LOS ANGELES – A Riverside woman who was the controller at a Fontana-based metal forging company pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges stemming from her embezzlement of $1.5 million from her employer. Jacquelin Dyer, 67, who was the controller and co-general manager at Pacific Forge, In...

LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today returned an indictment that alleges the former head of Santa Monica-based ServiceMesh, Inc. paid bribes to former IT executives at Commonwealth Bank of Australia to approve millions of dollars in contracts that inflated ServiceMesh revenues and fraudulent...

The Justice Department announced today that Westlake Services LLC and its subsidiary, Wilshire Consumer Capital LLC, have agreed to pay $760,788 to resolve allegations that the companies violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”) by repossessing 70 vehicles owned by SCRA-protected serv...

LOS ANGELES – A Lynwood woman who dropped out of law school – but who later allegedly stole the identity and bar license number of a New York attorney – surrendered herself last night on federal charges that accuse her of filing immigration petitions on behalf of foreign nationals who believed s...

LOS ANGELES – A Walnut resident has been arrested on federal charges of making a hoax threat by falsely reporting to airline and law enforcement officials that an acquaintance of his planned to blow up an airplane and posed a threat to the United States. Dino Ninku, 36, of Walnut, was arrested ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted yesterday of planting weapons and methamphetamine inside the bed of a woman's truck and making false reports to law enforcement. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Kevin Brown, 44, Laguna Hills Pleaded guilty on...

A jury today found a 38-year-old man guilty of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend by forcing her into a car, assaulting her and threatening to kill her, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Yoobin Kang Hernandez said Alberto Casillas was found guilty of...

LOS ANGELES – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed felony tax evasion charges against Enyinnaya Ojogho in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. The defendant allegedly owes more than $1.6 million in business taxes to the State of California. Ojogho, the owner and operator of several ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two brothers are scheduled to be arraigned today for burglarizing and vandalizing Harvest Church in Irvine and possessing an assault rifle at their apartment. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Brandon Joseph Vielkind, 23, Anaheim ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A varsity football coach was sentenced yesterday to nine months in county jail for initiating a 10-hour standoff with police and engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor student at El Modena High School (EMHS). Defendant Charges Sentence Michae...