SANTA ANA, California– A Mexican national who allegedly led an organization that assisted international narcotics traffickers launder more than $60 million in illicit drug proceeds has been taken into custody, as have three of his associates. Gustavo Barba, 59, of Guadalajara, was arrested Tues...

LOS ANGELES– The operator of a Brea-based investment company that prosecutors allege was a Ponzi scheme that brought in about $7 million with promises of breakthrough products made with graphene was arrested this morning on federal fraud charges. Wenxing Huang, who is also known as “Di Peng” an...

LOS ANGELES– Two doctors were found guilty today of federal health care fraud charges for falsely certifying that Medicare patients were terminally ill, and therefore qualified for hospice care, when the vast majority of them were not actually dying. Following a two-week trial, the doctors were...

A California man was convicted late Friday by a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Criminal Division; Assistant Special Agent in Charge Cam B. Strahm of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Portland District Of...

A southern California man pleaded guilty today to making excessive campaign contributions and making campaign contributions in the name of another. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert of the Easter...

LOS ANGELES– The former chief executive officer of Absolute Capital Holdings Ltd., which had its primary office in Palma on the Spanish island of Majorca, has entered into an agreement with federal prosecutors in which he will forfeit $8 million that federal prosecutors contend was derived from ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A striker was arraigned today for the human trafficking, pandering, and attempted pimping of a fictitious minor girl using a social media website. AC Antonio Chavez Moses III, 39, Los Angeles, is charged with one felony count of human trafficking of a minor, one felony count o...

A 30-year-old woman was convicted today of killing her friend last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. The jury deliberated for a day before finding Vershonda Charisse Sneed guilty of first-degree murder in case TA137551. Jurors also found true a special allegation ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A business owner and his bookkeeper were arraigned today on charges of $1.5 million tax evasion and an insurance fraud scheme. Ronald Scott Dee, 63, Irvine, and Pamela Palmer Quast, 61, Santa Ana, are each charged with 28 felony counts of failing to file a return with intent t...

LOS ANGELES– A former official with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), who went on to operate an immigration consulting service, has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme to pay bribes to other government employees to obtain “Green Cards” and citizens...