SANTA ANA, Calif. – A bookkeeper was convicted yesterday of embezzling over $1.3 million from a law firm and issuing unauthorized checks for her own benefit. Defendant Charges Maximum Exposure Court Date Shawna Renee Barretto, 43, Anaheim Pleaded guilty on June ...

LOS ANGELES – A Garden Grove man was arraigned this afternoon on an indictment that charges him with illegally importing a large shipment of a highly regulated chemical compound known as R-22 under the pretense that he was actually bringing into the United States a safe refrigerant that does not...

A 32-year-old man was convicted today of brutally beating and sexually assaulting his wife in her South Los Angeles home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. The jury deliberated for less than a day before finding Bryan Keith Mitchell guilty of three felony counts in case...

A former audio-visual technician for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was sentenced today to five years in state prison for misappropriating more than $4 million in public funds, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Thatcus Carl Richard, 66, was remanded into ...

A jury found a man guilty today of killing the mother of his two children, whose body was discovered in 2015 inside her vehicle parked in Monrovia, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Fernanda Barreto said the jury deliberated for about eight hour...

A 24-year-old man was charged today with breaking into his grandfather's Pomona home and severely beating the elderly man, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Sammeon Christian Waller (dob 10/16/92) has been charged with two felony counts in case KA115541: elder abuse and...

The Justice Department announced today that Genesis Healthcare Inc. (Genesis) will pay the federal government $53,639,288.04, including interest, to settle six federal lawsuits and investigations alleging that companies and facilities acquired by Genesis violated the False Claims Act by causing t...

LOS ANGELES – The alleged mastermind of a foreclosure-avoidance scam that targeted distressed homeowners has been arrested on federal charges that he orchestrated a bankruptcy fraud scheme that brought in more than $7 million from victims. Michael “Mickey” Henschel, 68, of Van Nuys, was arreste...

A federal indictment was unsealed today charging 23 alleged members and associates of the Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMG), including some of its most senior leaders, in a conspiracy involving racketeering, murder, robbery, kidnapping and aggravated assault, among other charges. While the indic...

A Retired U.S. Navy Captain was sentenced in federal court today to 41 months in prison for his role in a massive bribery and fraud scheme involving foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis and his firm, Singapore-based, Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA). Acting Assistant Attorney General ...

The Justice Department announced today the filing of civil forfeiture complaints seeking the forfeiture and recovery of approximately $540 million in assets associated with an international conspiracy to launder funds misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. Combined with civil for...

A Pittsburg, California man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of government money and wire fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California. A...

A 23-year-old homeless man was charged today with the murder of a man near the 101 Freeway and Hollywood Boulevard earlier this week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Alex Conn Vasquez (dob 3/8/94) faces one count of murder with the special circumstance allegation of m...

A man was charged today with setting a fire at an apartment complex that was being built in Hollywood, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Benicio Garcia (dob 10/23/96) was charged in case BA458250 with two counts each of arson of an inhabited structure and arson of a str...

OCDA is addressing only the parts of the report pertaining to the Office and defers inquiries regarding the Orange County Sheriff's Department to Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County Grand Jury's (OCGJ) report released today entitled “The Myth of the Orange County Jailho...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced today that Bank of America, N.A., will pay nearly $2 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging the company took too long to inform customers that their phone calls were being recorded. The Charlotte-based bank reached a settlement with ...

SANTA ANA, California – A Westminster man has been sentenced to over 8 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. Peter Henry Herz, 61, yesterday received a 97-month sentence from United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney. Following the completion of his prison term, Herz...

WASHINGTON – A federal jury convicted a Manhattan Beach resident today of wire fraud and filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Alana W. Robinson for the Southern District o...

LOS ANGELES – A Fresno man was arrested this morning on a federal criminal charge of copyright infringement that alleges he posted the movie “Deadpool” to his Facebook page. As a result of the illegal upload, more than 5 million people were able to view the film copyrighted by the Twentieth Cen...

SANTA ANA, California – The owner and operator of Mulder Financial Consulting – a financial services company that provided accounting, tax and bookkeeping services – pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal charges for embezzling more than $1.5 million from her clients. Elizabeth Jane Mulder, w...

LOS ANGELES – A leader of the Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips (BGC) – who pleaded guilty to five federal charges, including being the leader a scheme that led to the murder of a former-gangster-turned-cooperator, was sentenced today to 262 months in federal prison. Tyrine Martinez, also know...

LOS ANGELES – The operator of a Glendale tax preparation business who admitted defrauding his clients out of more than $1.2 million by diverting their tax refunds into his own bank accounts was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison. Michael Joseph Calalang Cabuhat, 42, a resident of th...

A 42-year-old man pleaded no contest today to sexually assaulting an 88-year-old woman in her home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. District Attorney Troy Davis said Emmanuel Stanley Reales of Long Beach entered the plea to one felony count each of forcible rape and f...

The founder and chief executive officer of a now-defunct Silicon Valley technology start-up company was charged in an indictment unsealed yesterday in Orange County, California with allegedly defrauding several of his company's former employees by luring them to join his company based on false an...

LOS ANGELES – The former owner of a Tustin income tax preparation business called First Quality Tax Services was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for preparing and filing fraudulent federal income tax returns claiming false deductions for his clients. Thomas P. Butcher,...