APL Limited has agreed to pay the government $9.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with a contract to provide GPS tracking of shipping containers in Afghanistan, the Justice Department announced today.  APL, an ocean carrier based in Scottsdale, A...

A 68-year-old man was sentenced today to 24 years in state prison for sexually molesting three young girls, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Sept. 28, Alfredo Aguilar (dob 4/16/47) of Huntington Park pleaded guilty to five felony counts in case VA135194: three count...

LOS ANGELES– A South Bay man who admitted lying to federal investigators about his conduct with a 16-year-old girl he met online and hired for commercial sex has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for obstructing a sex-trafficking probe being conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs E...