LOS ANGELES— Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that California, along with 34 other states and the District of Columbia, has filed a lawsuit against Indivior, a British pharmaceutical company, and MonoSol, an Indiana film technology company, for antitrust violations. The complaint...

The stepsister of a woman found dead in August near Gorman and the stepsister's boyfriend have been charged with her murder and kidnapping her young children, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Britney Sue Humphrey (dob 7/29/94) and Joshua Aaron Robertson (dob 8/18/89) w...

A Montebello father charged with murdering his wife and taking off with his children in 2014 prompting a statewide Amber Alert pleaded guilty today to her murder and other charges, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Daniel Diego Perez, 45, pleaded guilty to the second-de...

A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted the owner of a medical clinic for his role in a health care fraud scheme and for filing false income tax returns. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker of the Central Dist...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of the shooting-murder of his parents and attempting to murder two of his siblings, causing the paralysis of his 8-year-old brother. Ashton Colby Sachs, 22,pleaded guilty today at his request and without a previously scheduled hearing to two felony co...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced yesterday for burglarizing the homes of female college students that he found by using Instagram. Arturo Galvan, 45, Menifee, pleaded guilty on Sept. 19, 2016, to five felony counts of first degree residential burglary, one felony count of att...

LOS ANGELES– The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (LASC) to ensure that limited English proficient (LEP) court users will have access to timely and accurate language assistance services. The agreement resolves a Justice...

North American Health Care Inc. (NAHC), its chairman of the board, John Sorenson, and its senior vice president of Reimbursement Analysis, Margaret Gelvezon, have agreed to pay a total of $30 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false...

SANTA ANA, California– A former office manager for an independent sporting goods distributor has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for embezzling nearly $370,000 from her Los Alamitos-based employer. Julianna James England, 51, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced yesterday by Unite...

LOS ANGELES– With the final defendant receiving a prison term yesterday, six defendants who participated in a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme or helped launder the illicit proceeds have now been sentenced to federal prison. Edgar Pogosian, also known as “Edgar Hakobyan,” 32, of Gl...

Update: After being named in separate indictments returned by a federal grand jury on September 6, two doctors who had medical offices in Lynwood were arraigned this afternoon and entered not guilty pleas. Edward Ridgill, 64, of Ventura, is charged in a 26-count indictment that alleges the ille...

RIVERSIDE, California– A Moreno Valley woman was arrested this morning on federal charges after she allegedly helped her husband flee the United States after he had pleaded guilty in a federal criminal case. Elba Soto, 36, was arrested without incident this morning by the U.S. Marshals Service. ...

SANTA ANA, California– A Marina Del Rey man has been found guilty of federal fraud charges for participating in a “high-yield prime bank” scam by bringing in approximately $5 million from victims who were promised huge returns on investments, purportedly with little or no risk. Mark Gelazela, w...

LOS ANGELES – Two doctors who each operated medical offices in Lynwood have been arrested on federal drug charges that allege they issued prescriptions for narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose. The two doctors were charged by the United States Attorney's Office in conjunction with an...

A 61-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor was charged today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Sotero Monteon (dob 7/12/55) of Long Beach has been charged with four felony counts in case NA104976: murder, attempted murder, possession of a firearm by a f...

An 18-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to four years in state prison for burglarizing an Alhambra home with two accomplices in May, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At Thursday's court appearance, Deonte Jerome Pinker pleaded no contest to a felony count of firstde...

Two former executives of a foreign defense contractor have been charged in an indictment unsealed today with participating in a conspiracy to submit fraudulent information, price quotes, claims and invoices to the U.S. Navy in an effort to steal millions of dollars as part of a years-long corrupt...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned today on additional charges including money laundering and defrauding over $2.2 million from over 400 troubled homeowners through an illegal loan modification scheme. Kevin Frank Rasher, 44, Coto de Caza, was charged on July 15, 2016, with 52 felony counts ...

A former events manager was sentenced today to six months in county jail and ordered to pay $500,000 for his role in the 2012 Coliseum embezzlement and bribery case, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Todd DeStefano, 43, also was placed on formal probation for three year...

LOS ANGELES– A Riverside man and self-proclaimed “Doomsday Prepper” who possessed an arsenal of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition has pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Hector Mariscal, 41, pleaded guilty Monday in United State...

SANTA ANA, California– A Los Angeles man has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a series of burglaries in which well over 100 firearms were stolen from businesses operated by federal firearms licensees. Eddie Lee Harris Jr., 27, who lives in the Harvard Park district of Los Angeles, p...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced today a $10 million lawsuit against debt collection giant iQor US, Inc., and its subsidiary Allied Interstate, LLC, for placing unlawful and harassing calls to consumers. The civil complaint filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Cou...

Ten Eastern California real estate investors were sentenced yesterday for their participation in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern California, the Department of Justice announced. The primary purpose of the conspiracies was to sup...

LOS ANGELES– Thomas M. Calderon, a former member of the California State Assembly who became a political consultant, was sentenced this afternoon to one year and one day of incarceration after he pleaded guilty to money laundering for allowing bribe money to be funneled through his firm. Tom Ca...

RIVERSIDE, California– A correctional officer employed by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons at the Victorville Federal Correctional Complex has been arrested on federal civil rights and assault charges stemming from an incident in which she allegedly kicked a female inmate in the head. Cynthia Flores,...