A federal judge sentenced the former CEO of an Irvine-based financial services and insurance company, Mehmet Fatih Biyikoglu, a.k.a. “John B.,” 53, of Palm Desert, to 121 months in federal prison for defrauding elderly victims who thought their money was being invested in a certificat...

            Philip Righter, 43, a West Hollywood man, will plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he sold bogus art he claimed was created by artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. He also admitted using fake paintings as collateral for loans ...