A Modesto, California resident was convicted today after a 10-day jury trial on 14 child exploitation offenses for his role in a child exploitation enterprise, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Dani...

LOS ANGELES – An operator of a San Fernando Valley trucking school was arrested this morning by federal authorities after he and the owner were indicted on federal charges that allege they bilked the Department of Veterans Affairs out of well over $4 million in tuition and other payments after f...

LOS ANGELES – The former Mayor of South El Monte was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for taking bribes from a contractor doing business with the city – in one instance accepting a bribe during an FBI undercover operation. Luis Aguinaga, 49, of South El Monte, was sentenc...

SACRAMENTO – Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a $9.8 million settlement with Walgreens, one of the largest drugstore chains in the United States. The settlement involved allegations that Walgreens failed to adhere fully to requirements imposed by California law for the dispensing o...

SANTA ANA, California – A former resident of Orange County who now lives in northern San Diego County has been sentenced to 102 months in federal prison for tax evasion and charges related to his attempt to flee in 2013 on the eve of a trial on the tax charge. Louis Joseph Vadino, 75, a Ramona re...

Three Orange County, California residents were sentenced to prison today for willfully failing to report their foreign bank accounts in Switzerland and Israel, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division. Dan Farhad Kalili, 55, a ...

LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury has issued a 12-count superseding indictment that accuses a Fontana company, its owner and three employees with violating the Clean Water Act by regularly engaging in illegal discharges of acidic industrial wastewater into a sewer system, as well as tampering w...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former volunteer treasurer for Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's re-election committee was sentenced to one year in county jail today for embezzling over $300,000 from campaign funds and his place of employment at the time. Defendant Charges Sentence ...

LOS ANGELES – An Irvine man who admitted that he illegally piloted private jet airplanes with passengers onboard without having a valid pilot's license was sentenced today to 10 months in federal prison. Arnold Gerald Leto III, 37, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dale S. Fischer, ...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, together with New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, filed a lawsuit yesterday against the U.S. Department of the Interior for delaying the implementation of one of its own rules promulgated to ensure that taxpayers receive their fair...