A 27-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal robbery of an elderly woman in her Long Beach home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On May 13, a jury convicted Freddie James Battle of three felony count...

LOS ANGELES– A Culver City, California, man was arrested yesterday on federal charges of economic espionage and violations of the Arms Export Control Act for his attempts to sell sensitive satellite information to a person he believed to be a foreign intelligence agent. U.S. Attorney Eileen M. ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison today for killing an innocent pedestrian after crashing into him at the conclusion of a high speed chase with officers from the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD). Victor Manuel Sanchez, 24, Santa Ana, pleaded guilty May ...

LOS ANGELES– An Oxnard-based tax return preparer was convicted yesterday afternoon of conspiracy to file false tax refund claims and for having signed tax returns claiming more than $53 million in fraudulent tax refunds.  Before the IRS was able to identify and stop the scheme, it had already pa...

LOS ANGELES – Four people have been charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today for allegedly participating in a scheme that submitted more than $50 million in fraudulent claims to California's Drug Medi-Cal program for alcohol and drug treatment services for high school and middle school...

WASHINGTON– A Newport Beach, California, man pleaded guilty today for his role as a salesman at fraudulent debt relief firms that offered to settle credit card debts but instead took victims' payments as undisclosed up-front fees, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announc...

The Department of Justice announced that an Orange County, California, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, for his role as the sales manager of a multi-million dollar fraudulent mortgage modification scheme. Charles Wayne Farris, 55, of Aliso Viejo, California, pl...

SAN DIEGO – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that six individuals were indicted and arrested on 135 felony charges for operating a mortgage fraud scheme throughout Southern California and the Inland Empire, preying on homeowners facing foreclosure.  The case is being prosecuted by atto...

The Department of Justice announced today that ValueAct has agreed to pay $11 million to settle allegations that certain ValueAct entities violated the reporting and waiting period requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”).  As part of the settlement...

A Newhall man was sentenced yesterday to eight years and eight months in state prison for assaulting a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy while fleeing from police in a stolen pickup truck, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Ryan Tracy said a ju...