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News Tipoffs - California Editors Newsletter for Tuesday September 09, 2025 ( 12 items )  

California Man Sentenced for Role in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9M from Victims
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * California Man Sentenced for Role in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9M from Victims * A California man was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for his role in laundering more than $36.9 million from victims in an international digital asset investment scam conspiracy that was carried out from scam centers in Cambodia. The court also or  more

DHS Scores Major Victory at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Scores Major Victory at Supreme Court * The Supreme Court ruled the Trump Administration can continue operations in Los Angeles to remove dangerous criminal illegal aliens from the streets WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security landed a major legal victory Monday morning when the Supreme Court issued a stay in the case of Perdomo v. Noem. The ruling allows DHS to continue   more

Eight MS-13 Gang Members Plead Guilty to Multi-Year Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Murders and Witness Tampering
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Eight MS-13 Gang Members Plead Guilty to Multi-Year Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Murders and Witness Tampering * Eight members of the violent transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from a multi-year racketeering conspiracy that included multiple murders and acts of witness tampering. The defendants--identified as   more

FinCEN Issues Modified Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * FinCEN Issues Modified Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is reissuing a modified Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to combat illicit cartel and other criminal activity, including money laundering, along the southwest border of the United State  more

ICE Arrests Criminal Illegal Alien with Rap Sheet of 49 Criminal Arrests in Sanctuary of California
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICE Arrests Criminal Illegal Alien with Rap Sheet of 49 Criminal Arrests in Sanctuary of California * Over the weekend, ICE law enforcement arrested more worst of the worst including pedophiles, sex offenders, drug dealers, and human smugglers across the U.S. WASHINGTON -- While Americans were enjoying their weekends, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested more  more

Jamaican National Pleads Guilty to Long Running Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Jamaican National Pleads Guilty to Long Running Fraud Scheme * A Jamaican national, who was previously extradited to the United States from Jamaica, pleaded guilty on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota in connection a long running scheme to defraud a California woman. Dwayne Anderson, 35, of Hannover, Jamaica, pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges. Anderson   more

Judge orders California roofing contractor, owner to pay nearly $2M in unpaid wages, damages after US Labor Department investigation
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * Judge orders California roofing contractor, owner to pay nearly $2M in unpaid wages, damages after US Labor Department investigation * LIVERMORE, CA - A federal court has ordered a Northern California-based roofing contractor to pay $1,943,685 in back wages and damages to 158 workers after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer failed to pay required overtime rates to workers.   more

LLNL's Open Match Giving Campaign Debuts With Strong Employee Participation
LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * LLNL's Open Match Giving Campaign debuts with strong employee participation Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has concluded its inaugural Open Match Giving Campaign, the first of several new charitable initiatives under the Lab's Giving Pathways program, which operates under the Helping Others More Effectively (HOME) Campaign umbr  more

SBA Relief Still Available to California Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Wildfires and Straight-line Winds
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to California Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Wildfires and Straight-line Winds * WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in California of the Oct. 8 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused  more

Southern California man facing charges after towing ICE vehicle in failed attempt to obstruct immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Southern California man facing charges after towing ICE vehicle in failed attempt to obstruct immigration enforcement * LOS ANGELES -- A South Los Angeles man and tow truck driver was arrested Sept. 2 on a federal criminal complaint charging him with stealing government property by illegally towing a law enforcement vehicle during an active immigratio  more

Superconducting qubits: Delicate powerhouses
MENLO PARK, California, Sept. 8 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Superconducting qubits: Delicate powerhouses * By Ali Sundermier Quantum bits, or qubits, are key components in many quantum computers. Unlike classical bits, which can be either 0 or 1, qubits can also exist in a superposition of both states, allowing quantum computers to process information in a way that exceeds classical computers for some problems. Channeling the power o  more

VX-31 delivers historic Harriers to Castle, Tillamook museums
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * VX-31 delivers historic Harriers to Castle, Tillamook museums * In a powerful tribute to Marine Corps aviation history, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 delivered two AV-8B Harrier II+ aircraft to aviation museums on the West Coast, in July and August, marking the end of their operational service and the beginning of their legacy as public exhibits. Castle Air Museum O  more