LOS ANGELES– Authorities this morning arrested four defendants charged with federal fraud and identity theft charges for allegedly participating in a scheme that installed credit card “skimmers” inside gas pumps at gas stations across Southern California and Southern Nevada. A criminal complaint ...

LOS ANGELES– The architect of a fraudulent investment scheme that caused scores of victims to suffer losses of nearly $10 million was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme and lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Gordon Driver, 58, of Henderson, Ne...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A third-striker was arraigned today on charges of human trafficking, pimping, and pandering two women, and destroying or concealing evidence from law enforcement. Dagan Nkosi Weed, 31, Los Angeles, is charged with one felony count of human trafficking, two felony counts of pim...