LOS ANGELES– A Lompoc man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of trafficking in counterfeit goods for using two websites to market and sell counterfeit versions of Adobe software Jeffrey Scott Patterson, 52, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court. In his plea agreement and...

LOS ANGELES– An East Los Angeles man who oversaw a scheme that embezzled more than $8 million from an industrial launderer that provided finishing services for Citizens of Humanity, a manufacturer of high-end designer jeans, pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges. Luis Mariano Rodriguez...

SAN DIEGO– The owner of a Glendale-based ride-sharing business was sentenced in federal court today to more than eight years in prison in two separate fraud cases, including one involving the sale of more than 30,000 Apple iPhones fraudulently obtained from Verizon Wireless at substantially disc...