LOS ANGELES– The insurance carrier for a defunct, for-profit cosmetology school has paid the United States $8,631,000 to resolve civil allegations that the school obtained federal student loan funds for ineligible students who received bogus high school diplomas. B&H Education, Inc. (B&H), whic...

LOS ANGELES– A Riverside man who pleaded guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a stolen handgun has been sentenced to four years in federal prison. Joseph Sanchez, 37, received the 48-month sentence at a hearing yesterday before United States District Judge Virginia A. Phillips. S...

LOS ANGELES– A Salvadoran national from Van Nuys has been sentenced to 145 months in federal prison after being convicted of using the Internet to distribute child pornography. Denis Aviles Salguero, 31, was sentenced on August 18 by United States District Judge Fernando M. Olguin. Following th...