LOS ANGELES– Thomas M. Calderon, a former member of the California State Assembly who became a political consultant, was sentenced this afternoon to one year and one day of incarceration after he pleaded guilty to money laundering for allowing bribe money to be funneled through his firm. Tom Ca...

Ten Eastern California real estate investors were sentenced yesterday for their participation in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern California, the Department of Justice announced. The primary purpose of the conspiracies was to sup...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced today a $10 million lawsuit against debt collection giant iQor US, Inc., and its subsidiary Allied Interstate, LLC, for placing unlawful and harassing calls to consumers. The civil complaint filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Cou...

SANTA ANA, California– A Los Angeles man has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a series of burglaries in which well over 100 firearms were stolen from businesses operated by federal firearms licensees. Eddie Lee Harris Jr., 27, who lives in the Harvard Park district of Los Angeles, p...

LOS ANGELES– A Riverside man and self-proclaimed “Doomsday Prepper” who possessed an arsenal of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition has pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Hector Mariscal, 41, pleaded guilty Monday in United State...

A former events manager was sentenced today to six months in county jail and ordered to pay $500,000 for his role in the 2012 Coliseum embezzlement and bribery case, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Todd DeStefano, 43, also was placed on formal probation for three year...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned today on additional charges including money laundering and defrauding over $2.2 million from over 400 troubled homeowners through an illegal loan modification scheme. Kevin Frank Rasher, 44, Coto de Caza, was charged on July 15, 2016, with 52 felony counts ...

Two former executives of a foreign defense contractor have been charged in an indictment unsealed today with participating in a conspiracy to submit fraudulent information, price quotes, claims and invoices to the U.S. Navy in an effort to steal millions of dollars as part of a years-long corrupt...

An 18-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to four years in state prison for burglarizing an Alhambra home with two accomplices in May, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At Thursday's court appearance, Deonte Jerome Pinker pleaded no contest to a felony count of firstde...

A 61-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor was charged today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Sotero Monteon (dob 7/12/55) of Long Beach has been charged with four felony counts in case NA104976: murder, attempted murder, possession of a firearm by a f...