The former mayor of a Southern California city admitted in federal court Friday that she acted as an illegal agent of the Chinese government, formally pleading guilty in a case prosecutors have described as a brazen effort to spread Beijing-backed propaganda inside the United States. Eileen Li Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, California, pleaded…
An El Paso certified public accountant was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $600,000 from several real estate businesses, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas said. Carol Catherine Talamantes, 61, pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge in U.S. District…
A Guatemalan man with a criminal background who is in the country illegally was sentenced to federal prison for assaulting ICE officers during an arrest in 2025, federal officials said Tuesday. Guido Andres Alexander Cuellar-Batres was sentenced to eight months in prison and one year of supervised release, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors and…
Sports betting company FanDuel has agreed to pay approximately $5 million to the Jacksonville Jaguars as restitution for more than $20 million that a former employee stole from the team to transfer to the sportsbook, ESPN reports. Amit Patel, who worked in financial planning and analysis for the Jaguars from 2018-23, was charged with one…