Former O.C. man charged with making death threats against a Judge and others
Byrom Zuniga Sanchez, a former resident of Laguna Niguel who is believed to be hiding out in Mexico, has been charged with threatening to murder a judge and carry out…
Former O.C. auditor pleads guilty to embezzling over $2.7M from his employer
SANTA ANA, California – A former executive at KBS Realty Advisors, an Orange County commercial real estate agency, pleaded guilty today to embezzling more than $2.7 million from his employer…
Two U.S. Marines from Orange County arrested for firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic
SANTA ANA, California – Special agents with the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service have arrested two Orange County men on federal charges alleging they used a Molotov cocktail…
Irvine woman gets 48 months in prison for plot to kidnap an Iranian human rights activist
A California woman was sentenced on April 7 to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act…
Irvine man heads to prison after he spent $5M in COVID-19 funds on sport cars
LOS ANGELES – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 54 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining $5 million in COVID-relief loans for his sham businesses, then used…
Westminster woman charged with money laundering for cybercriminals
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County woman has been charged in a six-count federal grand jury indictment alleging she laundered money directly sent from fraud victims who were tricked…
Irvine man’s accomplice sentenced for over $1M in fraudulent COVID-19 loans
LOS ANGELES – A Ventura County man who schemed with an Orange County man to illegally acquire disaster relief funds was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for…
Santa Ana man indicted for $1.25M COVID-19 fraud
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com SANTA ANA, California – A federal grand jury today returned an eight-count indictment charging an Orange County man with defrauding California’s unemployment insurance program…
$25K reward offered to help catch suspects who firebombed Costa Mesa’s Planned Parenthood
The FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office is seeking the public’s help in order to identify the individuals responsible for the arson of a medical building in Costa Mesa, California, on…
Westminster man indicted for selling over 120K Fentanyl pills and other drugs
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury has indicted two men who allegedly used the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to sell over 120,000 fentanyl-laced pills and other drugs to…
Anaheim murder suspect who allegedly murdered a mother of two extradited from Mexico
Pedro Fabian Rodriguez, was extradited from Mexico and returned to Orange County on Friday, according to the FBI. Rodriguez was declared a suspect in the stabbing of a mother of…
The former head of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce could end up in prison for up to 30 years
LOS ANGELES – The former president and CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for defrauding a cannabis company, fraudulently obtaining a COVID-relief…
O.C. man arrested for cyber stalking a pro gamer and her family
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man is expected to appear in federal court today after his arrest on a federal criminal complaint alleging that he stalked a professional…
A man was finally convicted of killing his coworker in Tustin over just $60
Juan Palacios shot and killed a coworker at a Tustin apartment complex over 15 years ago for the paltry sum of $60. He fled from the U.S. but the law…