SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned today for placing pipe bombs near public places in Anaheim and possessing materials to construct additional pipe bombs. Donald Paul Busteed, 45, Anaheim, is charged with three felony counts of possession of a destructive device in a public place, one felony...

A California man who was a vice president of a wholesale equipment company pleaded to fraud charges today in connection with a bank fraud scheme that resulted in more than $9 million in losses to a California bank. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal...

SAN FRANCISCO– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a preliminary approval of settlements resolving allegations that LG, Hitachi, Panasonic, Toshiba, and Samsung, companies all based in Japan or Korea, fixed prices on critical components of televisions and computer monitors from 1995...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A transient man has been charged for the stabbing murder of an acquaintance on a bike path in Irvine. Dennis Thomas Monson Jr., 37, is charged with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement allegation for the personal use of a knife. If convicted, Monson faces a...

A felon was charged today with killing a convenience store employee and stabbing the employee's girlfriend and coworker while robbing the store, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Hasaan Blunt (dob 5/18/73) of Van Nuys faces one felony count each of murder and attempted ...

LOS ANGELES– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and five district attorneys today announced a $8,500,000 settlement with Wells Fargo Bank over privacy violations that included recording consumers' phone calls without timely telling consumers they were being recorded, as required by California law....

A 25-year-old woman was sentenced today to 17 years in state prison for fatally beating an elderly man following a dispute in South L.A., the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Sept. 8, 2015, a jury found Tracy Joy Gomez guilty of voluntary manslaughter in case TA134727. ...

A 24-year-old man was convicted today of severely beating a 13-month-old boy, which led to the child's death, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. The jury deliberated for less than a day before finding Rodrigo Hernandez guilty of two felony counts: second-degree murder an...

A man was charged today with murdering his partner on Skid Row earlier this week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Daniel Molayem (dob 8/14/76) was charged in case BA445216 with one count each of murder and assault with a firearm as well as a personal use of a handgun ...

LOS ANGELES– In a plea agreement filed this morning, a San Gabriel Valley doctor has agreed to plead guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge for illegally distributing the powerful painkiller best known by the brand name OxyContin. Dr. Daniel Cham, 48, of Covina, has agreed to plead guilty ...

A Monterey Park pediatric physician was sentenced today to four years in custody and ordered to pay more than $132,500 in restitution to Medi-Cal after pleading to insurance fraud and prescribing drugs with no legitimate medical purpose, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced...

The highest-ranking official charged in a massive Navy bribery scandal was sentenced in federal court today to 46 months in prison for giving classified information to a foreign defense contractor in exchange for prostitutes, luxury travel and other gifts. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Cal...

LOS ANGELES– A JetBlue flight attendant who allegedly attempted to use her credentials to bring nearly 70 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday was charged today with a federal narcotics trafficking offense. Marsha Reynolds, 31, of Jamaic...

RIVERSIDE, California– An Arizona man was indicted today on federal charges of involuntary manslaughter for his role in a fatal bus crash that allegedly occurred because he parked his truck on a highway on the Fort Irwin Army Base in the Mojave Desert. Steven Kilty, 49, of Apache Junction, Ariz...

LOS ANGELES– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that her office has obtained a $1.1 billion judgment against defunct Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (CCI) for their predatory and unlawful practices. While CCI filed for bankruptcy in May 2015, this judgment can help secure further relief ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to face trial today for his role in a revenge-murder and attempted murder conspiracy targeting the family of his co-defendant's ex-girlfriend. Two victims were murdered and set on fire and a third was left in a coma after suffering life-threatening injuries....

LOS ANGELES– A Chinese national pleaded guilty today to participating in a years-long conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of major United States defense contractors, steal sensitive military and export-controlled data, and send the stolen information to China. Su Bin, who is also know...

A resident of Montrose, California, was indicted today in a superseding indictment by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles on charges of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places and sex trafficking of a minor, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Cr...

LOS ANGELES– An East Los Angeles man who oversaw a scheme that embezzled more than $8 million from an industrial launderer that provided finishing services for Citizens of Humanity, a manufacturer of high-end designer jeans, pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges. Luis Mariano Rodriguez...

SAN DIEGO– The owner of a Glendale-based ride-sharing business was sentenced in federal court today to more than eight years in prison in two separate fraud cases, including one involving the sale of more than 30,000 Apple iPhones fraudulently obtained from Verizon Wireless at substantially disc...

LOS ANGELES– A Lompoc man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of trafficking in counterfeit goods for using two websites to market and sell counterfeit versions of Adobe software Jeffrey Scott Patterson, 52, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court. In his plea agreement and...

LOS ANGELES– The lead defendant in a bank fraud case who oversaw a scheme in which Wells Fargo Bank employees stole customer account data – information that was used to impersonate customers and steal money from their accounts – has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges. Ronald Charles Reed, ...

SANTA ANA, California – A Rancho Mirage cosmetic surgeon pleaded guilty this morning in a scheme to defraud health insurance companies by submitting bills for more than $3.4 million for procedures that he claimed were “medically necessary” – but in fact were cosmetic procedures such as “tummy tu...

Today, the Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California approved Digital First Media as the purchaser of Freedom Communications Inc., publisher of theRegisterin Orange County and thePress-Enterprisein Riverside County, California.  After Tribune Publishing Company, publisher of theLos ...

A 20-year-old man was convicted today of fatally stabbing another man in Monterey Park, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. The jury deliberated for a day before finding Angel Octavion Garcia guilty of second-degree murder in case GA095071. Jurors also found true a specia...