Imperial Valley News Center
Former South Bay Resident Convicted Of Defrauding Japanese Investors In Almost $7 Million Ponzi Scheme
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San Francisco, California - Kevin Kyes was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, seventeen counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and two counts of money laundering by a federal jury Tuesday, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf. The jury’s verdict followed a week-long trial before the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge.
Romanian Computer Hacker Sentenced to Federal Prison for Staging Denial of Service Attacks on ‘World of Warcraft’ Servers
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Los Angeles, California - A Romanian computer hacker who orchestrated a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the European servers of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft was sentenced to one year in federal prison.
Fresno Man Sentenced for Laser Strike on Police Helicopter
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Fresno, California - Michael Vincent Alvarez, 32, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for striking Air-1, a Fresno Police Department helicopter, with a powerful green laser beam, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
White Paper by Insulin Access and Affordability Working Group at Hearing of Senate Special Committee on Aging
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Washington, DC - Tuesday, the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA’s) Chief Scientific, Medical and Mission Officer William T. Cefalu, MD, testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging (Committee). Dr. Cefalu addressed the Committee and answered questions about the rising costs of insulin, which impacts millions of Americans with diabetes who rely on this life-sustaining medication. He also shared the findings of the ADA’s “Insulin Access and Affordability Working Group: Conclusions and Recommendations” white paper, which was simultaneously published online today in the journal Diabetes Care.
Two Associates of La Cosa Nostra Sentenced to Prison for Extortion-Related Charges
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Boston, Massachusetts - Two associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime family were sentenced today in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts on extortion-related charges.
Chairman of Macau Real Estate Development Company Sentenced to Prison for Role in Scheme to Bribe United Nations Ambassadors to Build A Multi-Billion Dollar Conference Center
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New York - The chairman of a real estate development company was sentenced today to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to bribe United Nations ambassadors to obtain support to build a conference center in Macau that would host, among other events, the annual United Nations Global South-South Development Expo.
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