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News Tipoffs - California Editors Newsletter for Monday February 26, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Operation Fraud Street Mafia Results Announced: Nine Arrested for Drug Trafficking and Committing More Than $550 Million in Attempted Tax Fraud
FRESNO, California, Feb. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: As a result of Operation Fraud Street Mafia, a Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) inmate has been charged in two separate federal complaints with drug trafficking and COVID-19 fraud. Seven defendants in California and Maryland are also charged in the two schemes. Making the announcement today are U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert, DEA Special Age  more

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Two Men Indicted for Money Laundering Conspiracy
SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment on Feb. 15, 2024, against Alex Altoh, 64, of Roseville, and Oumar Sidibe, 30, formerly of Reno, Nevada, charging them with conspiracy to commit money laundering, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The indictment was unsealed on Feb. 21 after Altoh's arrest. Sidibe is yet to be apprehended. A  more

Cheryl M. Davies Takes Command of CBP's Los Angeles Field Office
LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) hosted a Change of Command Ceremony to formally instate Cheryl M. Davies, as Director for CBP's Los Angeles Field Office (DFO), on Thursday February 22. In her new position, Director Davies oversees one of the largest and most complex CBP operations in the country. The Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport is the larg  more