O.C. business owner faces tax evasion charges totaling nearly $30 million
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County business owner is named in a federal grand jury indictment unsealed today that charges him with tax evasion for failing to pay to…
Santa Ana tax preparer admits she stole $700K from client tax returns
Karla Montano, 31, the owner of Trebols Income Tax, a Santa Ana tax prep business, accused of falsely claiming and pocketing about $700,000 worth of returns, admitted to lying to…
Westminster mother and daughter charged in the largest Section 8 housing fraud case in O.C. history
SANTA ANA, Calif.- A mother and daughter from Westminster have been charged with felony welfare fraud charges for bilking Orange County’s Housing Authority (Section 8) and the County’s In Home…
The SEC has stopped a Santa Ana man from defrauding the Vietnamese-American Community
The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order freezing assets of a Santa Ana, California-based company and its founder, who allegedly carried out an ongoing fraud targeting…
The SAPD is looking for a suspect who keeps defrauding payday centers
Wanted Suspect: Adrian Bustamante-Munoz (51) Adrian Bustamante-Munoz entered a Pay Day Money Center in Santa Ana and presented a check from his employer that he had previously cashed. The business…
OCDA prosecutor honored as prosecutor of the year for battling insurance fraud
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: December 13, 2017 OCDA PROSECUTOR SHADDI KAMIABIPOUR HONORED AS “PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR” BY COALITION AGAINST INSURANCE FRAUD SANTA ANA, Calif.…
Tustin woman facing felony charges after filing a fraudulent insurance claim
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE Case # 17CF0915 Date: May 11, 2017 MAN AND WOMAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR CONSPIRING TO FILE FRAUDULENT INSURANCE CLAIM AND FALSELY ALLEGING POLICE MISCONDUCT…
SAPD warns of a So. Cal. Edison fraud scheme that targets local businesses
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Police Department advising the community of Southern California Edison Fraud Alert Suspects posing as Southern California Edison employees have, once again, targeted Santa Ana business…
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City Council to decide the fate of the Downtown PBID tax tonight
July 4 falls on a Wednesday this year but there will be fireworks early this week, at Monday night's Santa Ana City Council meeting, on July 2, at 5 pm,…
Why is DPOC Chairman Frank Barbaro silent about Kinde Durkee?
Frank Barbaro, the longtime Chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC) was compelled to issue a press release ripping Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, for…