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Fresno Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill a Victim Living in Canada

SACRAMENTO. — A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Jasmeet Singh, 30, an Indian national who had been living in Fresno, charging him with transmitting threats to injure another person, United States Attorney Eric Grant announced.

According to court documents, on May 27, 2024, Singh sent multiple threats to a victim living in Canada, threatening to kill the victim because of that victim’s prior cooperation with Indian law enforcement.  Singh sent the victim a picture of the victim’s car in front of the victim’s residence, told the victim he knew the victim’s daily habits, including the type of coffee the victim drank, and that the victim could not run because Singh and his associates would kill him/her.


Bulldogs earn 18-3 win in Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl


Quarterback E.J. Warner was named the bowl game MVP, finishing with 219 yards while completing 15-of-22 pass attempts with one touchdown and no turnovers.

History Being Erased Before Our Eyes: Pushing Back on Attempts to Whitewash U.S. History

SACRAMENTO - A Trump administration presidential executive order threatens to whitewash our nation’s history and silence people’s true experiences. But we're pushing back.

At the height of World War II, ACLU NorCal Executive Director Ernest Besig drove 400 miles to Tule Lake, a desolate stretch of high desert surrounded by barbed wire near the Oregon border, to investigate the brutal conditions endured by Japanese Americans incarcerated there under Executive Order 9066. Prisoners had gone on a hunger strike to protest beatings, months of isolation in the stockade, and midnight raids where they were forced to stand in the snow for hours in their underwear and zoris (traditional Japanese sandals made of straw).

Former Madera County Welfare Benefits Employee Arrested for Improperly Using Other People’s Identities to Steal Benefits

FRESNO - Former Madera County benefits eligibility worker Leticia Mariscal, 55, of Madera, was arrested today on charges that she stole tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of other people’s CalFresh benefits during a multiyear scheme, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. CalFresh is a financial assistance program that provides monetary benefits to qualifying California residents to buy food. It was formerly known as the food stamp program.

According to court records, between December 2020 and April 2025, Mariscal improperly used county databases to which she had access through her job to obtain identifying information for individuals who were elderly or deceased.

California Lobbyist Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Fraud

SACRAMENTO - California lobbyist Greg Campbell, 52, of Davis, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit offenses against the United States. On Nov. 20, 2025, Sean McCluskie, 56, of Davis, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud.

According to court documents, in 2021, McCluskie was the Chief of Staff to an elected official and continued in that role when the official was confirmed to a United States government position. Between February 2022 and September 2024, Campbell and McCluskie conspired with Dana Williamson, 53, of Carmichael, and others to steal approximately $225,000 from the elected official’s dormant political campaign for McCluskie’s personal use to pay for McCluskie’s bicoastal lifestyle. Collectively, they funneled the money through various business entities and disguised it as pay for what was, in reality, a no-show job for McCluskie’s spouse.

CEO of Fresno-based Health Care Company Arrested for an Alleged $7 Million Scheme to Defraud

FRESNO - The CEO of a Fresno-based home health care company was arrested at San Francisco International Airport while attempting to board a flight to Nigeria. He is charged in a criminal complaint alleging that he fraudulently obtained more than $7 million in payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs for services that were never actually rendered, including care purportedly rendered to veterans weeks after they had died, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.

According to court documents, between December 2019 and July 2024, Cashmir Chinedu Luke, believed to be 66, operated Four Corners Health LLC in Antioch. That entity provided unskilled in-home nursing and day-to-day care for elderly VA beneficiaries under the Veterans Community Care Program. Four Corners provided services in Fresno, Tulare, Merced, Mariposa, Madera, San Francisco, and Contra Costa Counties. Luke engaged in a five-year scheme to bill the VA for hours of care that were not actually rendered to veterans.

Final Aryan Brotherhood Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Murder

FRESNO - Danny Troxell, 72, of Fresno, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to life in prison for participating in a RICO conspiracy and a conspiracy to commit murder, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.

According to evidence produced at trial, between 2011 and 2019, Aryan Brotherhood (or AB) members and associates engaged in racketeering activity, committing multiple acts involving murder, conspiracies to murder, and drug trafficking crimes. The trial evidence showed that Aryan Brotherhood members oversaw a significant heroin and methamphetamine trafficking operation from their California prison cells using smuggled cellphones to direct drug trafficking activities, order murders, and manage other criminal activities inside and outside of the prisons.


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