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San Diego, California - Derick Jonathan Cameron of Vancouver, Washington pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to wire fraud, admitting that while employed as the Financial Controller for San Diego-based RAL Investment Corporation, he embezzled more than $400,000.
In a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt, Cameron admitted he abused his access to the company’s accounting software and issued more than 200 unauthorized checks to himself using the electronic signature of the company’s CFO and deposited them into his personal bank account. He then concealed the payments by manipulating the company’s accounting records to make it appear that each check was issued to a legitimate third-party vendor for a business expense. The company discovered Cameron’s fraudulent activity in April 2018, fired Cameron, and reported the conduct to law enforcement when Cameron was unable to make his promised repayments on sch
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Judge Todd W. Robinson of the Southern District of California recently dismissed a putative class action against Edgewell Personal Care, the makers of Wet Ones antibacterial hand wipes, alleging it misled consumers by representing Wet Ones kill 99.99 percent of germs and are “hypoallergenic” and “gentle.” In dismissing plaintiff’s claims, the court found no reasonable consumer would take these representations to mean that Wet Ones kill 99.99 percent of
all kinds of germs (including those not commonly found on hands), or that the hand wipes are
entirely free of allergens or skin irritants.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Judge Todd W. Robinson of the Southern District of California recently dismissed a putative class action against Edgewell Personal Care, the makers of Wet Ones antibacterial hand wipes, alleging it misled consumers by representing Wet Ones kill 99.99 percent of germs and are “hypoallergenic” and “gentle.” In dismissing plaintiff’s claims, the court found no reasonable consumer would take these representations to mean that Wet Ones kill 99.99 percent of
all kinds of germs (including those not commonly found on hands), or that the hand wipes are
entirely free of allergens or skin irritants.
The Wet Ones product label states that the wipes “Kill[] 99.99% of Germs.” Plaintiff alleged this statement is misleading because the wipes’ active ingredient is “ineffective against certain viruses, bacteria, and spores, which comprise more than 0.01 percent of germs and can cause serious diseases.” Specifically, Plaintiff alleged the
San Diego Marco A. Gonzalez, a local business owner of MRK Casa de Cambio, pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating laws and regulations designed to prevent money laundering by customers of his currency exchange business.
Special Agents from Homeland Security Investigations ( HSI ) led the investigation into millions of dollars of transactions at MRK Casa de Cambio from approximately 2015 to 2020.
As admitted in the plea agreement entered today before U.S. Magistrate Judge William V. Gallo, Gonzalez knew of, and intentionally failed to adhere to, the anti-money laundering ( AML ) laws and regulations imposed on currency exchange businesses like MRK Casa de Cambio. As with any U.S. financial institution, casas de cambio, currency exchanges houses, and other money services businesses must comply with the United States Bank Secrecy Act, found at Title 31, United States Code and Title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, which requires these businesses to assist U.S. govern