nationalists Charged With Conspiring With Russian Intelligence in ‘Malign Influence Campaign’
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged three Russian nationals and four U.S. citizens connected to black nationalist movements with taking part in a malign influence campaign in the U.S. on behalf of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) intelligence agency. The four U.S. citizens charged are Omali Yeshitela, Penny Joanne Hess, Jesse Nevel, and Augustus…
FBI Lawyer Hoped Justice Department Would ‘Reconsider’ 2021 Memo on Alleged School Board Threats, Documents Reveal
Documents the FBI recently released show that a lawyer for the agency expressed her reservations about a draft version of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Oct. 4, 2021 memo that initiated a controversial federal effort to investigate alleged harassment at school board meetings around the country. The documents, which the America First Legal Foundation (AFL)…
LA Anti-Poverty Nonprofit Ex-CEO Admits Stealing Money for Himself
LOS ANGELES—The former president and CEO of a Hollywood-based anti-poverty nonprofit agency has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for embezzling money from the nonprofit for his personal benefit and intentionally misapplying more than $600,000 in grant money to pay for unauthorized expenses and lying on his tax returns, the U.S. Department of…
Four Years After Meng Wanzhou’s Arrest, US Moves to Drop Remaining Indictment
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a New York judge to dismiss the remaining indictment against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Four years to the day since the Chinese tech scion was arrested in Vancouver, U.S. prosecutors say Meng has abided by the terms of her deferred prosecution agreement. The move is part of the…
Ontario Man Arrested, Awaiting US Extradition for Alleged Global Ransomware Crimes
A Russian-Canadian man from Ontario is in police custody and awaiting extradition to the United States for his alleged participation in a global ransomware campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. Mikhail Vasiliev, a 33-year-old dual Russian and Canadian national from Bradford, Ont., is charged with conspiracy to intentionally damage protected computers and to…
DOJ Sued for Refusing to Explain Why It Won’t Protect Conservative Supreme Court Justices’ Homes From Protests
A conservative group is suing the U.S. Department of Justice for refusing to explain why it won’t enforce a federal law forbidding what the group called “the recent intimidatory protests carried out by radical abortion supporters” outside the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices in connection with the reversal of Roe v. Wade earlier this…
DOJ Sued for Refusing to Explain Why It Won’t Protect Conservative Supreme Court Justices’ Homes From Pro-Choice Protests
A conservative group is suing the U.S. Department of Justice for refusing to explain why it will not enforce a federal law forbidding what the group called “the recent intimidatory protests carried out by radical abortion supporters” outside the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices surrounding the reversal of Roe v. Wade earlier this year….
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