LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitchell Englander has reported to a federal penitentiary to begin serving a sentence of a year and two months for trying to obstruct an investigation into bribery allegations in City Hall politics. It was confirmed on Wednesday, June 2. Englander — who represented Council District 12 […]
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Juez Llama a Reunión en Skid Row para Discutir el Empeoramiento de las Condiciones
LOS ÁNGELES (CNS) – El juez federal que supervisa los intentos de resolver la crisis de las personas sin hogar en Los Ángeles convocó a una reunión urgente en un refugio de Skid Row hoy, 4 de febrero, para discutir el empeoramiento de las condiciones y lo que él considera que la ciudad no respondió […]
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Judge Calls Meeting On Skid Row To Discuss Worsening Conditions
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The federal judge overseeing attempts to resolve the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles has called an urgent meeting at a Skid Row shelter today, Feb. 4, to discuss worsening conditions and what he considers the city’s failure to respond to the recent rainstorm that threatened lives on downtown streets. Combined with […]
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Former LA Councilmember Mitch Englander Sentenced to Prison for Lying to FBI
LOS ANGELES (CNS) Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch Englander has been sentenced to a year and two months in federal prison for trying to obstruct an investigation into bribery allegations in City Hall politics. The ex-councilman was also ordered on Monday, Jan. 25, to serve three years under supervised release following his prison term […]
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Prosecutors Recommend Two Years Imprisonment for Ex-L.A. Councilmember
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Federal prosecutors are recommending a two-year prison sentence for former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch Englander, who pleaded guilty to obstructing an investigation into allegations of bribery in City Hall politics, according to court papers. Englander was a “powerful and wealthy Los Angeles city councilmember who swore an oath to serve […]
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LA Judge Blasts County/City for Bickering, Time-Wasting in Homelessness Suit
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A federal judge blasted the city and county of Los Angeles for continuing to “bicker” and “waste time” instead of quickly finalizing an agreement to provide 6,700 beds for people experiencing homelessness under the threat of the coronavirus. The court is “extremely disappointed” that in the nearly four months since the […]
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Los Grupos de Derechos Civiles de Los Ángeles Aplauden el Fallo en la Demanda de la Instalación de ICE en Adelanto
LOS ÁNGELES (CNS) Los defensores de los derechos civiles con sede en Los Ángeles aplauden la orden de un juez federal de que el gobierno reduzca de inmediato la población del Centro de Procesamiento ICE de Adelanto debido a un gran brote de COVID-19 que atraviesa las instalaciones. El martes 29 de septiembre, el juez […]
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LA Civil Rights Groups Applaud Ruling in Adelanto ICE Facility Suit
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Los Angeles-based civil rights advocates are applauding a federal judge’s order that the government immediately reduce the population of the Adelanto ICE Processing Center due to a major outbreak of COVID-19 moving through the facility. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, US District Judge Terry Hatter ordered a set of conditions Tuesday that […]
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Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Grandparents Fraud Scheme
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 41 months behind bars for his role in a cross-border fraud scheme that duped elderly residents of Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties into believing their grandchildren were in danger in foreign countries and immediately required cash. Clifford Kirstein, a Canadian citizen, pleaded guilty […]
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Pharmacy Owners in Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 12 Years Each
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Two Los Angeles pharmacy owners were sentenced to a dozen years behind bars for operating a multimillion-dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme to bill Medicare for medications that were never provided and to launder the illicit proceeds. Aleksandr Suris, 51, and Maxim Sverdlov, 45, both of Sherman Oaks, […]