LOS ANGELES – A former resident of Aliso Viejo has been found guilty of 15 counts of health care fraud for submitting bills to insurance companies that sought millions of dollars in reimbursement for tests and services that were never performed. Michael Mirando, 40, who currently resides in Por...

LOS ANGELES – Thirteen people, most of whom are linked to La Mirada- and Norwalk-based street gangs, have been charged in federal court in a bank fraud scheme involving “skimmed” credit cards, and in narcotics cases, one of which alleges a transaction involving over three kilograms of methamphet...

LOS ANGELES – A certified public accountant who was the business manager for singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, as well as other well-known entertainment and sports figures, was sentenced today to six years in federal prison for stealing approximately $7.2 million from his clients. Jonathan T...

RIVERSIDE, California – A man who was convicted and sentenced to a quarter century in prison for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization has been indicted on attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to kill the warden of the federal prison where he was serving his sen...

LOS ANGELES – A Lancaster-based radiation therapy center has paid $3 million to resolve allegations that it submitted fraudulent bills over a nearly 10-year period to three government-run healthcare programs for unsupervised radiation oncology services. Valley Tumor Medical Group paid $2,865,69...

LOS ANGELES – The general manager of a La Puente garment factory, who was found guilty of offering to pay bribes to an investigator with the United States Department of Labor in exchange for the investigator closing an investigation into wage violations, has been sentenced to 18 months in federa...

LOS ANGELES – Capping a nearly three-year investigation, federal, state and local law enforcement authorities this morning took into custody a total of 21 members and associates of Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal street gang commonly called MS-13 that was formed in Los Angeles about 3...

LOS ANGELES – A Pasadena resident has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for distributing child pornography over a peer-to-peer file-sharing network. Michael Brian Perry, 38, was sentenced on Monday by United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II. Perry pleaded guilty on February 15...

SACRAMENTO – This morning, Judge Charles Breyer of the United States District Court for Northern District of California approved a $250 million settlement with Volkswagen over its “defeat device” software to bypass emissions controls in its 3.0 liter diesel vehicles. The settlement was negotiated...

LOS ANGELES – A Santa Ana man was arrested today by special agents with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service after he was charged with unlawfully selling feathers from a bald eagle and other protected migratory birds. Tyler Rene Vela, 27, was arrested this morning without incident pursua...