The driver of a truck that crashed into a Los Angeles police cruiser, killing the officer, pleaded no contest today to gross vehicular manslaughter, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Robert Maldonado, 48, entered his plea before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge H...

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauckas announced a shutdown of a $40 million fraudulent medical billing and kickback operation with the filing of charges against more than two dozen doctors, pharmacists, and business ow...

A San Diego, California tax return preparer was sentenced to 37 months in prison today for preparing fraudulent tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division. According to documents filed with the court, Marla Lynn Cunn...

LOS ANGELES – The owner of The Skin Cancer Medical Center in Encino has paid the United States nearly $2.7 million to resolve allegations that he submitted bills to Medicare for Mohs micrographic surgeries for skin cancers that were medically unnecessary. Dr. Norman A. Brooks, M.D., a dermatolo...

RIVERSIDE, California – A correctional officer with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons at the Victorville Federal Correctional Complex pleaded guilty today to two counts relating to an incident in which she kicked a restrained female inmate in the head. Cynthia Flores, 34, of Victorville, pleaded guilt...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Mrs. Orange County pageant winner was sentenced to a court offer of ten months in county jail for possessing and distributing child pornography of a 4-year-old female relative. Defendant Charges Sentence Meghan Breanna Alt, 27, Irvine Pl...

LOS ANGELES — A Santa Fe Springs man who posed as an attorney as part of an elaborate immigration fraud scheme in which at least 87 foreign nationals – mostly Chinese citizens – paid tens of thousands of dollars to be “married” to United States citizens was sentenced today to two years in federa...

The Department of Justice announced today that Braden Partners, L.P., doing business as Pacific Pulmonary Services, has agreed to pay $11.4 million to resolve allegations against it and its general partner, Teijin Pharma USA LLC, for violating the False Claims Act by submitting claims for reimbur...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The president of the Buena Park School Board is scheduled to be arraigned for possessing and distributing over 600 photos and videos of child pornography, including prepubescent minors and infants. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date De...