Posted by Fay Arfa | Feb 14, 2019 |
SANTA ANA, California – A former employee of Fannie Mae in Irvine has been found guilty of federal fraud charges related to bribes and kickbacks she took from brokers in exchange for Fannie Mae real estate listings and her approval of discounted sales of Fannie Mae-owned properties.
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Posted by Fay Arfa | Feb 14, 2019 |
A 57-year-old transient was sentenced today to nine years in state prison for trying to kill a Russian tourist and attacking his family at Hollywood & Highland in 2015, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced.
Donald Offerman pleaded no contest to one count each of attempted m...
Posted by Fay Arfa | Feb 13, 2019 |
LOS ANGELES – Law enforcement authorities this morning arrested 25 members and associates of the San Fernando Valley-based Vineland Boys street gang who are charged in five federal grand jury indictments that allege a wide range of criminal activity, including shootings and assaults t...
Posted by Fay Arfa | Feb 14, 2019 |
LOS ANGELES – A former accounting manager who is facing 10 wire fraud counts for allegedly embezzling more than $36 million from his employer's client and then using the bulk of the ill-gotten funds to pay off tens of millions of dollars of his credit card debt has been extradited to ...
Posted by Fay Arfa | Feb 14, 2019 |
LOS ANGELES – A former cheerleading coach has been found guilty of two federal felony charges for sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman on a cruise ship bound from Long Beach to Ensenada, Mexico during the summer of 2015.
Anthony Paul De La Torriente, 30, of Simi Valley...
Posted by Fay Arfa | Feb 15, 2019 |
LOS ANGELES – A California lawyer and former Rialto police officer was indicted today by a federal grand jury after he was found with a fake FBI credential, a hand grenade, silencers and several illegal firearms, including a loaded AR-type semiautomatic rifle.
Sergio Lopez de Tirado, 43, of Coron...
Posted by Fay Arfa | Feb 15, 2019 |
A 47-year-old man was charged today with killing three men at a bowling alley in Torrance last month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced.
Deputy District Attorney John Chang said Reginald Leander Wallace (dob 6/13/71) of Los Angeles faces three counts of murder, four coun...
Posted by Fay Arfa | Feb 18, 2019 |
LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities today arrested one of two defendants charged in a federal indictment with making false threats of violent attacks at many locations – including Los Angeles International Airport and numerous Southern California school districts – and staging attacks o...
Posted by Fay Arfa | Feb 05, 2019 |
LOS ANGELES – An East West Bank branch manager who conspired to launder over $25,000 in cash by converting the currency into cashier's checks was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison.
Vivian Tat, 54, of Hacienda Heights, who is a vice president at East West Bank currently on administrat...
Posted by Fay Arfa | Feb 05, 2019 |
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced today that direct marketing company Guthy-Renker LLC has agreed to pay $8.5 million and change its sales practices to settle a civil lawsuit alleging unlawful automatic payment renewals.
“As new technologies are changing the consumer env...