Tag: fraud

Cannabis Brand Cookies Accused Of Fraud

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco’s popular cannabis brand, Cookies is being accused of fraud and receiving millions in kickbacks. Multiple lawsuits were filed earlier this year. Cookies,...

SFPD Officer Arrested For Fraud And Forgery

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco Police Officer, Adam Eatia, who is a 15-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department, was arrested on Friday, June 24,...

Charges Announced Against Disbarred Attorney For Defrauding Client And Court

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced on Monday, November 15 that Russell A. Robinson, a now-disbarred San Francisco-based attorney was charged with...

There Is No Such Thing As Easy Money

UNITED STATES—In life I have said this a trillion times, money is the root of all evil. Why? People are willing at times to...

Former Netflix VP Convicted Of Bribery & Fraud

SAN JOSE—The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that a former VP for Netflix was convicted of fraud & bribery charges on Friday, April 30. A...

Feds Charge SF Trash Company Executive With Bribery

SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday, April 15, that John Francis Porter, the former Vice President and Group Manager of the...

uBiome Founders Charged With Fraud

SAN FRANCISCO—Federal prosecutors charged Zachary Apte and Jessica Richman for defrauding investors by lying about their company’s ability to expand clinical tests to monitor...

Jerry Ji Guo Sentenced After Cryptocurrency Fraud

SAN FRANCISCO—Jerry Ji Guo, of San Francisco was sentenced in U.S. District Court in San Jose on Tuesday, January 26. Guo was involved in...

Visiting Stanford University Researcher Charged With Visa Fraud

PALO ALTO—A visiting researcher at Stanford University was accused of being an active member with the Chinese military, and has been charged with visa...

California Man Fraudulently Obtained $9 Million In Relief Funds

LOS ANGELES—A California man has been charged with fraud, after he illegally obtained approximatly $9 million in COVID-19 relief funds, which he used to...