FBI – San Jose Inside https://www.sanjoseinside.com A look inside San Jose politics and culture Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:57:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.12 Former Owner of East San Jose Sushi Restaurant Gets Prison Term for Multi-million-dollar Covid-19 Fraud Scheme https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/former-owner-of-east-san-jose-sushi-restaurant-gets-prison-term-for-multi-million-dollar-covid-19-fraud-scheme/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/former-owner-of-east-san-jose-sushi-restaurant-gets-prison-term-for-multi-million-dollar-covid-19-fraud-scheme/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:55:36 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201209259 David Tai Leung, of Sacramento, part-owner of Tomi Sushi and Seafood Buffet in the Eastridge Mall in San Jose, admitted in federal court that he spent $3.36 million of Covid relief business loan money on personal expenses. He had previously confessed in state court to multiple felony wage theft and tax evasion charges.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/former-owner-of-east-san-jose-sushi-restaurant-gets-prison-term-for-multi-million-dollar-covid-19-fraud-scheme/feed/ 0 Online ‘Romance Scams’ Stole Nearly $6.2M in Santa Clara County in 2023 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/online-romance-scams-stole-nearly-6-2m-in-santa-clara-county-in-2023/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/online-romance-scams-stole-nearly-6-2m-in-santa-clara-county-in-2023/#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:06:38 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208471 On the eve of Valentine’s Day, the FBI warned that scammers take advantage of people looking for romantic partners on dating websites, apps, or social media by obtaining access to their financial or personal identifying information. 

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/online-romance-scams-stole-nearly-6-2m-in-santa-clara-county-in-2023/feed/ 1 San Jose Resident Gets 5-year Prison Term for Possession Of Child Pornography https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/san-jose-resident-gets-5-year-prison-term-for-possession-of-child-pornography/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/san-jose-resident-gets-5-year-prison-term-for-possession-of-child-pornography/#respond Wed, 24 Jan 2024 20:33:39 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208295 The images and videos seized by the FBI showed depictions that Included prepubescent minors and minors engaged in sadistic or masochistic conduct.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/san-jose-resident-gets-5-year-prison-term-for-possession-of-child-pornography/feed/ 0 Two Bay Area Men Get Prison Terms For Insider Trading Schemes Tied to Lumentum Deals https://www.sanjoseinside.com/business/two-bay-area-men-get-prison-terms-for-insider-trading-schemes-tied-to-lumentum-deals/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/business/two-bay-area-men-get-prison-terms-for-insider-trading-schemes-tied-to-lumentum-deals/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:08:01 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208149 Srinivasa Kakkera of Pleasanton was sentenced to 18 months in prison for insider trading, and ordered to pay $2.4 million and Abbas Saeedi of Fremont was sentenced to five months in prison for insider trading and ordered to pay $691,000.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/business/two-bay-area-men-get-prison-terms-for-insider-trading-schemes-tied-to-lumentum-deals/feed/ 0 George Casey: A Safer San Jose Starts with Facing Facts https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/george-casey-a-safer-san-jose-starts-with-facing-facts/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/george-casey-a-safer-san-jose-starts-with-facing-facts/#respond Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:08:00 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208010 While the crime spike resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has receded in most parts of the country, California stands out as a stark aberration, with persistently high rates of violent crime and a spike in property offenses.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/george-casey-a-safer-san-jose-starts-with-facing-facts/feed/ 0 Scott Shaw Gets Two Years in Prison for Acts Against San Jose State Female Athletes https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/scott-shaw-gets-two-years-in-prison-for-acts-against-san-jose-state-female-athletes/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/scott-shaw-gets-two-years-in-prison-for-acts-against-san-jose-state-female-athletes/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:48:17 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201207699 San Jose State trainer Scott Shaw was sentenced Tuesday to serve 24 months in federal prison for unlawfully touching female student athletes under the guise of providing medical treatment.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/scott-shaw-gets-two-years-in-prison-for-acts-against-san-jose-state-female-athletes/feed/ 1 New DNA Analysis Solves 1979 Sunnyvale Murder https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/new-dna-analysis-solves-1979-sunnyvale-murder/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/new-dna-analysis-solves-1979-sunnyvale-murder/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:27:43 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201207471 New analysis of DNA from the crime scene identified Sam Silva of Colorado as the man who fatally stabbed Elena ‘Estella’ Mena during a rape attempt at her place of work in Sunnyvale in 1979. Silva died in 2008 in a Colorado prison.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/new-dna-analysis-solves-1979-sunnyvale-murder/feed/ 1 Feds Looking for San Jose Man for Failing to Report Income from Chinese Company https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/feds-looking-for-san-jose-man-for-failing-to-report-income-from-chinese-company/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/feds-looking-for-san-jose-man-for-failing-to-report-income-from-chinese-company/#comments Sat, 28 Oct 2023 03:45:12 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201207407 U.S. citizens and residents who have more than $10,000 in a bank account in a foreign country are required to file with the United States Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/feds-looking-for-san-jose-man-for-failing-to-report-income-from-chinese-company/feed/ 1 Three Silicon Valley Tech Managers Charged by Feds in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/three-santa-clara-county-tech-managers-charged-by-feds-in-multimillion-dollar-fraud-scheme/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/three-santa-clara-county-tech-managers-charged-by-feds-in-multimillion-dollar-fraud-scheme/#respond Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:19:21 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201205496 FBI says the plot to divert millions in software license fees from an unidentified San Jose company went on for years before being detected.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/three-santa-clara-county-tech-managers-charged-by-feds-in-multimillion-dollar-fraud-scheme/feed/ 0 Con Man Who Bilked Investors of $1.6M Sentenced to 49 Months in Federal Prison https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/con-man-who-bilked-investors-of-1-6m-sentenced-to-49-months-in-federal-prison/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/con-man-who-bilked-investors-of-1-6m-sentenced-to-49-months-in-federal-prison/#comments Fri, 26 May 2023 17:19:32 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201204568 Jonathan Vu Hoang, formerly of San Jose, admitted he created a bogus investment company and defrauded multiple investors by falsely promising them he would invest their money.

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