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May 2008
May 9, 2008 FEDERAL EMPLOYEE FAKES ILLNESS, STEALS COWORKERS’ VACATION TIME, RECEIVES ONE YEAR IN PRISON
May 9, 2008 TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY SCHEME
May 9, 2008 FORMER FCI-HERLONG EMPLOYEE AND HIS BROTHER PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO COMMIT BRIBERY OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL
May 8, 2008 MOTHER AND SON INDICTED FOR SEX TRAFFICING OF A MINOR ON CRAIGSLIST.ORG
May 8, 2008 ECO-TERRORIST GIVEN NEARLY TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON
May 7, 2008 FAKE VIET NAM VET FROM OROVILLE PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED
May 7, 2008 BISHOP BANKER ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLING MORE THAN $750,000 FROM WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK
May 6, 2008 OPERATOR OF A ROSEVILLE MARIJUANA DISPENSARY PLEADS GUILTY DRUG CONSPIRACY AND MONEY LAUNDERING
May 6, 2008 FAIRFIELD MAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR RECEIVING IMAGES OF CHILD EXPLOITATION
May 5, 2008 CITRUS HEIGHTS MAN GETS 30 MONTHS PRISON FOR SERIAL BANK ROBBERIES
May 1, 2008 FORMER FEDERAL PENITENTIARY CORRECTIONS LIEUTENANT INDICTED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION
April 2008
April 29, 2008 UNLICENSED LOAN OFFICER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON
April 28, 2008 STOCKTON MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
April 28, 2008 MODESTO MAN GETS 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, MAINTAINING A DRUG HOUSE, FIREARMS, AND USING CHILDREN IN A DRUG ENTERPRISE
April 28, 2008 BAKERSFIELD POT DISPENSARY OWNER SENT TO PRISON
April 25, 2008 FOREX TRADING “GURU” SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR SCAMMING OVER $11 MILLION FROM INVESTORS
April 25, 2008 FOURTEEN ARRESTED, NEARLY $1 MILLION SEIZED IN METHAMPHETAMINE DISTRIBUTION OPERATION
April 25, 2008 SENTENCING SET FOR JULY 11, 2008 AFTER FIVE SAMBADO FAMILY MEMBERS ENTER GUILTY PLEA
April 24, 2008 SOLANO COUNTY HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE IN VALLEJO INDICTED FOR STEALING IDENTITIES OF BENEFITS RECIPIENTS, COMMITTING BANK FRAUD
April 24, 2008 FORMER OAKDALE RESIDENT INDICTED FOR TAX EVASION, MAIL FRAUD, AND EMBEZZLEMENT OF EMPLOYEES’ PENSION PLAN
April 22, 2008 FRESNO MAN SENTENCED TO 121 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
April 22, 2008 MANAGER ADMITS TO FALSE MEDI-CAL CLAIMS
FACILITY OWNERS PAY ALMOST ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS
April 18, 2008 GRAND RAPIDS WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN MURDER-FOR-HIRE SCHEME
April 18, 2008 SACRAMENTO MAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
April 15, 2008 CONVICTED CON MAN RECEIVES AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT-MONTH SENTENCE FOR FAILING TO APPEAR IN COURT
April 11, 2008 SACRAMENTO MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS’ PROBATION FOR TRYING TO SHUT DOWN CALIFORNIA POWER GRID
April 11, 2008 FORMER BENICIA SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT GOING TO PRISON FOR TAX EVASION
Aprill 11, 2008 DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO MAKING UNAUTHORIZED GRADE CHANGES AT FRESNO STATE
April 4, 2008 FIVE MEMBERS OF PROMINENT AGRIBUSINESS FAMILY TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FELONY TAX OFFENSES
April 4, 2008 OREGON MAN INDICTED FOR TRANSPORTING MINOR ACROSS STATE LINES FOR PURPOSES OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY
April 3, 2008 ARMY RECRUITER, MILITARY POLICEMAN, AND SEX OFFENDER INDICTED FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSES
April 2, 2008 EX- MORTICIAN CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT AND BANK FRAUD
April 2, 2008 FORMER U.S. POST OFFICE COUNTER CLERK CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO NEGOTIATE COUNTERFEIT U.S. CURRENCY
April 1 , 2008 SACRAMENTO MAN CONVICTED OF MAIL FRAUD SCHEME TO STEAL HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER ASSISTANCE
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March 2008
March 31, 2008 FRESNO MAN SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS FOR INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME
March 31, 2008 “SPORTS CAP” ROBBER GETS SEVEN YEARS FOR MULTIPLE BANK ROBBERIES
March 31, 2008 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE MAN GETS FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
March 31, 2008 JUVENILE SENTENCED AS ADULT FOR DRUG SHIPMENTS TO FRESNO BUSINESS
March 28, 2008 ANTELOPE MAN GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON AFTER LIVING UNDER FALSE IDENTITY FOR 15 YEARS
March 28, 2008 STOCKTON MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO BURGLARY OF HISTORIC POST OFFICE IN HOLT, CALIFORNIA
March 27, 2008 GIRLFRIEND OF DRUG DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD
March 27, 2008 DRUG DEALERS FROM DOS RIOS PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON IN TWO SEPARATE CASES
March 25, 2008 TWO INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH MAKING FRAUDULENT CLAIMS FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE KATRINA
March 25, 2008 ROCKLIN WOMAN DUBBED “THE GRANDMA BANK ROBBER” PLEADS GUILTY TO ARMED BANK ROBBERY AND TO DEFRAUDING HER FORMER EMPLOYER
March 24, 2008 FUGITIVE NABBED BY SACRAMENTO CITIZENS' CRIME ALERT PROGRAM GETS OVER NINE YEARS FOR IDENTITY THEFT CONSPIRACY
March 24, 2008 FORMER STATE WORKER SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
March 24, 2008 INDICTMENTS ANNOUNCED IN MAJOR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
March 21, 2008 MEDIA ADVISORY
March 21, 2008 SERIAL ARMED BANK ROBBER GETS 16 YEAR JAIL TERM
March 19, 2008 LOCAL COUPLE SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR GROWING AND SELLING MARIJUANA
March 18, 2008 VALLEY TRIO SENTENCED IN FRAUD AGAINST TARGET STORES
March, 17, 2008 BAKERSFIELD BUSINESS OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO FINANCIAL CHARGES
March 14, 2008 FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT PEDDLER INDICTED BY SACRAMENTO GRAND JURY
March 13, 2008 LARGE HEROIN SEIZURE RESULTS IN INDICTMENT OF PATTERSON RESIDENT
March 13, 2008 FOLSOM MAN INDICTED FOR PONZI-TYPE FRAUD
March 10, 2008 LODI DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 18 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
March 7, 2008 FRESNO MAN THREATENS JUDGE, RECEIVES 41-MONTH PRISON TERM
March 7, 2008 PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY NETS TRACY SEX OFFENDER 25 YEARS IN PRISON
March 6, 2008 FRESNO CAREER-CRIMINAL CONVICTED ON 16 COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY, CREDIT CARD FRAUD, AND IDENTITY THEFT
March 6, 2008 ROCKLIN WOMAN DUBBED “THE GRANDMA BANK ROBBER” CHARGED WITH ARMED BANK ROBBERY AND NUMEROUS COUNTS OF BANK FRAUD
March 6, 2008 HANFORD MAN INDICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES ORDERED DETAINED AS DANGER AND FLIGHT RISK
March 6, 2008 MERCED METH SUPER-LAB SUSPECTS INDICTED
March 4, 2008 FORMER CALIFORNIA PAROLE AGENT SENTENCED IN CIVIL RIGHTS OFFENSE FOR GROPING SUPERVISEE
March 3, 2008 BUTTE COUNTY WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MULTIPLE COUNTS OF BANK FRAUD, POSSESSION OF STOLEN U.S. MAIL, AND CONSPIRACY
March 3, 2008 GUILTY PLEA IN LARGEST SEIZURE OF CRACK COCAINE IN SACRAMENTO HISTORY
March 3, 2008 BAKERSFIELD MEDICAL POT DISPENSARY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY
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February 2008
February 29, 2008 HALLOWEEN COSTUMED BANK ROBBER GETS 37 MONTH JAIL TERM
February 29, 2008 SACRAMENTO MAN INDICTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
February 29, 2008 MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING TRADE SECRETS FROM LOCAL COMPANY TO SELL TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
February 28, 2008 TWO INDICTED ON FIVE COUNTS OF PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
February 26, 2008 SACRAMENTO WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR PHONY TAX REFUND SCHEME
February 25, 2008 BAKERSFIELD BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES OF COUNTERFEITING DVD MOVIES
February 25, 2008 SACRAMENTO MAN CONVICTED FOR POSSESSION AND RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
February 22, 2008 FIREARMS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENSES RESULT IN A SENTENCE OF MORE THAN 14 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
February 22, 2008 OROVILLE MAN GUILTY OF STEALING $170,000 OF DECEASED MOTHER’S BENEFITS OVER 16 YEARS
February 22, 2008 MODESTO MAN INDICTED FOR FIREARMS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENSES
February 21, 2008 MADERA MAN INDICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES, GIVEN HOME DETENTION, REQUIRED TO POST $200,000 PROPERTY BOND
February 20, 2008 FAIRFIELD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED RECEIPT AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
February 19, 2008 PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS EFFORT YIELDS A 77-MONTH SENTENCE FOR FIREARMS VIOLATION
February 19, 2008 SECOND DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD IN TJ MAXX AND MARSHALLS STORES RECEIPT SCHEME
February 15, 2008 SACRAMENTO MAN CONVICTED OF USING THE INTERNET TO THREATEN TO KILL MEMBERS OF HEAVY METAL GROUP, KORN
February 15, 2008 SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED TO NEARLY SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR IDENTITY THEFT
February 15, 2008 HUSBAND AND WIFE PLEAD GUILTY TO LARGE-SCALE MARIJUANA CONSPIRACY CHARGES INVOLVING MARIJUANA GROW HOUSES IN NAPA COUNTY, FAIRFIELD, AND ELK GROVE
February 14, 2008 STOCKTON MEN INDICTED FOR HOLT POST OFFICE BURGLARY
February 14, 2008 FORMER EMPLOYEES OF INDIAN HEALTH CENTER INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
February 13, 2008 BAKERSFIELD LAW STUDENT SENTENCED IN EMAIL HARASSMENT SCHEME
February 13, 2008 OAK PARK CRACK DEALER CONVICTED
February 12, 2008 DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO CONDUCTING AN UNLICENSED MONEY TRANSMITTING BUSINESS
February 11, 2008 RING LEADER IN BUTTE COUNTY IDENTITY THEFT CONSPIRACY GETS OVER FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE FOR BANK FRAUD, POSSESSION OF STOLEN U.S. MAIL, AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
February 11, 2008 FORMER SOUTH LAKE TAHOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER SENTENCED TO 97 MONTHS IN PRISON IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE
February 11, 2008 FIREARMS TRAFFICKER ARRESTED
February 11, 2008 DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD IN T.J. MAXX AND MARSHALLS STORES RECEIPT SCHEME
February 11, 2008 DRUG DEALERS NEAR CLOVIS WEST HIGH SCHOOL SENTENCED
February 8, 2008 SACRAMENTO MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
February 7, 2008 GUILTY VERDICTS IN FEDERAL SEXUAL ABUSE TRIAL
February 6, 2008 MICHIGAN WOMAN CHARGED WITH USING THE INTERNET TO SOLICIT MURDER
February 6, 2008 RETIREMENT ACCOUNT MANAGER CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING CLIENT FUNDS OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE RESIDENTS
February 5, 2008 SACRAMENTO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FAILING TO APPEAR
February 4, 2008 SACRAMENTO POLICE ARREST OF DRUG TRAFFICKER RESULTS IN 18 YEAR FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE
February 4, 2008 FAIRFIELD WOMAN CONVICTED OF MAKING FALSE CLAIMS FOR HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER MONEY
February 4, 2008 SACRAMENTO MAN CHARGED WITH SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD
February 4, 2008 CAL TRANS EMPLOYEE ORDERED SUBJECT TO GPS MONITORING AND ELECTRONIC MONITORING FOLLOWING INDICTMENT FOR RECEIPT AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
February 1, 2008 BENICIA BUSINESSMAN AGREES TO SERVE PRISON TIME FOR TAX EVASION
February 1, 2008 FATHER AND SON SALES AGENTS SENTENCED ON CHARGES OF DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS
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January 2008
January 29, 2008 FRAUDULENT PASSPORT APPLICATION EARNS SACRAMENTO MAN ONE-WAY TICKET TO PRISON
January 25, 2008 FORMER SACRAMENTO CITY SUPERINTENDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO BRIBERY
January 23, 2008 INDICTMENT FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER UNDER THE ADAM WALSH CHILD PROTECTION SAFETY ACT
January 22, 2008 SACRAMENTO MAN DUBBED THE “GRANDPA BANK ROBBER” SENTENCED FOR SERIAL BANK ROBBERY
January 15, 2008 UNLICENSED LOAN OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD
January 14, 2008 FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR TAKEOVER OF ONLINE BANK ACCOUNT
January 14, 2008 FRESNO COUNTY WOMAN INVOLVED IN PRIME BANK SCHEME CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS
January 9, 2008 CHICO MAN INDICTED AND ARRESTED IN SCHEME TO UNLAWFULLY SMUGGLE PROTECTED TORTOISES INTO THE UNITED STATES
January 8, 2008 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
January 3, 2008 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE COUPLE INDICTED FOR MARIJUANA MANUFACTURE
January 3, 2008 46 MONTHS PRISON FOR PHONY BILLIONAIRE FINANCIER
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