FRESNO, CA Donice Maxine Medina, 53, of Parlier, Calif., pleaded guilty today to theft and embezzlement of bank funds before United States District Judge Lawrence J. ONeill. This case is the product of an extensive investigation by the Federal Bureau…

RIVERSIDE, CAA Cathedral City man was arrested this morning after being indicted on federal charges of willfully interfering with helicopter pilots by intentionally shooting a laser at a California Highway Patrol helicopter that was providing support during a suspected burglary…

Lance Thomas, 46, of Wieppe, Idaho, was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge to 60 months in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. During the past six weeks, seven other people…

EUGENE, ORMichael A. Wilson, 58, of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to bank fraud. In November 2009, multiple indictments were returned by a federal grand jury against 13 defendants, including Wilson, on a variety…

WASHINGTON Dov Shellef, a businessman from Great Neck, N.Y., was convicted today on 86 counts, following a five-week jury trial, for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service in the collection of approximately $1.9 million in excise taxes due on…

Lafayette, LA Regis Reymon Madison, the last known suspect wanted in connection for the murder of a Pace man less than a week ago was apprehended today by the U.S. Marshals Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana Fugitive Task Force…

McALLEN, TXAfter a two-day trial and one and a half hours of deliberation, a federal jury has convicted a Gulf Cartel associate of kidnapping a Weslaco, Texas, resident and having him transported into Mexico. The guilty verdicts, returned yesterday in…

LAREDO, TX A federal indictment charging a Laredo dentist and his orthodontist wife with 17 counts of health care fraud has been unsealed. Both defendants, who were arrested yesterday without incident, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Diana Saldana today.…

Performed Cosmetic Procedures that Were Billed to Patients Insurance Companies as ËœMedically Necessary A physician who operated a medical clinic in Torrance has been convicted of defrauding insurance companies by billing for medically necessary procedures, even though the operations he…

Debra Boynton, 44, of Troy, Michigan, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Marianne O. Battani to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $641,474.24 in restitution on bank fraud charges. Boynton was employed as an assistant in…

Troy, Mich., physician Toe Myint was convicted today by a Detroit jury of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in a $4.2 million Medicare Fraud scheme. After a week-long trial in Detroit, the jury convicted Dr. Myint of one count…

SAN FRANCISCOFrederick Lim Johnson was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison and ordered to pay $315,119 in restitution for an armed bank robbery spree committed in the Bay Area in 2007. Following a two week trial, Johnson was convicted by…