Federal and State tax filing deadlines extended to May 17
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the state Franchise Tax Board (FTB) extended the deadlines for individual taxpayers to file their 2020 income tax…
Former O.C. resident charged with fraud after a bogus $14M stock offering
SANTA ANA, California – A former Southern California resident was charged today with defrauding more than 100 investors out of $14 million by using boiler room tactics to fraudulently offer…
The U.S. Justice Dept. is leading a coordinated civil rights response to COVID-19
https://youtu.be/syw2F4zylM0 Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Pamela S. Karlan issued the following statement and attached resource guide to assist Federal agencies, state and local governments, and recipients…
Ignore bogus COVID-19 vaccine surveys
Scammers are using a new trick to steal your money and personal information: a bogus COVID vaccine survey. People across the country are reporting getting emails and texts out of…
Santa Ana man charged with receiving illegal kickbacks from corrupt sober living homes
SANTA ANA, California – Special agents with the FBI this morning arrested an Orange County man on federal charges of soliciting and receiving illegal kickbacks from corrupt sober living homes…
Trumper finally arrested for assaulting a Santa Ana resident at a Stop the Steal rally
A Trumper named Kim Sorgente has been arrested for "assault with a deadly weapon" at the Santa Ana "Stop the Steal" rally last Dec. 6, according to Vern Nelson, the…
FEMA will begin to provide COVID-19 funeral reimbursements
There is some good news for families in Santa Ana that are struggling to pay for funerals of loved ones lost to COVID-10. FEMA has started a program to provide…
City of Santa Ana to receive $143M from new Federal stimulus
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The City of Santa Ana is planning to use $142.9 million from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to launch Revive Santa Ana, a comprehensive…
The Biden administration is helping the children at the border not caging them
WASHINGTON – Homeland Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas has directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support a government-wide effort over the next 90 days to safely receive, shelter, and…
Santa Ana’s virtual public hearing on HUD funding priorities set for March 3
The City’s Community Development Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 4 p.m. via teleconference to receive public testimony and input on funding priorities and…
Santa Ana man sentenced to 10 years for selling meth and brokering the sale of illegal ghost guns
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for selling narcotics and illegally brokering the sale of firearms – including several…
Latino immigrant sworn in as Secretary of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON – Today, Alejandro Mayorkas was officially sworn in as the seventh Secretary of Homeland Security. Secretary Mayorkas took the oath this afternoon after the Senate voted to confirm him.…
Man who owned homes in Santa Ana pleads guilty to illegal Bitcoin transactions and money laundering
LOS ANGELES – A San Bernardino County man was charged today with running an unlicensed company that exchanged tens of millions of dollars in Bitcoin and cash. Hugo Sergio Mejia,…
Former Tustin bank branch sentenced after stealing over $1M from a customer with dementia
LOS ANGELES – A former Comerica bank branch manager was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for stealing more than $1 million from an elderly customer with dementia,…
O.C. man gets over 24 years in prison for traveling to have sex with minors and producing child porn
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 292 months in federal prison for travelling out of state to sexually abuse minors – including a 6-year-old…