SACRAMENTO – Joining a coalition of 42 Attorneys General, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a $100 million multistate settlement against Citibank for fraudulent conduct involving the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). LIBOR is the rate at which ban...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A licensed insurance agent was convicted today of a $1.6 million annuity fraud scheme targeting elderly Southern California residents. Defendant Charges Sentence (Court Offer) Mark Malatesta, 55...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced 16 years to life in state prison today for the stabbing-murder of a man he met on Craigslist. Defendant Charges Sentence Adam Anthony Ingala-Whiting, 25, Oceanside ...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the arrest and arraignment of David William Reimers, 52, of El Dorado Hills in El Dorado County, on 126 felony charges involving financial fraud against numerous elderly victims. The Attorney General's complaint alleges that ...

A former special agent for the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Division was convicted on June 15 after a jury in Sacramento, California found her guilty of filing false tax returns, obstruction of justice and stealing government money, announced Principal Deputy Assistant...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former school bus driver was convicted of child abuse and endangerment for causing severe injuries to students by passing out behind the wheel and crashing into several trees. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Gerald Douglas Rupple,...

LOS ANGELES – A former Los Angeles Police Department officer whose garage explosion revealed the makeshift lab where he used butane to extract hashish oil containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or “THC,” from marijuana plants, was sentenced to five years in federal prison. Joseph Jay Spadafore, 64, o...

A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty today to killing his friend nearly six months ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At today's court appearance, David Kirk Vergara of Norwalk pleaded guilty to a felony count of involuntary manslaughter in case VA146859. Following the ...

A 48-year-old man pleaded no contest today to assaulting his former girlfriend in front of their child in 2016, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At today's court appearance, Eduardo Marin pleaded no contest to four counts in case KA113767: attempted murder, assault wit...

A man was convicted today of torturing and killing his girlfriend in West Hollywood two years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jurors deliberated for less than a day before finding Blake Leibel (dob 5/8/81) guilty of one count each of first-degree murder, aggravat...