LOS ANGELES– A member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 13, was convicted by a federal jury on federal fraud charges for causing two medical clinics to bill the union's health care plan for chiropractic services that were not provided or were not medically necessar...

A homeless man was found guilty today of murdering another transient outside a fast food restaurant in downtown Los Angeles last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. A jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding 42-year-old Charles Allender guilty of se...

LOS ANGELES– A Moreno Valley man has been sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison for advertising child pornography in a members-only online chatroom for people with a sexual interest in infants and toddlers. Angelo Harper Jr., 21, was sentenced on Monday to 235 months in prison and l...

A 20-year-old man has been charged with defacing the Venice POW/MIA Mural, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Luis Daniel Medina, aka Pheb, (dob 9/16/96) of Los Angeles faces one felony count of vandalism over $400 damage-graffiti and one misdemeanor count of posse...

WASHINGTON– The alleged architect of a $30 million mortgage relief fraud scheme and four other former employees of a purported mortgage relief company were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to defraud banks and homeowners. Yun Soon Matsuba, ...

SANTA ANA, California– A Brea man who operated rehabilitation clinics in Walnut, Torrance and Los Angeles has been convicted by a federal jury of defrauding Medicare out of millions of dollars. Simon Hong (who is also known as Seong Wook Hong), 54, was convicted Wednesday of eight counts of hea...

LOS ANGELES– Former California State Senator Ronald S. Calderon was sentenced today to 3½ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal corruption charge and admitting that he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for performing official acts as a legislator. ...

A former Palo Alto, California, based global vice president of SAP SE and two other individuals were charged in a federal indictment for their roles in a scheme to commit insider trading and money laundering that allegedly resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits. Assistant Attorne...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) deputy was arrested today on charges for committing insurance fraud by failing to disclose his true physical abilities and activities to his health care providers and lying under oath. Nicholas Zappas, 36, Laguna Niguel, is charged ...

A licensed occupational therapist pleaded guilty today in Los Angeles for his role in a $2.6 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved billing for occupational therapy services that were not provided. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, ...