Two men and a woman, all from Lancaster, entered no contest pleas today for a string of home burglaries in Palmdale from October 2014 to January 2015, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Dean Bailey Johnson (dob 8/12/89) pleaded no contest to three counts of first-degree ...

A Newhall man was sentenced yesterday to eight years and eight months in state prison for assaulting a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy while fleeing from police in a stolen pickup truck, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Ryan Tracy said a ju...

A Chinese national who admitted to participating in a years-long conspiracy that involved Chinese military officers hacking into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors in order to steal military technical data was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison. Today's sentencing...

As part of the federal government's ongoing efforts to address unlawful dietary supplements, the Department of Justice announced today criminal cases against three individuals for violations of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) related to purported disease cures.  Each of the three i...

The Department of Justice announced today that ValueAct has agreed to pay $11 million to settle allegations that certain ValueAct entities violated the reporting and waiting period requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”).  As part of the settlement...

SAN DIEGO – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that six individuals were indicted and arrested on 135 felony charges for operating a mortgage fraud scheme throughout Southern California and the Inland Empire, preying on homeowners facing foreclosure.  The case is being prosecuted by atto...

The Department of Justice announced that an Orange County, California, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, for his role as the sales manager of a multi-million dollar fraudulent mortgage modification scheme. Charles Wayne Farris, 55, of Aliso Viejo, California, pl...

WASHINGTON– A Newport Beach, California, man pleaded guilty today for his role as a salesman at fraudulent debt relief firms that offered to settle credit card debts but instead took victims' payments as undisclosed up-front fees, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announc...

LOS ANGELES – Four people have been charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today for allegedly participating in a scheme that submitted more than $50 million in fraudulent claims to California's Drug Medi-Cal program for alcohol and drug treatment services for high school and middle school...

LOS ANGELES– An Oxnard-based tax return preparer was convicted yesterday afternoon of conspiracy to file false tax refund claims and for having signed tax returns claiming more than $53 million in fraudulent tax refunds.  Before the IRS was able to identify and stop the scheme, it had already pa...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison today for killing an innocent pedestrian after crashing into him at the conclusion of a high speed chase with officers from the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD). Victor Manuel Sanchez, 24, Santa Ana, pleaded guilty May ...

LOS ANGELES– A Culver City, California, man was arrested yesterday on federal charges of economic espionage and violations of the Arms Export Control Act for his attempts to sell sensitive satellite information to a person he believed to be a foreign intelligence agent. U.S. Attorney Eileen M. ...

A 27-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal robbery of an elderly woman in her Long Beach home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On May 13, a jury convicted Freddie James Battle of three felony count...

A former college football player was sentenced today to six years in state prison after pleading no contest for a series of robberies in South Los Angeles earlier this year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Trey Lealaimatafao, 19, a former defensive lineman at Louisian...

LOS ANGELES – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the Bureau of Children's Justice and False Claims Unit of the California Department of Justice has reached a settlement agreement with K12 Inc., a for-profit online charter school operator, and the 14 affiliated non-profit schoo...

Seven Los Angeles men were charged in a 10-count indictment unsealed today with participating in the 2014 firebombing of residences of African Americans living in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles.  The defendants were also charged for their roles in a racketeering enterprise that used vio...

LOS ANGELES– A man who formerly resided in Glendale has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for his role of providing “technical support” to a credit card fraud ring that caused an estimated loss of more than $3,000,000 during his participation and for applying for a passport ...

SAN FRANCISCO– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that, in addition to the historic $14.7 billion settlement with Volkswagen announced last week, the company will also pay California an additional $86 million in civil penalties as part of a second partial settlement over the compan...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to face trial today for murdering his childhood friend, who was on vacation visiting from South Korea, execution-style in the back of the head. Beong Kwun Cho, 56, Cerritos, was indicted by the Orange County Grand Jury on June 16, 2011, with one felony count...

En Pointe Gov. Inc., En Pointe Technologies Inc., En Pointe Technologies Sales Inc., Dominguez East Holdings LLC and Din Global Corp., all of Gardena, California, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying that En Pointe Gov. Inc. was a small ...

A 19-year-old alleged gang member was arraigned today on charges of killing a man and injuring another at a gas station in Redondo Beach, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Erik Martinez (dob 2/15/97) of Long Beach faces one count each murder and attempted murder in case...

A man has been charged with sexually assaulting and trying to kill an 80-year-old woman in her Hollywood apartment last month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Marcus Datwione Peete (dob 11/12/82) was charged in case BA448034 with one count each of attempted murder, as...

SANTA ANA, California– A Garden Grove man who worked for the United States Postal Service for more than two decades appeared in federal court this morning after agreeing to plead guilty to stealing from the mail and selling at least 6,240 credit cards. Chinh Vuong, 48, was summonsed into federa...

SANTA ANA, California– A former member of the Planning Commission for the City of Westminster is scheduled to be arraigned today on charges of soliciting and receiving a $15,000 bribe to help a person obtain a liquor license. Dave Phuong Dinh Vo, 42, of Westminster, is expected to surrender and...

A 22-year-old man accused of exposing himself, assaulting a teen and breaking into several homes on Wednesday was charged today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Michael David Brownlee (dob 8/21/93) of Los Angeles has been charged in case GA099173 with: two counts of f...