Three people were found guilty by a jury in Los Angeles of their participation in using gift card transactions to launder the proceeds of extensive consumer fraud schemes, federal officials announced this…
Veterans Affairs Officer Indicted for Beating Man 45 Times With Baton
LOS ANGELES An officer with the Veterans Affairs Police Department (VAPD) has been indicted on civil rights and assault charges that allege he used a department-issued baton to strike a man approximately…
Former Accounting Manager of Pasadena Storage Guilty of Insider Trading That Led to Nearly $500,000 in Profits
LOS ANGELES A former employee at a publicly traded Pasadena-based company has agreed to plead guilty to buying more than 66,000 company shares based on non-public information that the company was about…
Hospice Director Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for $150 Million Hospice Fraud
For his part in a conspiracy that entailed filing over $150 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for hospice and other medical services, a hospice medical director was given a…
Calif. Man Who Illegally Sold Guns, Facing Up to 25 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A federal judge Thursday convicted a South Los Angeles man of participating in a scheme in which he and others illegally sold 22 guns and three silencers. Jonathan Perez,…
Calif. Doctor Indicted in Quarter-Billion-Dollar COVID-19 Fraud
LOS ANGELES According to officials, a federal grand jury indicted a physician who owned clinics in Westminster and Garden Grove of filing more than a quarter billion dollars worth of false claims…
Man Guilty of Arranging 600 Sham Marriages to Fool Immigration
BOSTON According to authorities, a Californian man admitted Wednesday in federal court in Boston to running a significant marriage fraud “agency” that set up hundreds of fictitious unions. These marriages were formed…
Four-Time Congressional Candidate Allegedly Misused Campaign Funds
LOS ANGELES Federal prosecutors Wednesday unsealed a grand jury indictment that accuses a Torrance man who was a Los Angeles County congressional seat candidate in four national elections with misusing campaign funds,…
California Deputy Caught with 520,000 Fentanyl Pills Has Cartel Ties
A Riverside County sheriff’s correctional deputy with alleged ties to a Mexican drug cartel was charged with drug trafficking and possession of over 100 pounds of fentanyl, according to prosecutors.
13-Count Money Laundering Indictment Charges Two Pharmacists and a Physician
Officials stated that a 13-count indictment was unsealed Tuesday, charging two pharmacists and a physician for their roles in a $170 million healthcare fraud, kickback, and money laundering scheme. According to court…
Calif. Man Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison for Jan. 6th Insurrection
WASHINGTON D.C. A Los Angeles man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for two felony charges and one misdemeanor related to his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S….
Three California Men Arrested for Allegedly Kidnapping 17-Year-Old Boy
RIVERSIDE, California Officials stated that three men were arrested last week and charged in a federal criminal complaint alleging they kidnapped a 17-year-old boy in San Bernardino County and held him for…