A San Francisco man was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison yesterday for stealing identities and conspiring to file fraudulent tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg, of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for th...

LOS ANGELES – Thirteen people, most of whom are linked to La Mirada- and Norwalk-based street gangs, have been charged in federal court in a bank fraud scheme involving “skimmed” credit cards, and in narcotics cases, one of which alleges a transaction involving over three kilograms of methamphet...

LOS ANGELES – A Pomona woman was arrested this morning on federal charges that accuse her of conspiring to procure and illegally export sensitive space communications technology to her native China. Si Chen, also known as Cathy Chen, 32, is expected to be arraigned this afternoon in United Stat...

An El Cerrito, California, man was sentenced to serve 54 months in prison today for aggravated identity theft and conspiring to steal government funds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch...

SACRAMENTO – Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a record $18.5 million multi-state settlement with Target, in response to allegations that over 40 million customers had their payment card information compromised during the 2013 holiday season after the company failed to provide reaso...

LOS ANGELES – An engineer who worked for a cleared defense contractor pleaded guilty today to federal charges of economic espionage and violating of the Arms Export Control Act for selling sensitive satellite information to a person he believed to be an agent of a Russian intelligence service. ...

Today Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department's Criminal Division announced that Banamex USA (BUSA), a financial institution based in Los Angeles, California, and a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., agreed to forfeit $97.44 million and entered into a non-prosecut...

A former art dealer was sentenced today for stealing over $1 million owed to the owners of paintings sold through his gallery, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Marisa Zarate of the White Collar Crime Division said Perry Rubenstein, 63, will ser...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for the special circumstances stabbing-murders of two homeless men in Anaheim three months apart. Defendant Charges Minimum Sentence Court Date ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 60 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting three girls under the age of 14 he met through church. Defendant Charges Sentence Jose Luis Aguilera, 42, Santa Ana Found guilty by a jury on April 28, 2017, of...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 120 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting his infant relative and possessing over 220,000 pornographic photos and videos of prepubescent children. Defendant Charges Sentence Ryan Michael Booth, 32, Long Be...

LOS ANGELES – The general manager of a La Puente garment factory, who was found guilty of offering to pay bribes to an investigator with the United States Department of Labor in exchange for the investigator closing an investigation into wage violations, has been sentenced to 18 months in federa...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned yesterday for impersonating an attorney and defrauding several clients through debt consolidation and mortgage modification schemes. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date James Frank Barker, 57, Newport Beach Charg...

The founder and director of a South Los Angeles charter school and her son have been charged with funneling about $200,000 to a company that submitted fake invoices for a shell company, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Kendra Uzoma Okonkwo (dob 10/22/65) and Jason Chia...

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for lying to investigators to conceal his illicit 20-year relationship with Leonard Glenn Francis, the owner of Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), the foreign defense contractor at the center of a major bribery and fr...

Two women have been charged in connection with an attack of a man whose leg was severed after being pinned into a wall at a Beverly Hills supermarket parking lot, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Jamika Marie Abair (dob 9/14/94) of Long Beach faces one felony cou...

LOS ANGELES – Capping a nearly three-year investigation, federal, state and local law enforcement authorities this morning took into custody a total of 21 members and associates of Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal street gang commonly called MS-13 that was formed in Los Angeles about 3...

LOS ANGELES – For the second time in two weeks, the United States this afternoon filed a complaint against UnitedHealth Group Inc. that alleges the company knowingly obtained inflated risk adjustment payments based on untruthful and inaccurate information about the health status of beneficiaries...

For the second time in two weeks, the United States has filed a complaint against UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UHG) that alleges UHG knowingly obtained inflated risk adjustment payments based on untruthful and inaccurate information about the health status of beneficiaries enrolled in UHG's Medicare ...

LOS ANGELES – An Australian man who ran one of the largest automobile dealerships in the United States before fleeing the country 29 years ago was sentenced this morning to 120 months in federal prison in a bank fraud scheme that caused more than $64 million in losses to banks, one of which coll...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to nine years and eight months in state prison today for kidnapping and threatening a woman that he had a romantic relationship with after carving his name on her chest. Defendant Charges Sentence Sergio Joaquin Mendoza, 27, Santa...

SANTA ANA, Calif – A man was sentenced to 52 years to life in state prison today for stabbing and murdering his mother's boyfriend outside of a residence in Anaheim. Defendant Charges Sentence Ruben Martinez, 29, Anaheim Found guilty by a jury on March 3, 201...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Colorado man will be arraigned today for the 1994 cold case murder of two strangers in Huntington Beach. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Lamberto Ricci Castillo, 64, Alamosa, Colo. Charged on April 27, 2017, with: ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A graffiti-tagging crew member was sentenced to 16 years to life in state prison today for the stabbing-murder of a 12-year-old boy who was walking home from school. Defendant Charges Sentence Bryan Ocampo, 24, Anaheim Found guilty by a jury on D...

SANTA ANA, California – A federal jury today convicted former professional baseball player Douglas DeCinces of insider trading charges for using non-public information to purchase stock in an Orange County company in transactions that netted him $1.3 million in profits. A second man who illegal...