SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Los Angeles man was sentenced to four years in state prison today for pimping and pandering a woman in Stanton and Anaheim. Carlos Andrew Morehead, 27, pleaded guilty today to one felony count of pimping and one felony count of pandering by procuring.                        ...

The Justice Department reached a comprehensive settlement agreement today with the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California State Board of Education to improve their compliance monitoring systems and ensure language instruction services to the approximately 1.4 million English ...

SANTA ANA, California– A Marina Del Rey man has been found guilty of federal fraud charges for participating in a “high-yield prime bank” scam by bringing in approximately $5 million from victims who were promised huge returns on investments, purportedly with little or no risk. Mark Gelazela, w...

RIVERSIDE, California– A Moreno Valley woman was arrested this morning on federal charges after she allegedly helped her husband flee the United States after he had pleaded guilty in a federal criminal case. Elba Soto, 36, was arrested without incident this morning by the U.S. Marshals Service. ...

Update: After being named in separate indictments returned by a federal grand jury on September 6, two doctors who had medical offices in Lynwood were arraigned this afternoon and entered not guilty pleas. Edward Ridgill, 64, of Ventura, is charged in a 26-count indictment that alleges the ille...

LOS ANGELES– With the final defendant receiving a prison term yesterday, six defendants who participated in a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme or helped launder the illicit proceeds have now been sentenced to federal prison. Edgar Pogosian, also known as “Edgar Hakobyan,” 32, of Gl...

SANTA ANA, California– A former office manager for an independent sporting goods distributor has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for embezzling nearly $370,000 from her Los Alamitos-based employer. Julianna James England, 51, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced yesterday by Unite...

North American Health Care Inc. (NAHC), its chairman of the board, John Sorenson, and its senior vice president of Reimbursement Analysis, Margaret Gelvezon, have agreed to pay a total of $30 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false...

LOS ANGELES– The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (LASC) to ensure that limited English proficient (LEP) court users will have access to timely and accurate language assistance services. The agreement resolves a Justice...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced yesterday for burglarizing the homes of female college students that he found by using Instagram. Arturo Galvan, 45, Menifee, pleaded guilty on Sept. 19, 2016, to five felony counts of first degree residential burglary, one felony count of att...