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    | December 30 Latest Release | ORANGE COUNTY MAN WHO TRAFFICKED IN 'DRAGON FISH' SENTENCED IN FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES CASE | 
  
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    | December 30 | ORANGE COUNTY MAN ADMITS TO POSTING PRE-RELEASE 'SCREENER' OF HOLLYWOOD MOVIE ON INTERNET | 
  
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    | December 21 | NEW YORK RABBI SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD FEDERAL TAX AUTHORITIES | 
  
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    | December 16 | NEVADA MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR LYING TO OBTAIN NEW PASSPORT AFTER AUTHORITIES SEIZED HIS PASSPORT DURING INVESTIGATION INTO DOUBLE MURDER | 
  
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    | December 16 | NEW YORK MAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF ILLEGALLY DISTRIBUTING COPY OF 'WOLVERINE' MOVIE | 
  
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    | December 14 | MAN CHARGED IN $10 MILLION NASCAR MERCHANDISE SCAM ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES OF BILKING DOZENS OF VICTIMS | 
  
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    | December 14 | LANCASTER REAL ESTATE  AGENT SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME | 
  
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    | December 11 | SOUTHLAND WOMAN ARRESTED IN SCHEME THAT FALSELY PROMISED LOW-INTEREST LOANS FROM FEDERAL RESERVE | 
  
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    | December 9 | VALLEY MAN ADMITS SOLICITING MURDER OF INFORMANT HELPING INVESTIGATORS IN BANK FRAUD INVESTIGATION | 
  
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    | December 7 | BURBANK MAN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR LAUNDERING PROCEEDS RELATED TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD | 
  
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    | December 1 | KERLAN-JOBE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC AGREES TO PAY $3 MILLION TO SETTLE KICKBACK ALLEGATIONS | 
  
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    | November 24 | THREE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO USED IDENTITY THEFT IN CREDIT CARD 'BUST-OUT' SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON TERMS | 
  
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    | November 23 | U.K.-BASED FRAUDSTER SENTENCED TO NEARLY SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR WORKING IN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR 'LOTTERY SCAM' | 
  
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    | November 16 | FORMER NFL PLAYER SENTENCED TO NEARLY FIVE YEARS IN FRAUD SCHEME THAT COST VICTIMS OVER $5 MILLION | 
  
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    | November 16 | DOCTOR SENTENCED TO NEARLY FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR WRITING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CASH | 
  
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    | November 13 | FORMER EXECUTIVE AT COLORADO HOME BUILDING COMPANY ADMITS ROLE IN $16 MILLION 'BUILDER BAILOUT' SCHEME | 
  
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    | November 11 | PALM SPRINGS MAN CHARGED WITH WEARING SOME OF NAVY'S HIGHEST AWARDS EVEN THOUGH HE NEVER SERVED IN MILITARY | 
  
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    | November 11 | DOZEN DEFENDANTS ARRESTED FOR PASSPORT FRAUD | 
  
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    | November 10 | PEDOPHILE PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF MOLESTING TWO DAUGHTERS SENTENCED TO 17½ YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN ATTEMPTED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF NIECE IN THE PHILIPPINES | 
  
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    | November 9 | VALLEY BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO 2½ YEARS IN PRISON FOR SELLING NON-CONFORMING GASKETS USED ON BOEING JETS | 
  
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    | November 5 | VENTURA COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO NEARLY EIGHT YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN $1 MILLION IDENTITY THEFT CASE | 
  
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    | November 3 | FORMER PHONE COMPANY EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF LYING TO FBI, GRAND JURY AND COURT IN PELLICANO WIRETAPPING CASE | 
  
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    | November 3 | WESTLAKE VILLAGE MAN WHO ORCHESTRATED $64 MILLION PONZI SCHEME SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON | 
  
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    | November 3 | ORANGE COUNTY MAN WHO FIRED LASERS AT COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT SENTENCED TO 2½ YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON | 
  
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    | October 30 | ORANGE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TWO IDENTITY THEFT SCHEMES INVOLVING LINES OF CREDIT | 
  
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    | October 23 | HIGHEST OFFICIAL WITH INLAND EMPIRE INDIAN TRIBE SURRENDERS TO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ON BRIBERY CHARGES | 
  
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    | October 21 | L.A. MEDICARE FRAUD STRIKE FORCE CHARGES 20 IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD CASES INVOLVING DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT | 
  
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    | October 6 | TWO DAUGHTERS OF RIALTO TAX RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON | 
  
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    | October 5 | MAN WHO ABUSED YOUNG GIRL SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY | 
  
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    | October 5 | CHICAGO-AREA MAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL STALKING CHARGES RELATED TO NUDE VIDEOS OF ESPN REPORTER | 
  
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    | October 1 | ORANGE COUNTY ATTORNEY AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY IN MISAPPROPRIATION OF MORE THAN $2 MILLION OBTAINED FOR CLIENTS HE REPRESENTED IN EMPLOYMENT CLASS ACTION | 
  
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    | September 30 | FEDERAL JURY AWARDS OVER $36 MILLION TO COMPENSATE GOVERNMENT FOR LOSSES SUFFERED DURING 2002 COPPER FIRE | 
  
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    | September 28 | OPERATOR OF MX FACTORS SENTENCED TO 100 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PONZI SCHEME THAT COST VICTIMS $39 MILLION | 
  
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    | September 22 | FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT CHARGES 88 MEMBERS OF NOTORIOUS NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES STREET GANG | 
  
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    | September 21 | FORMER HUNTINGTON PARK POLICE SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR STEALING DRUGS, SELLING FOR PROFIT | 
  
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    | September 15 | THREE UNITED STATES CITIZENS INDICTED FOR TRAVELING TO CAMBODIA TO HAVE SEX WITH CHILDREN | 
  
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    | September 14 | FILM EXECUTIVE AND SPOUSE FOUND GUILTY OF PAYING BRIBES TO THAI TOURISM OFFICIAL TO OBTAIN LUCRATIVE CONTRACTS | 
  
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    | September 3 | CENTRAL COAST WOMAN INDICTED IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD U.S. BY SUBMITTING APPLICATION WITH FORGED SIGNATURES FOR $35 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS | 
  
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    | September 2 | INLAND EMPIRE WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM HOMELESS SHELTER | 
  
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    | August 31 | THREE AMERICAN MEN ACCUSED OF TRAVELING TO CAMBODIA TO HAVE SEX WITH CHILDREN NOW EN ROUTE TO UNITED STATES TO FACE PROSECUTION ON FEDERAL 'SEX TOURISM' CHARGES | 
  
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    | August 27 | FORMER UNION BOSS AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD NON-PROFIT FORMED BY ANOTHER UNION LEADER | 
  
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    | August 24 | HEDGE FUND MANAGER WHO RAISED $44 MILLION IN SCHEME THAT BILKED RELATIVES PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD CHARGES | 
  
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    | August 21 | LAWYER INDICTED FOR ACCEPTING CASH IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISE OF TAMPERING WITH GRAND JURY WITNESS TESTIMONY | 
  
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    | August 19 | ORANGE COUNTY MAN WHO RAN $55 MILLION INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING GOLF CLUBS AND INTERNET COMPANY SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON | 
  
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    | August 18 | ORANGE COUNTY MAN WHO FALSELY CLAIMED TO BE ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON | 
  
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    | August 18 | FIVE INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL SEX TRAFFICKING RING SENTENCED TO LENGTHY PRISON TERMS FOR FORCING GUATEMALAN GIRLS AND WOMEN TO WORK AS PROSTITUTES IN LOS ANGELES | 
  
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    | August 14 | FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS THREE MEN IN KIDNAPPING OF VALLEY MAN WHO WAS SHOT WITH GUN, SHOCKED WITH TASER AND HELD FOR $1 MILLION RANSOM FOR FIVE DAYS | 
  
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    | August 14 | MALIBU MAN AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO WILLFUL FAILURE TO DISCLOSE UBS SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS TO THE IRS | 
  
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    | August 11 | 'GOOFY HAT BANDIT' SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON | 
  
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    | August 10 | TWO REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS CONVICTED IN MASSIVE MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME THAT LED TO $40 MILLION IN LOSSES | 
  
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    | August 10 | SECOND DEFENDANT IN INTERNET SCHEME THAT DEFRAUDED TRUCKING COMPANIES SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON | 
  
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    | August 5 | LAWYER ARRESTED FOR ACCEPTING CASH IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISE TO TAMPER WITH GRAND JURY WITNESS TESTIMONY | 
  
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    | August 4 | STATE EMPLOYEE WHO INSPECTED REHAB CLINICS INDICTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY TAKING CASH BRIBES | 
  
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    | August 4 | THREE MEN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY EXPORTING HIGHLY SENSITIVE U.S. TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA | 
  
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    | August 3 | CONTROL COMPONENTS INC. PLEADS GUILTY TO FOREIGN BRIBERY CHARGES AND AGREES TO PAY $18.2 MILLION FINE | 
  
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    | August 3 | NEW YORK RABBI PLEADS GUILTY TO SCHEME TO DEFRAUD I.R.S. | 
  
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    | August 3 | VENTURA COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SELLING 'MAGIC MUSHROOMS' TO TEENAGERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS KILLED AFTER RUNNING ONTO FREEWAYE | 
  
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    | July 31 | CONTROL COMPONENTS INC. PLEADS GUILTY TO FOREIGN BRIBERY CHARGES AND AGREES TO PAY $18.2 MILLION FINE | 
  
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    | July 31 | ILLEGAL GUN TRAFFICKING, INCLUDING SALE OF MACHINE GUNS, LEADS TO ARREST OF FOUR MEN ON FEDERAL CHARGES | 
  
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    | July 28 | ANAHEIM MAN GUILTY OF INTERFERING WITH UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT CREW FOR DISRUPTING HONG KONG-LOS ANGELES TRIP | 
  
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    | July 28 | FORMER ARMENIAN DIPLOMAT, BEVERLY HILLS ATTORNEY ARE AMONG FIVE CHARGED IN SCHEME TO ALLOW ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO STAY IN UNITED STATES | 
  
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    | July 27 | TULARE HEALTH AGENCIES AGREE TO PAY OVER $2.4 MILLION TO SETTLE CIVIL LAWSUIT ALLEGING FALSE MEDICARE CLAIMS | 
  
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    | July 22 | SAN DIEGO COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN MOVIE PIRACY CASE FOR POSTING 'SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE' ON INTERNET | 
  
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    | July 17 | FORMER BELL POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CRIME FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT | 
  
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    | July 16 | FORMER BOEING ENGINEER CONVICTED OF ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE IN THEFT OF SPACE SHUTTLE SECRETS FOR CHINA | 
  
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    | July 13 | FORMER NFL PLAYER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES IN SCHEME THAT COST VICTIMS $5 MILLION | 
  
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    | July 9 | 42 DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN $4.6 MILLION MEDI-CAL FRAUD CASE | 
  
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    | July 8 | INVESTIGATION TARGETING VARRIO HAWAIIAN GARDENS GANG AND ASSOCIATES IS LARGEST GANG CASE IN U.S. HISTORY WITH NEARLY 200 DEFENDANTS NAMED IN FEDERAL INDICTMENTS | 
  
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    | July 2 | VENTURA COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGALLY UPLOADING TWO THEATRICAL MOVIES TO INTERNET | 
  
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    | July 1 | NORTH HOLLYWOOD PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT GUILTY OF STEALING DOCTOR'S IDENTITY IN $7.7 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME | 
  
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    | June 22 | GARMENT DISTRICT WHOLESALER RECEIVES TWO AND A HALF YEAR PRISON TERM FOR TRAFFICKING IN DESIGNER GOODS | 
  
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    | June 16 | FORMER HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO PAYING KICKBACKS IN 'SKID ROW' HEALTHCARE FRAUD SCHEME | 
  
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    | June 16 | JUNK COLLECTOR INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ILLEGALLY STORING TOXIC AND EXPLOSIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE IN RESEDA NEIGHBORHOOD BACKYARD | 
  
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    | June 15 | DOCTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO FIFTEEN COUNTS OF WRITING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CASH | 
  
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    | June 11 | LOS ANGELES MAN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF ABUSING BANKRUPTCY SYSTEM TO DEFRAUD THOSE IN FORECLOSURE | 
  
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    | June 10 | ORANGE COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF FALSELY CLAIMING TO BE ATTORNEY ARRESTED AGAIN FOR SAME CONDUCT | 
  
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    | June 5 | TWO LINKED TO INLAND EMPIRE INVESTMENT SCAM TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER BEING CHARGED IN $23 MILLION SCHEME | 
  
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    | June 2 | REAL ESTATE AGENT CONVICTED IN LOAN FRAUD SCHEME IN WHICH SHE CONSPIRED WITH SISTER TO 'FLIP' PROPERTIES AFTER PURCHASING HOMES IN NAMES OF 'STRAW BUYERS' | 
  
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    | May 27 | HUNTINGTON PARK POLICE OFFICER FOUND GUILTY ON FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES RELATED TO THEFT OF NARCOTICS | 
  
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    | May 27 | EUROPEAN FRAUDSTER ARRESTED INDICTED IN ALLEGED SCAM THAT BILKED INVESTORS OUT AT LEAST $7 MILLION | 
  
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    | May 26 | MARYLAND DEFENSE CONTRACTOR PAYS OVER $1.7 MILLION TO SETTLE CIVIL ALLEGATIONS OF DEFRAUDING THE AIR FORCE | 
  
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    | May 21 | MASSIVE RACKETEERING CASE TARGETS HAWAIIAN GARDENS GANG INVOLVED IN MURDER OF SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, ATTACKS ON AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND WIDESPREAD DRUG TRAFFICKING | 
  
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    | May 19 | FORMER CENTRAL COAST SHERIFF'S DEPUTY PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGE OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY | 
  
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    | May 19 | PRESIDENT OF COMPANY THAT ILLEGALLY IMPORTED CATFISH SENTENCED TO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON | 
  
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    | May 15 | BEVERLY HILLS HEDGE FUND MANAGER WHO RAISED $44 MILLION FACES CHARGES AFTER FUND VALUE DROPS TO NEARLY ZERO | 
  
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    | May 11 | NEW JERSEY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LAUNCHING ATTACK THAT SHUT DOWN CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY WEBSITES | 
  
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    | May 11 | DOCTOR FOUND GUILTY OF SMUGGLING FOREIGN CANCER DRUGS INTO THE UNITED STATES | 
  
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    | May 6 | DOCTOR GUILTY OF FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES FOR WRITING OXYCONTIN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CASH | 
  
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    | May 5 | DOWNEY MAN CONVICTED OF BRIBING BANK MANAGER AND FALSIFYING BANK RECORDS | 
  
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    | May 5 | ORANGE COUNTY MEN INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF SMUGGLING BIRDS FROM VIETNAM INTO U.S. | 
  
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    | April 28 | SEVEN PLEAD GUILTY TO PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO DESIGNATED FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION | 
  
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    | April 28 | PEMGROUP FOUNDER ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF STRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS TO AVOID REPORTS TO FEDS | 
  
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    | April 27 | FORMER ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF MICHAEL S. CARONA SENTENCED TO 5½ YEARS IN PRISON FOR WITNESS TAMPERING | 
  
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    | April 23 | ORANGE COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CHARGE FOR SHOOTING LASER AT COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT | 
  
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    | April 20 | FONTANA WOMAN CONVICTED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE INVOLVING MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN FRAUDULENT LOANS | 
  
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    | April 20 | CUBAN NATIONAL ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING OTHER IMMIGRANTS BY POSING AS ATTORNEY AND CHARGING FEES AT THE SAME IMMIGRATION COURT WHERE HE HAD BEEN ORDERED DEPORTED | 
  
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    | April 15 | FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES FOR PROSTITUTING GIRL HE SOLICITED ON INTERNET | 
  
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    | April 13 | PHYSICAL THERAPY COMPANY PAYS OVER $200,000 TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUDULENT BILLINGS TO MEDICARE | 
  
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    | April 9 | VENTURA COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SELLING 'MAGIC MUSHROOMS' CONSUMED BY TEEN LATER KILLED ON FREEWAY | 
  
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    | April 9 | WOMEN WHO ALLEGEDLY CASHED LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES, AND STAGED FUNERALS ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES | 
  
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    | April 3 | MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON IN $32 MILLION
      SCAM THAT BILKED MORE THAN 500 VICTIMS IN COAL MINES AND A SECRET GOLD TRANSACTION | 
  
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    | April 2 | FORMER PRESIDENT OF INLAND EMPIRE MORTGAGE COMPANY FOUND GUILTY IN $23 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME | 
  
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    | April 1 | TWO COACHELLA VALLEY RESIDENTS ARRESTED AFTER AUTHORITIES FIND OVER 13 POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE PACKAGED FOR SALE | 
  
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    | March 30 | I.R.S. REVENUE AGENT AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD FOR FAILING TO REPORT INCOME ON HIS PERSONAL TAX RETURN | 
  
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    | March 30 | GLENDALE MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN $14 MILLION PONZI SCHEME | 
  
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    | March 27 | SOUTH KOREAN WOMAN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF IMPORTING BEAR BILE FROM CHINA | 
  
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    | March 27 | ORANGE COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN $15 MILLION PONZI SCHEME AND ADMITS BRIBE PAYMENT IN SCHEME TO FLEE U.S. | 
  
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    | March 24 | FEDERAL COURT ORDERS ORANGE COUNTY TAX PREPARER TO STOP PREPARING FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS | 
  
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    | March 24 | COUPLE PLEAD GUILTY IN ALIEN SMUGGLING SCHEME IN WHICH SOME WERE FORCED TO WORK AT ELDER CARE HOMES | 
  
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    | March 23 | FBI AGENT PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES, ADMITTING HE ATTEMPTED TO IMPROPERLY INFLUENCE CRIMINAL CASE | 
  
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    | March 23 | FORMER HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO PAYING KICKBACKS IN ‘SKID ROW’ HEALTHCARE FRAUD SCHEME | 
  
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    | March 18 | INLAND EMPIRE MEN ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES RELATED TO MISUSE OF FUNDS THEY CONTROLLED AT LABOR UNION | 
  
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    | March 18 | FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS EX-FBI AGENT AND ACCOMPLICE IN SCHEME TO COMMIT VIOLENT HOME-INVASION ROBBERY | 
  
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    | March 17 | UPLAND MAN INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY DAMAGING COMPUTER SYSTEMS USED TO MONITOR OFF-SHORE OIL PLATFORMS | 
  
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    | March 17 | 'GUITAR HERO' BANDIT SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON | 
  
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    | March 11 | CANADIAN BUSINESSMAN CHARGED WITH BANKRUPTCY FRAUD | 
  
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    | March 11 | ORANGE COUNTY LUXURY CAR DEALER AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES FOR BILKING COMPANY THAT LOANED HIM MONEY TO PURCHASE LAMBORGHINIS | 
  
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    | March 10 | PORTUGUESE MAN WORKING ON CRUISE SHIP CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING FEMALE PASSENGER | 
  
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    | March 9 | LEADER OF RING THAT MOVED OVER 9,000 ILLEGAL ALIENS ACROSS U.S. RECEIVES 6½-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE | 
  
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    | March 6 | MAN WHO FORMED TERRORIST GROUP THAT PLOTTED ATTACKS ON MILITARY AND JEWISH FACILITIES SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON | 
  
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    | March 5 | FORMER CEO OF KB HOME CHARGED WITH SECURITIES FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH STOCK-OPTION BACKDATING SCHEME | 
  
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    | March 4 | INFORMATION SECURITY CONSULTANT SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS IN PRISON IN FEDERAL WIRETAPPING AND IDENTITY THEFT CASE | 
  
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    | March 4 | PRIOR CHILD MOLESTATION CONVICTION BRINGS 10-YEAR TERM TO VENTURA COUNTY MAN IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE | 
  
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    | March 3 | LOS ANGELES MAN WHO MADE 'DONATIONS' TO JEWISH GROUP AND TOOK BOGUS TAX DEDUCTIONS SENTENCED TO PRISON | 
  
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    | February 27 | SECOND MAN INVOLVED IN MASSIVE FRAUD AGAINST HSBC SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON | 
  
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    | February 26 | DOCTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD FOR GIVING AIDS AND HIV PATIENTS DILUTED MEDICATIONS | 
  
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    | February 25 | CARRIBEAN MAN INDICTED FOR ORCHESTRATING ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS | 
  
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    | February 25 | TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING TRUCKING COMPANIES IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SCHEME THAT USED INTERNET SITE | 
  
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    | February 24 | TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING TRUCKING COMPANIES IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SCHEME THAT USED INTERNET SITE | 
  
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    | February 23 | CHINESE MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ILLEGALLY EXPORTING SENSITIVE THERMAL-IMAGING TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA | 
  
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    | February 20 | THREE CHARGED IN MOVIE PIRACY CASES INVOLVING ILLEGAL POSTING OF THEATRICAL FILMS ON INTERNET | 
  
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    | February 20 | BORDER OFFICER WHO ALLOWED ILLEGAL ALIENS, MARIJUANA TO BE SMUGGLED INTO U.S. SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON | 
  
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    | February 11 | FIVE DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF INTERNATIONAL SEX TRAFFICKING FOR FORCING GUATEMALAN GIRLS AND WOMEN INTO PROSTITUTION | 
  
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    | February 10 | SAN GABRIEL VALLEY DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR DISPENSING NARCOTICS WITHOUT EXAMINING HIS 'PATIENTS' | 
  
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    | February 5 | U.S. COURT REJECTS TWO PROMINENT L.A. REAL ESTATE INVESTORS' ATTEMPT TO USE TAX AVOIDANCE SCHEME | 
  
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    | January 30 | OPERATOR OF STANDARD HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES CHARGED IN DUMPING OF CHEMICALS THAT CAUSED ILLNESSES IN SUBWAY | 
  
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    | January 30 | FORMER HOSPITAL OWNER ARRESTED IN KICKBACK SCHEME THAT DEFRAUDED GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS
      THROUGH UNNECESSARY TREATMENTS TO HOMELESS | 
  
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    | January 29 | FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMAN INDICTED ON CHARGES RELATED TO BOGUS INVESTMENT SCAM INVOLVING INTERNET COMPANIES | 
  
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    | January 22 | VENTURA COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH SALE OF 'MAGIC MUSHROOMS' CONSUMED BY TEEN LATER KILLED ON FREEWAY | 
  
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    | January 20 | WOMAN WHO PROMISED TO HELP HOMEOWNERS AVOID FORECLOSURE SENTENCED TO OVER 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TAKING MILLIONS FROM INVESTORS IN FRAUDULENT SCHEME | 
  
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    | January 12 | VP OF LA-AREA COMPANY CHARGED WITH EXPORTING RESTRICTED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS TO CHINA | 
  
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    | January 12 | TAX PREPARER SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RUNNING SCHEME THAT LED TO MILLIONS IN LOSSES | 
  
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          | January 12 | TEN DEFENDANTS IN LARGEST-EVER FEDERAL GANG CASE FOUND GUILTY OF RACKETEERING, NARCOTICS CHARGES |