{"id":58780,"date":"2025-04-22T16:38:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:38:46","slug":"man-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison-for-fraud-that-targeted-wealthy-and-elderly-residents-of-beverly-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780","title":{"rendered":"Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraud That Targeted Wealthy and Elderly Residents of Beverly HIlls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"218\"><span style=\"font-size: 23px;\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"218\">LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"218\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13120 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/U.S.-Secret-Service.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/U.S.-Secret-Service.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/U.S.-Secret-Service-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Tuesday to over five years in federal prison for a wide-ranging identity theft and bank fraud scheme that targeted wealthy and elderly residents of Beverly Hills, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"453\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Oren David Sela, 36, of North Hills, was sentenced to five years and a month and ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution. He pleaded guilty in October 2024 to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft and has been in custody since October 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"885\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Between late 2021 and 2023, Sela stole mail to obtain personal and financial information, including Social Security numbers and bank credentials, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"885\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">He used that data to access victims\u2019 online accounts\u2014often defeating security measures by SIM-swapping phone numbers\u2014then drained funds by transferring money into fraudulent accounts he controlled. He also ordered debit and credit cards in the victims\u2019 names to make direct purchases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"1095\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Sela attempted to steal nearly $2.6 million and successfully stole at least $1.8 million from 62 victims, including numerous elderly residents. He spent the money on high-end goods, including a $17,000 watch, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1366\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Despite a 2022 arrest in Beverly Hills\u2014where he was found with $25,000 in cash, luxury items, and fraudulent cards\u2014Sela continued his crimes after release. Later searches uncovered $70,000 in cash, jewelry, stolen mail, and identity documents tied to dozens of victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"1368\" data-end=\"1512\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">The U.S. Secret Service and the Beverly Hills Police Department investigated this case. Prosecutors were Aaron B. Frumkin and Jena A. MacCabe.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Tuesday to over five years in federal prison for a wide-ranging identity theft and bank fraud scheme that targeted wealthy and elderly residents&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraud That Targeted Wealthy and Elderly Residents of Beverly HIlls<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Tuesday to over five years in federal prison for a wide-ranging identity theft and bank fraud scheme\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraud That Targeted Wealthy and Elderly Residents of Beverly HIlls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Tuesday to over five years in federal prison for a wide-ranging identity theft and bank fraud scheme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Justice Notebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T23:38:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T23:38:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fraud-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Raul\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\"},\"headline\":\"Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraud That Targeted Wealthy and Elderly Residents of Beverly HIlls\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-22T23:38:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T23:38:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780\"},\"wordCount\":254,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/fraud-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"American Justice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780\",\"name\":\"Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraud That Targeted Wealthy and Elderly Residents of Beverly HIlls\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/fraud-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-22T23:38:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T23:38:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Tuesday to over five years in federal prison for a wide-ranging identity theft and bank fraud scheme\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58780#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/fraud-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/fraud-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"fraud\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"description\":\"&quot;Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.&quot; \u2014  Thomas Jefferson\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"width\":675,\"height\":231,\"caption\":\"American Justice Notebook\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\",\"name\":\"Raul\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Raul\"},\"description\":\"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraud That Targeted Wealthy and Elderly Residents of Beverly HIlls","description":"LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Tuesday to over five years in federal prison for a wide-ranging identity theft and bank fraud scheme","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraud That Targeted Wealthy and Elderly Residents of Beverly HIlls","og_description":"LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Tuesday to over five years in federal prison for a wide-ranging identity theft and bank fraud scheme","og_url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780","og_site_name":"American Justice Notebook","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook","article_published_time":"2025-04-22T23:38:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-22T23:38:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fraud-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Raul","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Raul","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780"},"author":{"name":"Raul","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0"},"headline":"Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraud That Targeted Wealthy and Elderly Residents of Beverly HIlls","datePublished":"2025-04-22T23:38:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-22T23:38:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780"},"wordCount":254,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fraud-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg","articleSection":["American Justice"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780","name":"Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraud That Targeted Wealthy and Elderly Residents of Beverly HIlls","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fraud-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-22T23:38:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-22T23:38:46+00:00","description":"LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Tuesday to over five years in federal prison for a wide-ranging identity theft and bank fraud scheme","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58780#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fraud-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fraud-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"fraud"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","name":"American Justice Notebook","description":"&quot;Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.&quot; \u2014  Thomas Jefferson","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization","name":"American Justice Notebook","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","width":675,"height":231,"caption":"American Justice Notebook"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0","name":"Raul","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","caption":"Raul"},"description":"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.","sameAs":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58780"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58782,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58780\/revisions\/58782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}