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| Nov.4 |
San Jose |
Homeland Security bust San Jose woman for selling $100K in fake makeup
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| Aug.20 |
Milpitas |
Police warn of 'virtual kidnapping' scam that preys on parents |
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| Apr.13 |
Cupertino |
Cupertino counterfeit cash cache uncovered |
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| Feb.13 |
Alameda |
Missing man owes $113 million over get-rich-quick scam
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| Jan.22 |
SF City Hall |
S.F. D.A. charges former city official, staffer with bribery 
A former official and an ex-staff member of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission were charged with bribery and money laundering
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| Aug.4 |
SF City Hall |
'Shrimp Boy' Accuses San Francisco Mayor In Bid To Dismiss Case | Attorneys for Raymond Chow filed a motion that claims the FBI has evidence of SF officials accepting illegal money, but feds refuse to go after them | |
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| Jul.1 |
San Francisco |
Former St. Sen. Leland Yee, D has accepted plea deal Disgraced former St. Sen. Has accepted a plea deal with federal prosecutors who indicted him on public corruption charges.
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| Jun.29 |
Sonoma County |
Man accused of bilking dozens of homeowners |
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| Dec.5 |
San Francisco |
2 San Francisco police officers convicted of corruption |
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| Aug.26 |
Napa |
Quake: investigators to warn residents about contractors and insurance |
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| Aug.9 |
Golden Gate Park |
Fake tickets at Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival Golden Gate Park was packed with music fans on the first night of the festival, but a lot of people didn't get in because they got taken
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| Jul.31 |
San Francisco |
Leland Yee pleads not guilty in corruption case
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| Mar.31 |
San Francisco |
Leland Yee appears in court, bail kept at $500,000 State Senator Leland Yee appeared briefly in federal court Monday, but did not enter a plea to the corruption charges against him
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| Mar.27 |
San Francisco |
State Sen. Leland Yee accused of bribery, wire fraud |
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| Sep.20 |
San Francisco |
Man convicted in multimillion-dollar scam disappears
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| May.2 |
Oakland |
'West Coast Donald Trump' sentenced to prison |
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| Jan.25 |
Oakland |
'West Coast Donald Trump' pleads guilty |
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| Dec.14 |
San Francisco |
Food safety bribery scandal
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| Dec.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
Angry investors pack Ng hearing |
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| Nov.2 |
SF City Hall |
Lee donors' money-laundering allegations |
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| Jul.9 |
San Francisco |
Ex-attorney charged in Ponzi scheme
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| May.2 |
Pleasanton |
Ex-college president arrested in fraud |
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| Feb.28 |
San Francisco |
SF woman faces jail in blast scam Angela Marie Wise who pleaded no contest to posing as a victim of the San Bruno pipeline explosion to receive free benefits is facing a year...
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| Dec.22 |
San Francisco |
SEC accuses 2 S.F. firms of fraud |
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| Dec.17 |
HP |
Justice, SEC expand HP probe |
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| Dec.1 |
San Francisco |
Ex-officer charged over cab allegations |
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| Oct.28 |
San Francisco |
Ex-medical worker sentenced to prison |
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| Sep.28 |
Fremont |
Court clerks accused in bribe scheme |
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| Sep.16 |
San Bruno |
4 Arrested Posing As Explosion Victims |
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| Sep.10 |
HP |
U.S. widens HP bribery probe
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| Aug.10 |
Marin County |
Fraud suspect indicted; Vanguard is victim |
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| Aug.3 |
Fishermans Wharf |
Counterfeiting Busts At Firms
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| Jul.24 |
San Francisco |
SFPD Sting Illegal Muni Transfer Scheme |
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| Jul.23 |
San Jose |
Man Gets Nearly 7 Years For IRS Scam
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| Jul.7 |
Oakland |
Company Owner Sentenced To Prison |
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| Jun.2 |
San Francisco |
Ex-city worker arrested on fraud charges |
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| Apr.15 |
Bay Area |
18 arrested in $10 M mortgage-fraud case
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| Apr.7 |
Vallejo |
Guilty plea in Ponzi scheme |
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| Mar.31 |
Oakland |
DA Charges Attorney In Accident Scam
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| Mar.11 |
San Jose |
Bank Ex-Manager Facing Fraud Charges |
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| Mar.6 |
SF Presidio |
Officer Posing As Someone Else
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| Mar.5 |
San Jose |
Man Gets 41 Months In Fraud Scheme |
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| Feb.4 |
San Francisco |
BofA Worker Charged In Alleged Swindle |
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| Jan.27 |
San Francisco |
Man Held In Affordable Housing Swindle
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| Dec.17 |
Emeryville |
Woman Pleads Guilty To Fraud |
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| Dec.16 |
San Francisco |
SEC charges 4 men with insider trading
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| Dec.7 |
South SF |
Hotel Owner Charged For Keeping Taxes |
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Rossmoor |
Rossmoor exec charged
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| Dec.1 |
Sunnyvale |
Shop Owner Facing Grand Theft Charges
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| Nov.25 |
Oakland |
Police Arrest Man In Bogus Inspector Case |
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| Nov.23 |
Oakley |
Former pastor facing grand theft charges |
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| Nov.3 |
San Francisco |
Investment Mgr Pleads Guilty To Fraud
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| Nov.2 |
Antioch |
Four Arrested On Counterfeiting Charges
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| Oct.15 |
San Francisco |
Man accused of 30-year Ponzi scheme |
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| Oct.3 |
San Francisco |
Man Gets Prison For Counterfeiting $30K |
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| Sep.18 |
Napa |
Ex-Dispatcher Gets Jail For Cancer Scam |
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| Sep.14 |
Concord |
Mortgage Lender Gets Prison For Fraud |
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| Sep.1 |
Pleasant Hill |
CEO Of Design Firm Facing Charges
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| Aug.27 |
San Mateo |
Woman Banned From Securities Work |
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| Aug.18 |
San Francisco |
Court Orders New Trial In Brocade Case
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| Aug.5 |
Pleasanton |
Fraud suspect claimed to be Oscar winner |
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| Jul.31 |
Napa |
Dispatcher Pleads Guilty To Cancer Scam |
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| Jul.15 |
Rodeo |
Lies cost bayfront oil terminal $2.5 million
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| Jul.7 |
Bay Area |
More Bay Area Ponzi schemes |
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| May.16 |
San Francisco |
Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud |
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| Apr.3 |
San Francisco |
Ed Jew Sentenced To More Than 5 Years| Former city supervisor was sentenced by a federal judge to 5 years and 4 months in prison for seeking to extort $80,000 from small businesses | |
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| Mar.20 |
Martinez |
Participant in grade scandal sentenced |
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| Mar.7 |
San Mateo |
Psychic sentenced for swindling woman
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| Feb.3 |
Redwood City |
Man sentenced in identity theft case |
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| Jan.8 |
San Jose |
Ex-Fry's VP Charged |
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| Dec.24 |
San Jose |
6 arrested for alleged landfill fraud |
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| Sep.26 |
Tiburon |
Couple Pleads Guilty To Investment Scams |
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| Sep.21 |
San Jose |
Jeweler suspected of fraud |
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| Aug.23 |
Oakland City Hall |
FBI investigates City Hall for corruption |
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| Aug.7 |
Oakland |
Man charged with duping investors |
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| Jul.24 |
San Francisco |
SEC to freeze assets of invest. Adviser |
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| Jul.20 |
Bay Area |
Foreclosure Rental Scam Strikes Bay Area |
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| Jun.9 |
San Bruno |
Man charged with bilking elderly woman |
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| Apr.18 |
San Francisco |
Ex-prosecutor sentenced for defrauding |
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| Jan.16 |
San Francisco |
Ex-Brocade CEO Gets Prison
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| Sep.21 |
San Francisco |
Ed Jew pleads not guilty to fraud charge
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| Aug.1 |
San Francisco |
Supe Jew Ordered To Stand Trial |
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| Jul.24 |
Pleasant Hill |
34 Charged In DVC Grade Scam| Students and former students at Diablo Valley College face felony charges in an alleged 'grades-for-cash scam' | |
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| Jun.12 |
San Jose |
Charges Dropped Against Ex-Mayor Judge Herlihy said Gonzales and his top aide Guerra improperly concealed their dealings with Norcal Waste Systems
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SF City Hall |
Arrest Warrant For Supe Jew For Perjury| A city supervisor under investigation by the FBI for allegedly extorting a bribe was charged by local prosecutors with lying about where he lived | |
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| Jun.10 |
San Francisco |
FBI Supplied Cash Given To Jew In Probe |
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| Apr.24 |
Apple |
Ex-execs in SEC sights
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| Jan.12 |
Apple |
Fed Probe Jobs' Stock-Options Grant Federal investigators are actively probing the circumstances behind a grant to Apple CEO that carried a false Oct. 2001 date
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| Dec.28 |
San Jose City Hall |
Former staffers of mayor charged Arreola, a former deputy chief of staff, and Kali-Rai, from the policy and budget office, were charged with grand theft
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| Aug.25 |
San Francisco |
Former Ukraine PM jailed |
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| Aug.10 |
San Jose |
Judge won't throw out Brocade charges |
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| Jun.23 |
San Jose City Hall |
Prosecutor Details Charges Against Mayor |
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| Feb.16 |
SF Mission |
Doctor Accused Of Giving Fake Vaccines Prosecutors: Stephen Turner is behind bars charged with giving phony vaccinations to newly arrived immigrants
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| Feb.13 |
Oakland |
Phony CHP Officer Pulls Over Drivers A man impersonating a CHP officer on East Bay freeways gets his victims to pull over, then robs them
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| Jan.5 |
SF Downtown |
Feds Raid Antique Stores The businesses are under investigation for allegedly hiring illegal immigrants, selling fake pieces
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| Dec.30 |
San Francisco |
Police: Stolen Violin Story A Hoax A passer-by saw the blue violin case. Sabina Rhee-Nakajima, 23, admitted making up the story
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| Dec.19 |
San Jose City Hall |
D.A. To Investigate City Garbage Deal The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office is investigating controversial contract with Norcal Waste Systems
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| Dec.17 |
SFO |
Counterfeit Tamiflu Seized
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| Sep.9 |
San Jose |
Couple Pleads Guilty In Chili Finger Scam The Las Vegas couple, Anna Ayala, 39, and her husband Jaime Placencia, 43, pleaded guilty to all charges
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| Jun.14 |
San Jose City Hall |
Investigation Probes Mayor's Trash Deal The County report detailing alleged misrepresentation by Ron Gonzales in the signing of a contract
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| Jun.12 |
San Jose |
Ex-secretary at middle school arrested |
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| Jun.10 |
San Francisco |
Prosecutor accused of corruption |
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| May.13 |
San Jose |
Police Solve Case Of Missing Finger The finger a woman claimed she found in a bowl came from an acquaintance who lost it in an industrial accident
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| Mar.23 |
San Jose Downtown |
Human Finger Found in Fast Food Chili 
Map of 1405 Monterey Road San Jose Anna Ayala, 39, who ordered chili at a Wendy's found a cooked human finger complete with a long fingernail in her bowl
| The diner claimed she spit out the well- cooked digit, notified restaurant workers and became sick to her stomach. Police went to Wendy's and dispatched health inspectors to the restaurant. The company checked out all the employees who worked at the San Jose restaurant two days ago. A Las Vegas couple later admitted planting a severed finger in a bowl of chili
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| Oct.16 |
Moraga |
Pledge scam at St. Mary's College |
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| Jun.3 |
San Francisco |
Ex-Ukrainian prime minister convicted Pavlo Lazarenko was found guilty on money laundering, wire fraud and extortion charges
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| Mar.29 |
San Jose |
Store owners charged with tax evasion |
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| Jul.31 |
San Francisco |
Lawyer indicted of stealing from poor |
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| Jun.12 |
Menlo Park |
Medical Company Admits Cover Up
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| Jan.8 |
Berkeley |
Mayor fined $100 for newspaper trashing |
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| Jul.23 |
San Jose |
CEO Missing After Acct. Investigation |
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| Jul.4 |
Dublin |
Former CEO admits securities fraud |
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| May.10 |
SF City Hall |
FBI Searches Offices of Assessor |
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| Feb.25 |
Antioch |
Millionaire guilty on making false reports |
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| Feb.5 |
Santa Clara |
Nvidia workers admit insider trading |
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| Nov.22 |
East Palo Alto |
Fake petitions may sent by principal |
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| Jun.15 |
San Francisco |
Notorious Criminal Under Arrest |
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| May.11 |
eBay |
Art Sale Canceled |
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| Apr.28 |
San Francisco |
City official, 4 execs indicted A U.S. grand jury indicted Zula Jones on charges of defrauding government minority contracting programs
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| Apr.25 |
San Mateo |
Phantom Foster Children |
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