LOS ANGELES Southern California Edison (SCE); Utility Tree Service LLC (UTS); and Frontier Communications Holdings LLC paid $22 million to resolve claims on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service; officials announced this…
Man Guilty of Murder-for-Hire Plots Against Former Lawyer and Litigant
RIVERSIDE, California On Friday, a San Gabriel Valley man was found guilty by a jury of federal criminal charges, including conspiring with his employee to hire a hitman to kill two men…
Businessman Fails to Report Nearly $9 Million in Company’s Income
SANTA ANA, California The owner of a Newport Beach-based artificial turf company plead guilty Friday to a federal criminal charge for failing to report nearly $9 million in income his business earned….
Just Saying: Ron is the New and Improved Version of Trump Offering Neatly Packaged Cruelty
Ron DeSantis Cooks Up Excuses For Low Poll Numbers: ‘They’re Targeting Me” — Huffington Post Fox News host Will Cain asked the 2024 GOP presidential contender why he’s “not yet” connecting with…
PetSmart Agrees to Pay $1.4 Million for Over Charging Consumers on Ad Prices
Los Angeles County PetSmart LLC has been ordered to pay $1.46 million to settle a lawsuit that alleges the company overcharged customers for items it listed in advertisements, officials announced Thursday. “Charging…
Former Calif. Resident Guilty of Fleecing Investors Out of $3 Million With Promises of Discounted Pre-IPO Shares os Alibaba
LOS ANGELES A former Malibu resident who defrauded several individuals out of more than $3 million with bogus claims he had access to stock shares of Alibaba This was done before its…
Michigan White Supremacist Allegedly Conspired with Others to Deface a Jewish Synagogue
A Michigan man was indicted for conspiring with others and allegedly defacing Temple Jacob – a Jewish synagogue in Hancock, Michigan, federal officials announced this week. According to the court documents, Nathan…
Brothers Guilty of Illegally Getting Over $340,000 in Federal Tax Refunds
LOS ANGELES Two San Fernando Valley brothers have been found guilty by a jury of nearly a dozen felonies for fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal income tax refunds,…
Three Healthcare Providers and Others Agree to Pay $68 Million for Alleged False Claims to Medi-Cal
LOS ANGELES A county-organized health system (COHS) that arranges services for Medi-Cal enrollees in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and three Central Coast health care providers have agreed to pay…
Four Mexicans Arrested for Roles in Tractor-Trailer Smuggling That Resulted in 53 Dead and 11 Injured
Four Mexican nationals were arrested Tuesday in San Antonio, Houston, and Marshall, Texas, for their alleged roles in a tractor-trailer smuggling incident that resulted in 53 deceased and 11 injured undocumented individuals…
Georgia Woman Who Threw Molotov Cocktail Inside Bank Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES According to federal officials, a South Bay woman was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months in federal prison for throwing a Molotov cocktail inside a bank in Torrance after having a…
Calif. Woman Guilty of $24 Million Medicare Scam for Unnecessary Equipment
LOS ANGELES A South Bay woman was found guilty Tuesday of nearly two dozen felonies for fraudulently billing Medicare more than $24 million, according to federal officials. She did this by submitting…