Tustin man gets a 15 month prison sentence for drug rehab fraud
TRENTON, N.J. – A California man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to broker patients as part of a multistate patient scheme in…
Two men charged with armed robbery after targeting massage parlors in L.A. and O.C.
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Two Los Angeles County men were charged today in a federal criminal complaint alleging they committed more than a dozen armed robberies of massage parlors in…
Long Beach man gets life in prison for bombing that killed his ex in Orange County
LOS ANGELES – A Long Beach man was sentenced today to life plus an additional 30 years in federal prison for building and planting a package bomb that detonated inside…
Tustin man gets more than 17 years in prison for selling Fentanyl that killed a victim
Anthony Bernard Fender, a 32-year-old Tustin resident, was sentenced on Monday to more than 17 years in federal prison for selling a dose of fentanyl that killed a victim at…
The Anaheim Police cleared in the 2021 shooting of Brandon Lopez
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1506 (AB 1506), today released a report on Brandon Lopez's death in Santa Ana, California, on September 28, 2021,…
O.C. man gets 7½ years in prison for firearms crimes and a $1.2M check fraud scheme
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…
Former Fiscal Director of an O.C. public school district arrested for embezzling over $14M
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…
So. Cal. woman gets less than four years in prison for a $6M real estate fraud scheme
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…
Credit companies cannot discriminate against applicants due to their immigration status
The Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a joint statement today that reminds financial institutions that all credit applicants are protected from discrimination on the basis of their national…
O.C. doctor and his sister charged with $150M COVID-19 related fraud
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury has charged a doctor who operated clinics in Westminster and Garden Grove with defrauding a COVID-19 program for uninsured patients by submitting more than…
Feds announce the results of their national COVID-19 fraud crackdown
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…
O.C. man extradited from Romania to face charges of inciting a white supremacist group to riot at political events
LOS ANGELES – The lead defendant in an indictment that charges three Southern California men linked to a white supremacy extremist group with planning and engaging in riots at political…
Three U.S. Marines charged in firebomb attack on an O.C. Planned Parenthood Clinic
SANTA ANA, California – Two defendants now named in a four-count federal grand jury indictment are scheduled to be arraigned this morning on charges alleging they conducted a firebombing attack…
Long Beach man convicted of using a homemade bomb to kill his ex at an O.C. spa
LOS ANGELES – A federal jury today found a Long Beach man guilty of building and planting a package bomb that detonated inside an Aliso Viejo day spa in May…
