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| November 4 Latest Release |
Claremont Woman and Son among Four Charged in Money Laundering Conspiracy Related to ‘Purple Drank’ Distribution Scheme |
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| October 31 |
Orange County Man Found Guilty of Using Credit Cards Stolen from Victims in the Vietnamese Community to Purchase Luxury Goods |
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| October 27 |
Authorities Arrest 16 Linked to $18 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving Bogus Prescriptions for Expensive Anti-Psychotic Drugs |
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| October 26 |
Arrests Follow Undercover Deal involving 10 Pounds of Methamphetamine |
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| October 26 |
O.C. Doctor Arrested on Charges of Illegally Prescribing Addictive Pain Medications, Often Meeting with 'Patients' at Starbucks |
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| October 25 |
Parolee Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for Identity Theft |
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| October 25 |
West Covina Woman Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Running Investment Scheme that Raised Nearly $7 Million |
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| October 24 |
Montebello Attorney Sentenced to One Year in Federal Prison for ‘Structuring’ Cash Transactions in Bid to Avoid Paying Income Taxes |
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| October 18 |
Bel-Air Man Convicted of Bankruptcy Fraud and Assault Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Federal Prison |
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| October 18 |
Task Force Investigation Results in Whittier-Area Gang Members Being Named in Federal Narcotics Trafficking Indictment |
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| October 17 |
Santa Barbara Accountant Arrested on Federal Tax Charges |
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| October 14 |
L.A.-Area Immigration Consultants Indicted in Asylum Fraud Scheme Involving Chinese Aliens and Bogus Claims of Religious Persecution |
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| October 13 |
Grand Jury Indicts 14 in L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring that Allegedly Distributed Over 1 Million Pills of the Highly Addictive Painkillers |
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| October 11 |
Final U.S. Defendant Charged with Participating in Online Child Pornography Bulletin Board Found Guilty in Federal Court |
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| October 11 |
Prominent L.A. Businessman Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Stealing Nearly $21 Million Entrusted to His Company |
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| October 7 |
California’s Top Federal Law Enforcement Officials Announce Enforcement Actions Against State’s Widespread and Illegal Marijuana Industry |
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| October 7 |
Enforcement Actions Directed At Commercial Marijuana Operations Across Southland Include Criminal Drug Trafficking Case, Property Forfeiture Lawsuits and Warning Letters to Landlords |
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| October 5 |
Promoter of Christian Rock Concerts Pleads Guilty to Federal Wire Fraud Charge in $1 Million Ponzi Scheme |
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| October 4 |
Promoter of Christian Rock Concerts Pleads Guilty to Federal Wire Fraud Charge in $1 Million Ponzi Scheme |
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| October 3 |
Former LA City Building Inspector Sentenced to 18 Months on Federal Bribery Charges |
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| October 3 |
55 Indicted in Massive Federal Income Tax Fraud Scheme that Illegally Sought More Than a Quarter Billion Dollars in Tax Refunds |
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| September 27 |
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DOCTOR CONVICTED OF SELLING BOGUS CANCER CURE TO CHRISTIANS ACROSS THE NATION |
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| September 23 |
SCE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PAY $9.6 MILLION TO SETTLE FEDERAL CLAIMS RELATED TO 2007 GRASS VALLEY FIRE |
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| September 20 |
FEDERAL COURT SHUTS DOWN BURBANK-BASED TAX PREPARER |
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| September 19 |
FORMER L.A. CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS IN PRISON ON FEDERAL BRIBERY CHARGES |
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| September 15 |
O.C. SEX OFFENDER FACES 26 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY |
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| September 15 |
FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF SELLING STOLEN ART AND SELLING FORGED PAINTINGS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS |
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| September 14 |
CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TAKING 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO LAS VEGAS TO HAVE SEX |
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| September 13 |
WESTSIDE MORTGAGE BANKER SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR ‘PROPERTY-FLIPPING’ FRAUD SCHEME |
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| September 12 |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR IMPORTING COUNTERFEIT EXERCISE EQUIPMENT |
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| September 9 |
DEFENDANT IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCAM ORDERED HELD WITHOUT BOND AFTER DEPORTATION FROM SAMOA |
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| September 9 |
SMUGGLER INVOLVED IN THE MISTREATMENT OF ALIENS AT HIGH DESERT ‘DROP HOUSE’ SENTENCED TO OVER 7 YEARS IN PRISON |
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| September 8 |
ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR STOCK FRAUD AND SCHEME TO BILK INVESTOR |
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| September 7 |
SIX DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN LOS ANGELES AS PART OF NATIONWIDE MEDICARE FRAUD STRIKE FORCE TAKEDOWN |
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| September 6 |
MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL FRAUD IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR NASCAR MERCHANDISE PONZI THAT BILKED FRIENDS AND FAMILY |
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| September 2 |
BAY AREA WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD FOR FILING TAX RETURNS THAT CLAIMED NON-EXISTENT DEPENDENTS |
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| September 1 |
LOS ANGELES TAX PREPARER SENTENCED TO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR VISA AND TAX FRAUD SCHEME |
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| September 1 |
ORANGE COUNTY MAN WHO ADMITTED HACKING INTO PERSONAL COMPUTERS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ‘SEXTORTION’ OF WOMEN AND TEENAGE GIRLS |
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| August 31 |
LAWYER CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ACCEPTING CASH AFTER PROMISING TO TAMPER WITH WITNESS TESTIMONY |
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| August 30 |
EMPLOYEE OF CENTRAL COAST BANK ADMITS STEALING NEARLY $110,000 – MOSTLY FROM ACCOUNTS OF TWO OCTOGENARIANS |
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| August 29 |
FORMER BANK EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROLE IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME |
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| August 18 |
FORMER PRESIDENT OF HURST FINANCIAL CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING INVESTORS IN CENTRAL COAST REAL ESTATE |
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| August 16 |
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR STEALING FUNDS FROM BENEFICIARIES |
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| August 16 |
BOGUS INVESTMENT ADVISOR SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR RUNNING 15-YEAR, $15 MILLION PONZI SCHEME THAT TARGETED RETIRED BUS AND TRAIN OPERATORS |
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| August 15 |
GUATEMALAN MAN WHO DIRECTED MISTREATMENT OF ALIENS AT LANCASTER ‘DROP HOUSE’ SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON |
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| August 15 |
SIMI VALLEY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL NARCOTICS CHARGE, ADMITTING HE DISTRIBUTED HEROIN THAT CAUSED OVERDOSE DEATHS OF TWO VENTURA COUNTY USERS |
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| August 15 |
ORANGE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH SEX TRAFFICKING AFTER RESCUE OF TEXAS GIRLS HE BROUGHT TO CALIFORNIA |
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| August 12 |
FORMER PRESIDENT OF VENTURA HELLS ANGELS CHAPTER ARRESTED ON FEDERAL EXTORTION AND FIREBOMBING CHARGES |
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| August 11 |
FORMER SUPERVISOR AT U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS ON BRIBERY AND FRAUD CHARGES |
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| August 5 |
ORANGE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER AND DOCTOR WHO BILKED MEDICARE AGREE TO PAY $7.5 MILLION TO SETTLE FRAUD CASE |
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| August 5 |
GANG MEMBER AND LEADER OF METH TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| August 5 |
FEDERAL DRUG CASE TARGETS MEMBERS OF COMPTON STREET GANG ACCUSED OF SELLING MARIJUANA, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS |
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| August 5 |
TWO OWNERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANIES SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS IN PRISON IN TAX CASE |
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| August 4 |
PROMINENT L.A. ATTORNEY FACES SIX MONTHS IN JAIL FOR 'CONDUIT CONTRIBUTIONS' TO A FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN |
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| August 1 |
JAPANESE NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO SMUGGLING TURTLES AND TORTOISES FROM JAPAN INTO THE UNITED STATES |
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| July 26 |
ORANGE COUNTY DOCTOR SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR BILLING FOR CANCER MEDS THAT WERE NEVER PROVIDED |
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| July 25 |
ORANGE COUNTY DOCTOR SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR BILLING FOR CANCER MEDS THAT WERE NEVER PROVIDED |
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| July 22 |
TWO ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY USING COUNTERFEIT CREDIT CARDS TO BUY HIGH-END ELECTRONICS |
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| July 22 |
TSA OFFICER INDICTED IN SERIES OF THEFTS FROM LUGGAGE |
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| July 20 |
DOCTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO 18 DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES FOR DISPENSING NARCOTICS WITHOUT EXAMINING ‘PATIENTS’ |
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| July 14 |
WASHINGTON STATE MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS FOR ORCHESTRATING FORECLOSURE-RESCUE SCHEME |
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| July 12 |
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN VISA FRAUD SCHEME |
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| July 8 |
SIX LOS ANGELES COUNTY RESIDENTS CHARGED IN $4 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME |
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| July 7 |
LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROBATION OFFICER ARRESTED FOR WIRE FRAUD FOR FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING STUDENT AID |
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| July 6 |
LOMITA MAN SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SMUGGLING LIZARDS INTO THE UNITED STATES |
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| June 27 |
FINAL DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR PARTICIPATING IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY DISTRIBUTION RING |
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| June 27 |
LEAD DEFENDANT IN INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER HACKING RING SENTENCED IN TWO CASES TO 13 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| June 27 |
FORMER L.A. COUNTY SOCIAL WORKER SENTENCED TO NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR IDENTITY THEFT AND TAX SCAM |
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| June 22 |
CHILD MOLESTER WHO PHOTOGRAPHED HIS SEXUAL ASSAULTS SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| June 21 |
FORMER EMPLOYEE OF U.S. FOREST SERVICE SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR EMBEZZLING $1.4 MILLION |
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| June 21 |
MANAGER OF TUJUNGA BUSINESS SENTENCED TO OVER FOUR YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME |
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| June 20 |
THREE MEMBERS OF VENTURA AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTY GANGS GET AT LEAST 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL DRUG CASE |
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| June 17 |
18 CHARGED IN FRAUD CASES RELATED TO TELEMARKETING OPERATIONS THAT SOLICITED OVER $25 MILLION FOR INDIE FILMS |
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| June 14 |
PSYCHOLOGIST ARRESTED IN MEDICAL FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING NEARLY $1 MILLION IN BOGUS TREATMENT COSTS |
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| June 9 |
MASSACHUSETTS MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ENTICING GIRLS TO ENGAGE IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT ON INTERNET THAT HE RECORDED AND DISTRIBUTED |
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| June 9 |
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MAN ARRESTED IN VISA FRAUD SCHEME |
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| June 7 |
CENTRAL COAST WOMAN GUILTY IN FRAUD SCHEME TO OBTAIN $35 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
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| June 7 |
FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT ALLEGES AZUSA STREET GANG RESPONSIBLE FOR NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND CAMPAIGN OF HATE CRIMES TARGETING AFRICAN-AMERICANS |
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| June 6 |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO VIOLATE THE CLEAN AIR ACT DURING ASBESTOS REMOVAL |
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| June 6 |
RIALTO POLICE OFFICER AND ORANGE COUNTY DEFENSE ATTORNEY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN FEDERAL BRIBERY CASE |
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| June 2 |
INVENTOR OF ZICAM COLD REMEDY ARRESTED FOR ILLEGALLY IMPORTING AND DISTRIBUTING OF UNAPPROVED ‘BIRD FLU’ DRUG |
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| May 26 |
I.R.S. REVENUE AGENT WHO FILED FALSE TAX RETURNS FOR HIMSELF AND OTHERS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON |
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| May 24 |
EMPLOYEE OF CENTRAL COAST BANK ARRESTED FOR STEALING NEARLY $110,000, MOSTLY FROM ELDERLY CUSTOMERS |
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| May 23 |
SECOND L.A. CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL BRIBERY CHARGE FOR TAKING THOUSANDS IN CASH |
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| May 23 |
CENTRAL COAST MAN SENTENCED TO NEARLY TWO YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME |
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| May 19 |
PROMINENT L.A. BUSINESSMAN CONVICTED ON FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES FOR STEALING $21 MILLION ENTRUSTED TO HIS FIRM |
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| May 17 |
CENTRAL COAST WOMAN ARRESTED FOR LOAN FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT IN SCHEMES INVOLVING FRAUDULENT TAX RETURNS |
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| May 10 |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMPANY, TWO EXECUTIVES AND INTERMEDIARY CONVICTED IN SCHEME TO BRIBE OFFICIALS AT STATE-OWNED ELECTRICAL UTILITY IN MEXICO |
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| May 10 |
OWNER OF O.C. REHABILITATION FACILITY ARRAIGNED ON FEDERAL MAIL FRAUD CHARGES ALLEGING MEDICARE SCAM |
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| May 9 |
THREE ASSOCIATED WITH L.A. JEWELRY STORE SENTENCED FOR SELLING LEAD-TAINTED COUNTERFEIT DESIGNER JEWELRY |
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| May 9 |
LOS ANGELES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ROLE IN TRAFFICKING COUNTERFEIT EXERCISE EQUIPMENT MADE IN CHINA |
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| May 9 |
OPERATOR OF CLANDESTINE STEROID LAB IN COMPTON SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
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| May 9 |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CONVICTIONS IN SMUGGLING SCHEMES, INCLUDING PLOT TO BRING SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES INTO UNITED STATES |
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| May 6 |
PASO ROBLES COUPLE PLEAD GUILTY TO HARBORING FILIPINO ALIENS WHO WERE SMUGGLED INTO U.S. AND WORKED UNDER ABUSIVE CONDITIONS AT ELDER CARE FACILIITIES |
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| May 6 |
FORMER BASEBALL PLAYER LENNY DYKSTRA INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN BANKRUPTCY FRAUD CASE |
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| May 3 |
FORMER SUPERVISOR AT U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES CONVICTED OF BRIBERY AND FRAUD CHARGES |
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| May 3 |
TRANSIENT INDICTED ON FEDERAL EXPLOSIVES CHARGES RELATED TO BLAST OUTSIDE SANTA MONICA SYNAGOGUE |
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| May 2 |
PIZZA SHOP OPERATOR SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION |
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| April 18 |
FORMER TOP OFFICIAL WITH INLAND EMPIRE INDIAN TRIBE SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR TAKING BRIBES |
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| April 18 |
ESCROW AGENT WHO EMBEZZLED NEARLY $4 MILLION BEING HELD FOR 24 CALIFORNIA CITIES SENTENCED TO PRISON |
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| April 15 |
FORMER MLB STAR LENNY DYKSTRA CHARGED IN BANKRUPTCY FRAUD CASE THAT ALLEGES SALE OF ITEMS FROM MANSION |
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| April 14 |
WOMAN WHO SOLD ABUSED AND SICK HORSES SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING INTERNET CUSTOMERS |
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| April 11 |
OPERATOR OF ‘CAP X’ PONZI SCHEME SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR BILKING VICTIMS OUT $8 MILLION |
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| April 8 |
PURPORTED INVESTMENT ADVISOR CHARGED WITH RUNNING 15-YEAR PONZI SCHEME THAT COLLECTED $15 MILLION |
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| April 8 |
FBI ARRESTS TWO L.A. CITY BUILDING INSPECTORS ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN BRIBES |
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| April 7 |
NEW YORK MAN SENTENCED TO 16 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROLE IN $1.7 MILLION INSIDER TRADING SCHEME |
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| April 7 |
TWO EXECUTIVES IN PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ILLEGAL STOCK SALES |
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| April 6 |
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MAN CONVICTED OF ILLEGALLY STORING TOXIC AND EXPLOSIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE IN HIS BACKYARD |
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| April 6 |
3 MEMBERS OF FAMILY THAT OPERATES L.A.-AREA IMMIGRATION CONSULTING BUSINESS ARRESTED ON VISA FRAUD CHARGES |
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| April 5 |
ART COLLECTOR AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY IN TAX SCHEME INVOLVING INFLATED APPRAISALS FOR CHARITABLE GIFTS |
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| April 5 |
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR RUNNING $6 MILLION JOB SCAM |
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| March 29 |
OWNER OF SOUTH L.A. BUSINESS SENTENCED TO NEARLY FIVE YEARS IN PRISON IN $1.8 MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME |
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| March 29 |
SANTA CLARITA MAN CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY AND VIOLATING THE CLEAN AIR ACT BY IMPROPERLY HANDLING ASBESTOS |
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| March 26 |
FIVE DOMESTIC DEFENDANTS LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER HACKING RING GUILTY OF FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES |
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| March 23 |
L.A. MAN CONVICTED OF ILLEGALLY MARKETING UNAPPROVED DRUGS WITH CLAIMS THAT VARIOUS AILMENTS WOULD BE CURED |
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| March 23 |
O.C. INVESTMENT ADVISOR PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD CHARGES IN PONZI SCHEME THAT CAUSED OVER $6 MILLION IN LOSSES |
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| March 22 |
MONTEBELLO ATTORNEY PLEADS GUILTY TO ‘STRUCTURING’ CASH TRANSACTIONS IN BID TO AVOID PAYING INCOME TAXES |
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| March 22 |
FORMER EMPLOYEE OF COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHARGED WITH STEALING FEDERAL STUDENT AID MONEY |
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| March 21 |
LEADER OF ALIEN SMUGGLING RING WITH TIES TO LOS ANGELES STREET GANG SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON |
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| March 21 |
GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO NEARLY 18 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TAKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN BRIBES FROM IMMIGRANTS SEEKING STATUS IN U.S. |
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| March 17 |
FORMER CORONA CITY COUNCILMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING TO FBI AGENTS INVESTIGATING HIS BANKRUPTCY CASE |
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| March 15 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR VIOLATING INMATE’S RIGHT TO PRACTICE HIS RELIGION |
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| March 10 |
TWO MEN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES RELATED TO BOILER ROOM THAT SOLICITED INDEPENDENT FILM INVESTMENTS |
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| March 10 |
INLAND EMPIRE FURNITURE COMPANY EXEC SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR HIRING ILLEGAL WORKERS |
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| March 10 |
ORANGE COUNTY COUPLE ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF BILKING BANKS OUT OF $130 MILLION IN LINE OF CREDIT SCAM |
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| March 10 |
DISBARRED LAWYER INDICTED IN $9.5 MILLION INVESTMENT SCAM |
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| March 8 |
FORMER LAW FIRM PARTNER PLEADS GUILTY TO USING FABRICATED IRS DOCUMENT TO AVOID PAYING BACK TAXES |
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| March 7 |
PARKING COMPANY CO-OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO BRIBING FORMER INDIAN TRIBE CHAIRMAN TO SECURE VALET CONTRACT |
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| March 7 |
TEN DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN ‘NIGERIAN 419 SCAM’ THAT FALSELY PROMISED INHERITANCE MONEY TO VICTIMS |
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| March 7 |
OPERATOR OF TUSTIN COMPANY CHARGED WITH STEALING $285,000 FROM GROUP OF ROMAN CATHOLIC NUNS |
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| March 4 |
OWNERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANIES OPERATING OUT OF VENTURA AND ORANGE COUNTIES CONVICTED IN TAX CASE |
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| March 3 |
FORMER UPLAND MAYOR, SECOND CITY OFFICIAL INDICTED IN FEDERAL CORRUPTION CASE FOR DEMANDING $70,000 IN BRIBES |
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| March 2 |
AVAYA AND CIT GROUP PAY OVER $16.5 MILLION TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS OF OVERCHARGING FOR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS |
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| February 23 |
SANTA CLARITA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE CLEAN AIR ACT’S ASBESTOS WORK PRACTICE STANDARDS |
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| February 17 |
SIX LOS ANGELES-AREA DEFENDANTS INDICTED FOR SUBMITTING NEARLY $30 MILLION IN FRAUDULENT BILLS TO MEDICARE |
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| February 16 |
ARMENIAN POWER ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP TARGETED IN FEDERAL INDICTMENTS THAT ALLEGE RACKETEERING OFFENSES, INCLUDING BANK FRAUD SCHEMES, KIDNAPPINGS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING |
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| February 14 |
CON MAN SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS IN PRISON IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PONZI SCHEME THAT BILKED HUNDREDS OF INVESTORS |
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| February 14 |
FORMER CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR LYING DURING INVESTIGATION INTO CAMPAIGN LETTERS |
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| February 10 |
FORMER L.A. COUNTY SOCIAL WORKER PLEADS GUILTY IN IDENTITY THEFT, TAX SCAM THAT ILLEGALLY SOUGHT $2 MILLION |
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| February 9 |
MEMBERS OF OXNARD STREET GANG NAMED IN FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING INDICTMENTS ARRESTED BY AUTHORITIES |
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| February 7 |
MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN WHO SKIMMED $1.7 MILLION FROM CONTRACTS WHILE IN IRAQ SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON |
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| February 7 |
SECOND KEY PLAYER IN IRVINE-BASED PONZI PLEADS GUILTY IN $8 MILLION SCHEME THAT TARGETED KOREAN-AMERICANS |
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| February 4 |
SECOND SOUTH L.A. GANG LEADER SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING PCP |
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| February 3 |
FEDERAL COURT SHUTS DOWN UPLAND-BASED TAX PREPARER |
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| February 1 |
RACKETEERING INDICTMENT TARGETS 38th STREET GANG |
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| January 28 |
FORMER HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OFFICIAL ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES STEMMING FROM KICKBACK SCHEME
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| January 28 |
PONZI OPERATOR WHO COLLECTED $2 MILLION FROM VICTIMS SENTENCED TO NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
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| January 28 |
CLAREMONT MAN ARRESTED FOR SENDING THREATENING LETTERS TO L.A. COUNTY DEPT. OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES |
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| January 27 |
CANADIAN TELEMARKETER SENTENCED TO OVER NINE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN BOND SCAM INVOLVING LOTTERIES |
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| January 25 |
FINAL DEFENDANT INVOLVED IN MONTEREY PARK-BASED CREDIT CARD FRAUD RING SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON |
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| January 24 |
WASHINGTON STATE MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ORCHESTRATING FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCHEME THAT FALSELY PROMISED TO HELP DISTRESSED HOMEOWNERS KEEP THEIR HOMES |
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| January 19 |
LENNOX 13 STREET GANG TARGETED IN FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT, STATE DRUG CHARGES AND IMMIGRATION ARRESTS |
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| January 11 |
MEMBERS OF VENTURA AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTY STREET GANGS CHARGED IN FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE |
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| January 11 |
FORMER CHASE BANK OFFICIAL CONVICTED OF TAKING BRIBES AND DISCLOSING EXISTENCE OF A SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORT |
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| January 10 |
FORMER STATE EMPLOYEE WHO INSPECTED REHAB CLINICS SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR TAKING CASH BRIBES |
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| January 10 |
JAPANESE NATIONALS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF SMUGGLING TURTLES AND TORTOISES FROM JAPAN INTO THE UNITED STATES |
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| January 10 |
LEAD DEFENDANT IN MASSIVE RACKETEERING CASE THAT TARGETED HAWAIIAN GARDENS GANG SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR WIDE-RANGING DRUG TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES |
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| January 5 |
I.R.S. REVENUE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS FOR HIMSELF AND TWO RELATIVES |
