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2013 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

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  UPDATED: Federal Prosecutor Booted From Controversial Organized-Crime Case

  published Apr 30, 2013

  A U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor--who aggressively pursued a Los Angeles-based, Armenian organized-crime investigation with tentacles in Orange County but ran afoul of a federal magistrate--has... More >>

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  Brea Mall Methamphetamine Dealer Wins Prison Trip

  published Apr 30, 2013

  Two Pakistani males who unwittingly tried to sell 335.6 grams of methamphetamine for $12,000 in the Brea Mall parking lot to two confidential, government informants have both now been sentenced for th... More >>

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  Fall of Saigon Anniversary Book Suggestions

  published Apr 29, 2013

  It's almost impossible to overestimate the number of superb books inspired by the relationship between Vietnam and the United States. There are, for example, classics such as Graham Greene's "The Qui... More >>

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  Ex-Orange County Sheriff Lt. Bill Hunt Wins Retaliation Lawsuit

  published Apr 26, 2013

  Former Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) Lt. Bill Hunt, who was targeted for harassment and career sabotage in 2006 by then-Sheriff Mike Carona and his goons, has won a litigation settlement o... More >>

• Judge Tosses Out Businessman's Defamation Lawsuit Involving Weekly

  published April 25, 2013

  An Orange County Superior Court judge this month dismissed a defamation lawsuit by Shaheen Sadeghi after concluding the wealthy,... More >>

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  [UPDATED with Court Documents:] Judge Tosses Out Businessman's Defamation Lawsuit Involving 2011 OC Weekly Profile

  published Apr 24, 2013

  See the update at the bottom of this post to review Judge Bauer's ruling in the official Minute Order. ORIGINAL POST: APRIL 22, 8:00 A.M.: An Orange County Superior Court judge this month dismissed... More >>

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  Fullerton Cops Win Federal Lawsuit Alleging Police Harassment

  published Apr 22, 2013

  An Orange County jury this afternoon gave a proverbial shoulder shrug to a lawsuit claiming that Fullerton cops singled out a citizen for physical harassment and fabricated criminal charges because he... More >>

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  How to Steal $1 Million in California & Avoid Prison

  published Apr 18, 2013

  Before he became a wildly successful Verizon franchisee in Southern California, Michael Scott Grayson was a crook.We know this because in 2008 the FBI arrested Grayson for his role in a 2004-2005 cons... More >>

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  MSNBC: Reporters Are Racist For Informing Public About Boston Terrorist Suspect

  published Apr 17, 2013

  Liberal talk show hosts are going nuts today because members of the mainstream media reported that law enforcement sources said a "dark-skinned" person was a subject of interest in the terrorist attac... More >>

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  Department of Justice Retreats From Tying LA Businessman to Organized-Crime Operation

  published Apr 17, 2013

  We recently reported that a federal prosecutor in Orange County has been blocking an alleged organized-crime figure from receiving nearly $2 million in bail from a Los Angeles businessman with close t... More >>

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  Kiddie-Porn Lovers at OC Libraries

  published April 18, 2013

  When David Lavern Paine drove his beat-up, American, economy car to the Foothill Ranch Public Library just after noon on Oct. 6, 2010, the... More >>

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  Disneyland Lawsuit Plaintiff Sought Big Courthouse Payday But Got Peanuts

  published Apr 16, 2013

  A handicapped man and his wife entered Disneyland one day in November 2009 and were thrilled about riding the world-famous attractions.But, according to a 2011 federal lawsuit, their joy "quickly gave... More >>

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  FBI Arrests Identity Thief For Taking $610,000 From Fountain Valley Bank

  published Apr 12, 2013

  In December 2010, a Sunset Beach woman got a terrible surprise when she went to a Huntington Beach branch of U.S. Bank to pay off her mortgage and discovered that three weeks earlier a stranger had em... More >>

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  This Weekend Is Final Chance To Attend Orange County's Vietnamese International Film Festival

  published Apr 12, 2013

  If you're interested in seeing a series of films from up and coming moviemaking talent, this weekend is your last chance to attend the sixth biennial Vietnamese International Film Festival (VIFF).Toda... More >>

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  Armenian Immigration Bribery Schemer Gets Punished

  published Apr 12, 2013

  In 2008, Oganes Nardos--the owner of a court-ordered drug counseling school in Los Angeles County--unwittingly became the target of a 15-month, undercover Homeland Security bribery investigation invol... More >>

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  OC's Tollroad Agency Loses Federal Lawsuit Against Commerce Department

  published Apr 11, 2013

  In its determination to satisfy the continual demands of Wall Street investment houses for more profits, Orange County's Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) wants to go billions of dollars further in... More >>

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  A Question of Identity

  published April 11, 2013

  Internal Revenue Service special agents tracking organized crime operations in Southern California might disagree, but Los Angeles' Sam... More >>

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  Orange County Woman Caught Smuggling 8-Year-Old Vietnamese Boy Into United States

  published Apr 08, 2013

  Little Saigon's Kathleen Thi Hoang Luong thought she could smuggle another woman's eight-year-old Vietnamese boy into the United States illegally, but she had no covert activity skills.Luong owns a sm... More >>

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  Undercover FBI Agents Score Arrest in Alleged Southern California Ponzi Scheme

  published Apr 06, 2013

  In the wake of an FBI operation seeking to expose Southern California con artists running Ponzi schemes, a federal grand jury has indicted a Los Angeles man who falsely guaranteed investment returns o... More >>

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  Dirty Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona Loses Bid For Prison Sentence Reduction

  published Apr 05, 2013

  Two years into his 66-month prison sentence, ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona hoped this week that a federal judge would reduce his punishment in the aftermath of a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling ... More >>

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  DEA-Busted OC Drug Trafficker Wins Lengthy Prison Trip

  published Apr 05, 2013

  An Anaheim man involved in a Mexico-Orange County criminal conspiracy annually distributing more than 75 kilograms of cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin will pay dearly for his crimes.In late March, ... More >>

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  Shooter In Little Saigon Dispute Over Girl Claims He Was Wrongly Imprisoned

  published Apr 04, 2013

  Little Saigon's Huy Trong Tran is sitting in a California prison cell with a document he says proves he was unjustly convicted of two attempted murder charges after a 2007 dispute over the affections ... More >>

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  Fullerton PD's Other Dirty-Cop Case

  published April 4, 2013

  In Orange County, one outcome is as sure as a 5 p.m. traffic jam on the 5, 91, 55, 22, 57 and 405, Republican control of the Newport Beach city... More >>

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  Accused iPhone 5 Scammer Faces Federal Trial

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Orange County's Robert Andrew Paniagua is building an accomplishment-loaded resume that is unrelated to his carpet cleaner career.In 2004, at the age of 19, Paniagua was convicted of DUI. Cops caught ... More >>

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  SEC Wins Injunction Against Orange County Businessmen For 60% Investment Return Claim

  published Apr 03, 2013

  A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction banning three Southern California businessmen from operating future scams to dupe investors with false claims of extraordinary returns as high as "60 ... More >>