SACRAMENTO - On July 30, 2015, Capital Sweepstakes Systems, Inc., a corporation headquartered in Loomis, and Kevin Freels, 41 of Loomis, pleaded guilty to conducting an illegal gambling business related to internet sweepstakes cafes. As part of its plea agreement, Capital Sweepstakes agreed to forfeit more than $1.5 million in profits generated through its illegal […]
On July 31st, 2015
LOS ANGELES —A joint investigation that included California Department of Justice special agents resulted in the arrest of five drug trafficking suspects and the seizure of 55 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $2 million, Attorney General Kamala Harris announced July 30, 2015. “California is the gateway for 70 percent of the methamphetamine […]
On July 17th, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO -- On July 16, 2017, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that Jimmy Gong Lee, 55, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and must pay restitution in the amount of $33,861.26 for his role in an Emeryville, California-based sex trafficking ring. “The defendant sold young, vulnerable women as commodities,” said Attorney […]
On June 9th, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO –On June 8, 2015, Casey E. Meyering, the operator of a cyber exploitation website which posted explicit images of unsuspecting victims without their consent, was sentenced to three years in jail. In May, Meyering pled no contest to one count of extortion, three counts of attempted extortion, and one count of conspiracy. "It infuriates […]
On May 12th, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO - On May 8, 2015, a website operator who exploited women online pled no contest to one count of extortion, three counts of attempted extortion, and one count of conspiracy. Casey E. Meyering, of Oklahoma, operated WinByState.com, a cyber exploitation website on which intimate images of unsuspecting victims were posted without the victims’ […]
On October 23, 2014, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Senior Legal Counsel Jim Vitko and Association of Special Agents-DOJ (ASA-DOJ) President Al Cardwood attended a meeting in Los Angeles in which they and Attorney General Kamala Harris welcomed 14 new Special Agents to the Department of Justice. Also in attendance at the meeting were […]
