By SDCN Editor A former managing director of The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a multibillion-dollar bribery and money laundering scheme involving Malaysia’s state-owned investment and development fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad. According to court documents, between approximately 2009 and 2014, Ng Chong Hwa, aka Roger […]

By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development last Thursday announced the filing of a lawsuit and a motion for a preliminary injunction against the City of Huntington Beach for violating state housing laws.  The lawsuit comes after the Newsom Administration and Attorney […]

By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom will receive federal assistance following the White House’s approval of the Presidential Emergency Declaration authorizing it to support response to continuous storms impacting much of California.   The Presidential Emergency Declaration enables impacted counties to immediately access Direct Federal Assistance to help protect public safety and property, including generators, […]

By SDCN Editor A California man was sentenced Wednesday to 65 months in prison for his role in conspiring with Peruvian-based call centers that defrauded Spanish-speaking United States residents by falsely threatening them with arrest, deportation, and other legal consequences.  Luis Rendon, 60, of Harbor City, California is the eleventh defendant to be sentenced to […]

By SDCN Editor Murrieta, CA–San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly 126 pounds of narcotics with a value of approximately $483,000 from a single vehicle stop last week. On Friday at approximately 11 a.m., agents assigned to the Newton-Azrak Border Patrol Station conducted a vehicle stop on an SUV just north of the Interstate […]

By SDCN Editor  A narcotrafficker pleaded guilty today to international cocaine trafficking conspiracy, federal authorities said  According to court documents, beginning in the 1980s through 2017, Raul Flores-Hernandez, aka El Tio, 70, led a drug-trafficking organization based in Mexico’s Jalisco State that trafficked cocaine from South America to Mexico for subsequent importation into the United […]

By SDCN Editor San Clemente, CA–Border Patrol agents assigned to the San Clemente Border Patrol Station Checkpoint prevented a suspected incident of child trafficking on March 3. The incident occurred around 1:40 a.m. when agents referred a vehicle containing a man and an infant to the secondary inspection area. Agents conducted an immigration inspection and […]

By SDCN Editor The Justice Department, together with Attorneys General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of New York, and the District of Columbia, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit Tuesday to block JetBlue Airways Corporation’s proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of its largest and fastest-growing ultra-low-cost rival, Spirit Airlines, Incorporated. JetBlue and Spirit compete fiercely […]

By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom met with emergency response officials Sunday at the State Operations Center and received an update on winter storms and the state’s work to support disaster response and relief efforts.  Last week, Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency and activated the California Guard and State Operations Center to bring […]