LOS ANGELES– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a stipulated judgment resolving allegations that JPMorgan Chase (Chase) committed credit card debt-collection abuses against tens of thousands of Californians. The settlement specifically addresses debt collection wrongdoing that incl...

LOS ANGELES– A former sergeant with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, who was found guilty this summer of federal civil rights offenses related to the beating of a handcuffed visitor to the Men's Central Jail, was sentenced today to 96 months in federal prison. Eric Gonzalez, 46, received the...

A Los Angeles man was found guilty of sexually abusing three minor girls during trips to Russia over a two-year period.  Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division made the announcement. Yusef Yunosovich Abramov, 58, was convicted on Friday night a...