A male suspect used a fake passport card with his face and the victim's information to withdraw $3,600 from the victim's bank account. The suspect then used the same card…
In 2021, the Irvine Police Department began investigating a case where an employee used a personal Square account to accept patient payments at a doctor's office, resulting in a loss…
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two married former Tustin Police Officers have been charged with numerous felonies related to false workers’ compensation claims they filed with the City of Tustin, claiming…
Philip Ganong, a 70-year-old attorney from Bakersfield who oversaw a $22M chain of sober living homes, pleaded no contest on Monday to 10 counts of submitting fraudulent claims for a…
LOS ANGELES – A Costa Mesa man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for running fraudulent investment schemes that raised more than $17 million by promising investors – several…
SANTA ANA, California – A convicted felon from Orange County who used social media to instruct his Instagram followers on how to defraud banks was sentenced today to 90 months in…
SANTA ANA, California – The former senior director of fiscal services at an Orange County public school district was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging he embezzled more than…
Bianca Gonzalez, 41, a resident of Walnut, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 16, to three years and 10 months in federal prison for an estimated $6 million real estate fraud in…
After a two-year-long investigation into a fake investment scheme, Howard Silverstein, 78, of Newport Beach, was arrested on Tuesday morning by Irvine Police Department detectives for stealing over $1 million…
The Justice Department announced today the results of a coordinated, nationwide enforcement action to combat COVID-19 fraud, which included 718 enforcement actions – including federal criminal charges against 371 defendants…
SANTA ANA, California – The owner of a Westminster-based tax preparation business was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme orchestrated by a corrupt…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the sentencing of a Southern California doctor for an illegal prescription scheme that defrauded the state Medi-Cal program of over $20 million. Mohamed El-Nachef,…
Jacques Poujade, 63, of Irvine, the owner of an Orange County real estate finance business, has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining more than $5.2 million by making false promises to…
SANTA ANA, California – A Newport Beach lawyer who claimed she was providing loans to the rich and famous plead guilty on July 24 to federal felony charges for using her…
LOS ANGELES – The owner of a now-shuttered health care business management services company and three other people were arrested today on a nine-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they…
