A real estate investor was sentenced today for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Ramin Rad “Ray” Yeganeh was charged on June 25, 2015, in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in th...

A 32-year-old man pleaded no contest today to sexually assaulting a beauty salon worker as she closed the store last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Enrique Orozco entered his plea to one count each of assault with the intent to commit rape, forcible rape and di...

LOS ANGELES – Geo Medical Co., Ltd., a contact lens manufacturer based in the Republic of Korea that claims to be the “leading brand of circle lenses,” has been charged in federal court with illegally bringing contact lenses into the United States by dramatically undervaluing shipments in documen...

LOS ANGELES – A former resident of Aliso Viejo who submitted fraudulent bills to insurance companies that sought well over $8 million for tests and services that were never performed was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison. Michael Mirando, 40, who currently resides in Portland, Oregon...

A 37-year-old woman was sentenced today to 15 years to life in prison for killing a Los Angeles police officer when her SUV slammed into his motorcycle three years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Qaneak Shaney Cobb entered a no contest plea to one count of second...

LOS ANGELES – A tax attorney who represented retired professional football player Antrel Rolle surrendered this morning to federal authorities after being charged with fraudulently claiming refunds for Rolle, stealing those refunds, and then filing false documents with the Internal Revenue Servic...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A second striker was sentenced today to 24 years in state prison for the human trafficking, pandering, and attempted pimping of a fictitious minor girl using a social media website. Defendant Charges Sentence ...

A 73-year-old Pasadena man is scheduled in court today for arraignment on attempted murder and animal cruelty charges, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Ryan Erlich said Lance Anthony Semkus (dob 7/30/44) faces one felony count each of willful, ...

LOS ANGELES – A resident of downtown Los Angeles was found guilty this afternoon of federal drug trafficking charges for participating in a conspiracy that imported acetylfentanyl, a drug very similar to fentanyl, which is a powerful and highly addictive opioid. Acetylfentanyl, which is five tim...

A California Highway Patrol officer has been charged with possession of child pornography, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Robert Tamayo (dob 3/3/80) was charged yesterday in case BA462267 with one count each of distribution of child pornography and possession o...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauckas obtained a $13.9 million settlement in a civil lawsuit againstGeneral Motors LLC (GM) alleging GM endangered motorists and the public by intentionally concealing serious safety defects in GM vehicles to avoid the cost of a...

LOS ANGELES – A West Los Angeles resident who earned more than $3 million over a three-year period while working in Dubai has pleaded guilty to a federal tax evasion charge for failing to report this income to the Internal Revenue Service. Fallah Alfallah, 49, who resides in the City of Los Ang...

A 71-year-old man was sentenced today to two terms of life in state prison without the possibility of parole for stabbing his wife at their North Hills home and then shooting his son because of his sexual orientation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Sept. 28, a jur...

Three officers with the Pomona Police Department (PPD) surrendered this morning to face federal charges that allege one officer violated the civil rights of a minor who was beaten at the Los Angeles County Fair two years ago, and that all three took illegal steps to justify and cover-up the attac...

A real estate investor pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Abraham S. Farag, who was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court fo...

A man was charged today with sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy at a park in Pico Rivera over the weekend, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Eduardo Ciarelli (dob 3/27/79) was charged in case VA146133 with one count of forcible lewd act upon a child. He is expected to...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a $220 million multistate settlement with Deutsche Bank for fraudulent conduct involving the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). LIBOR is the rate at which banks lend money to one another. It is a key f...

SANTA ANA, California – A Placentia man who participated in a scheme that filed fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service and sought over $800,000 in refunds based on non-existent employees at two shell companies has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison Julien Jitt N...

The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in Shaw v. Burke at the request of the Department of Education. The plaintiff, Kevin Shaw, is a student at Los Angeles Pierce College, a public college within the Los Angeles Community College District.  He is challenging the constitut...

SANTA ANA, California – Two California men have been sentenced to multi-year federal prison terms after being convicted of federal wire fraud charges for participating in a “high-yield prime bank” scam that stole more than $5 million from victims across the nation who were promised huge returns o...

Two gang members and a woman were ordered today to stand trial for a decades-old arson fire at a Westlake apartment building, killing 10 people, seven of whom were children, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Ramiro Valerio, 44, Joseph Monge, 42, and Johanna Lopez, 52, w...

A 32-year-old man entered a plea today for attacking police officers during an investigation of a possible stolen vehicle near the University of Southern California, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Brendan Sullivan said Oscar Ovidio Diaz plead...

LOS ANGELES – Operation Jungle Book, a law enforcement initiative led by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service that targeted wildlife smuggling, has resulted in federal criminal charges against 16 defendants who allegedly participated in the illegal importation and/or transportation of num...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced yesterday to 15 years to life in state prison for the 1986 cold case murder of a business associate in Orange County. Defendant Charges Sentence Steven Wyvern White, 67, Florida Pleaded guilty yesterday to the fo...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A felon from Fresno was sentenced to three years and eight months in state prison today for pimping a young woman and illegally possessing a loaded firearm. Defendant Charges Sentence Adam Rocky Trinidad, 25, Fresno Pleaded guilty on Aug. 10, 201...