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Former coal company vice president arrested, charged with foreign bribery, money laundering, and fraud

April 2, 2022 By sdcnews

A former coal company executive was arrested Thursday on charges of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, laundering funds, and receiving kickbacks as part of an alleged scheme to pay bribes to government officials in Egypt in connection with contracts with an Egyptian state-owned and state-controlled company, Al Nasr Company for Coke and Chemicals. The […]

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More than 100 pounds of meth discovered in truck’s false compartment

July 26, 2021 By sdcnews

San Clemente, CA–San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents located more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a pickup truck on Thursday afternoon. The incident began at approximately 1:30 p.m. when agents on Interstate 5 observed a suspicious blue Ford pickup driving northbound. Agents initiated a vehicle stop and the driver yielded at the I-5 Border […]

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Shooting outside of Nationals Park halts Padres, Washington baseball game

July 18, 2021 By sdcnews

By Gina Yarbrough Washington, D.C.–A shooting outside of Nationals Park in D.C. halted a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals Saturday evening at the stadium. Several rounds of gunfire were reported outside of the third-base gate during the sixth inning. Both teams immediately left the field and the game was halted […]

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Woman arrested for fake COVID-19 immunization and vaccination card scheme

July 17, 2021 By sdcnews

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San Francisco CA–A California-licensed homeopathic doctor was arrested for her alleged scheme to sell homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets and to falsify COVID-19 vaccination cards by making it appear that customers had received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the Moderna vaccine. Juli Mazi, 41, of Napa, is charged with one count of wire fraud and […]

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El Centro Border Patrol agents seize meth at checkpoint

July 15, 2021 By sdcnews

Salton Sea, CA–El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle methamphetamine through an immigration checkpoint Monday evening. The 62-year-old man was smuggling approximately 98.67 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated value of $271,342. The incident occurred at about 7:15 p.m., when a black 2009 Acura TSX approached the Highway […]

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California man sentenced for operating illegal virtual-currency business

June 6, 2021 By sdcnews

Santa Ana, CA–An Orange County man was sentenced May 28 to 24 months in federal prison for operating an illegal virtual-currency money services business that exchanged up to $25 million – some of it on behalf of criminals – through in-person transactions and a network of Bitcoin ATM-type kiosks. Kais Mohammad, a.k.a. “Superman29,” 37, of […]

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Former Army Green Beret sentenced for Russian espionage conspiracy

May 19, 2021 By sdcnews

Washington, D.C.–A Virginia man and former Army Green Beret was sentenced to 188 months in prison for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with U.S. national defense information. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 46, of Gainesville, admitted to conspiring with agents of a Russian intelligence service. According to court documents, from December 1996 to […]

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West Coast gets access to ShakeAlert earthquake early warning

May 5, 2021 By sdcnews

Pasadena, CA– After 15 years of planning and development, the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system is now available to more than 50 million people in California, Oregon, and Washington, the most earthquake-prone region in the conterminous U.S. Tuesday’s debut of ShakeAlert-powered public alerting to mobile phones in Washington completes the U.S. Geological Survey and partners’ […]

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California sends India COVID-19 supplies to combat outbreak

April 26, 2021 By sdcnews

Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California will send lifesaving oxygen equipment to India as that country faces a devastating and fast-spreading surge of COVID-19 cases. “When communities across the world need help, California steps up. As we surpass 28 million vaccinations and continue to see the lowest positivity rates in the country, we must […]

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California man charged with COVID-relief fraud scheme

April 21, 2021 By sdcnews

Los Angeles, CA–A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned an indictment on April 13, charging a California man with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). According to court documents, Oumar Sissoko, 59, of Temecula, submitted a PPP loan application on behalf of his company, Road Doctor California LLC, […]

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