The Department of Justice filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California seeking a permanent injunction against VivaCeuticals Inc., doing business as Regeneca Worldwide, and its CEO Matthew A. Nicosia, to prevent violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmet...

LOS ANGELES – The business manager for Alanis Morissette and other entertainment and sports figures admitted in court papers filed today that he embezzled more than $6.5 million from his clients. Jonathan Todd Schwartz, 48, who now resides in Playa Vista, but was living in Agoura Hills at the t...

SANTA ANA, California – Three Orange County residents pleaded guilty today to willfully failing to report their foreign bank accounts in Switzerland and Israel, the Justice Department announced. Dan Farhad Kalili, 55, of Irvine, California; his brother, David Ramin Kalili, 52, of Newport Coast;...

LOS ANGELES – The owner/operator of a Palmdale tax preparation business has been arrested on federal charges that he prepared and filed fraudulent federal income tax returns on behalf of his clients. Oscar D. Alcerro, Jr., 31, the owner of Juniors Tax Service, Inc., was arrested yesterday by sp...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned today for the special circumstances murder of two women and setting fire to the victim's house after removing the bodies. Christopher Ken Ireland, 37, Huntington Beach, was charged on Jan. 4, 2017, with two felony counts of special circumstances murder with...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) employee was charged with welfare fraud and perjury for failing to report income when applying for welfare benefits. Adrienne Reyes, 38, Brea, was charged yesterday, Jan. 19, 2017, with two felony counts of perjury by false ap...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A police officer was charged today with stealing money from fellow officers out of a collection of donations intended to purchase a gift for a retiring colleague. Mario Ricci, 48, Los Angeles, is charged with one misdemeanor count of petty theft. If convicted, he faces a maxim...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Fresno man was convicted and sentenced to 10 years and eight months in state prison this week for human trafficking, pimping, and pandering a woman and a minor. Justus Isaiah Morris, 20, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, to a court offer of one felony count of huma...

In the first case brought by the District Attorney's Conviction Review Unit, a judge today overturned the conviction of a former security guard charged with killing a young woman in Palmdale after prosecutors said there was newly discovered evidence that pointed to his innocence. Los Angeles Coun...

LOS ANGELES – An Illinois man who admitted responsibility for a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 300 Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison. Edwar...