BRIEFLY : VALLEY MAN INDICTED IN IMPERSONATION.A federal grand jury has indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. a Woodland Hills man on charges of impersonating a government investigator to obtain information from the Social Security Administration, officials announced Thursday. Daniel Yelin, 28, faces arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on April 20, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Bullotta. Yelin was indicted Tuesday on seven felony counts each of posing as a federal employee and unlawful access to a government computer. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. prosecutors, Yelin pretended to be a Social Security Administration fraud investigator named Gary Hatley to get information from an administration employee in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden on a weekly basis from 1994 to August 1997. Yelin would then sell citizens' social security numbers and asset information to customers of his private investigation business, Sources Investigative Services, Bullotta said. - Daily News 4 arrested in phony collisions scheme Federal authorities arrested four suspects Thursday in a phony car collision scheme. A 19-count indictment handed down late Wednesday charges the defendants submitted millions of dollars in bogus insurance and medical claims. The arrests ended an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service and the California Department of Insurance The California Department of Insurance (CDI), established in 1868, is the angency charged with overseeing the regulation of insurance regulations, enforcing statutes mandating consumer protections, educating consumers, and fostering the stability of insurance markets in the state . U.S. Attorney Nora Manella and District Attorney Gil Garcetti announced the arrests. Those arrested were identified as Arkady Rozenberg, 48, of Los Angeles; Ilya Mestetsky, 50, of North Hollywood; Reuben Ross, 49, of Alta Loma; and Becky Martinez, 32, of Los Angeles. They were arrested on federal charges of money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. and mail fraud, the California Department of Insurance said. - Daily News Staff and Wire Services City to pursue ban on booze billboards The Los Angeles City Planning Commission voted Thursday to seek a ban on billboards advertising alcohol and tobacco products within 1,000 feet of schools, parks or residential areas. The 3-1 vote represents the first step in enacting the ban, with the City Attorney's Office now reviewing the proposal to develop the legal language and the penalty. Councilman Mike Feuer, who introduced the proposal, cited studies showing the rate of smoking among children has increased in recent years. - Daily News |
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