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    December 21Back to Top
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    FIVE CHARGED WITH RUNNING PROSTITUTION RING THAT LURED WOMEN FROM GUATEMALA WITH FALSE PROMISES OF JOBS


    December 21 OPERATION 'SECURE PASSPORT' LEADS TO CHARGES AGAINST OVER TWO DOZEN WHO ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN OR ACTUALLY OBTAINED PASSPORTS IN FAKE IDENTITIES


    December 18 MEXICAN MAFIA MEMBER WHO CONTROLLED HISPANIC GANGS IN ORANGE COUNTY SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON


    December 18 FLORIDA HOSPITAL PAYS OVER $14 MILLION TO RESOLVE LAWSUIT ALLEGING THAT IT FAILED TO RETURN OVERPAYMENTS FROM GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS


    December 14 CAMCORDER PLEADS GUILTY TO INFRINGING COPYRIGHT OF MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III


    December 12 SAMOA DEPORTS FUGITIVE WANTED IN UNITED STATES IN $50 MILLION REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FRAUD SCAM


    December 8 CAREER CON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM ATTORNEY RELATED TO CONVICTED MURDERER


    December 7 JURY CONVICTS FOUR STOCKBROKERS INVOLVED IN PUMP-AND-DUMP SCHEME OPERATED IN SAN DIEGO


    December 7 AD EXECUTIVES, ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING CLIENTS OUT OF OVER $40 MILLION


    December 4 ORANGE COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN H.U.D. FRAUD CASE


    December 1 HOLLYWOOD MOVIE PIRATE SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND ESCAPE


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    ROMANIAN CHARGED WITH HACKING INTO GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS, CAUSING NEARLY $1.5 MILLION IN LOSSES


    November 30 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COLLECTS RECORD AMOUNT OF MONEY IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES


    November 28 FORMER TREASURER OF SOUTH GATE SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN CORRUPTION CASE THAT COST CITY TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS


    November 21 MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO SELL COUNTERFEIT 'YU-GI-OH' TRADING CARDS


    November 20 GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR MURDERS, ASSAULTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS


    November 20 ORANGE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PRODUCING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VIDEOS OF HIS OWN CHILD


    November 14 RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY PAYS $70 MILLION TO RESOLVE CRIMINAL CASE OF REHIRING WORKERS DURING LABOR DISPUTE


    November 13 FORMER LABOR UNION PRESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING FUNDS GIVEN TO COUNCIL CANDIDATE


    November 9 18 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEN CHARGED WITH POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY THEY DOWNLOADED FROM INTERNET


    November 7 PASADENA STORE OWNER ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD FOOD STAMP PROGRAM


    November 7 OPERATOR OF PALM SPRINGS CANCER CENTER TO PAY $900,000 TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS IT OVERCHARGED MEDICARE


    November 6 LOS ANGELES-BASED FEDERAL PROSECUTOR TO SERVE AS DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER DURING GENERAL ELECTION


    November 2 RESOLUTIONS IN THREE CASES INVOLVING HOAX THREATS TO BLOW UP PLANES AND TO SEND ANTHRAX-LACED LETTER


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    ORANGE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR RUNNING INVESTMENT SCAM THROUGH POWER COMPANY


    October 30 NEBRASKA HOSPITAL PAYS $4 MILLION TO RESOLVE LAWSUIT ALLEGING THAT IT FAILED TO RETURN OVERPAYMENTS FROM GOVERNMENT HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS


    October 26 JURY CONVICTS NINE MEMBERS OF VALLEY STREET GANG OF PARTICIPATING IN NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY


    October 26 O.C. MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN KICKBACK SCHEME TO HAVE INJURED POSTAL SERVICE WORKERS REFERRED TO HIS CLINIC


    October 25 FIVE FAMILY MEMBERS FACE NEW CHARGES OF CONSPIRING TO EXPORT U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES TO CHINA AND LYING TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS


    October 25 SANTA ANA JAIL GUARD INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES


    October 24 TWO CONVICTED IN MASSIVE FRAUD AGAINST HSBC BANK


    October 20 ORANGE COUNTY RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN HEALTHCARE FRAUD CASE INVOLVING BOGUS PRESCRIPTIONS


    October 16 HOME HEALTH AGENCY OWNER SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS


    October 13 LEADER OF SCHEME THAT DEFRAUDED CALIFORNIA'S BOTTLE/CAN RECYCLING PROGRAM OUT OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON


    October 12 EX-CEO OF HOMESTORE.COM SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ORCHESTRATING SCHEME THAT ILLEGALLY INFLATED COMPANY'S REVENUE


    October 11 U.S. CITIZEN INDICTED ON TREASON, MATERIAL SUPPORT CHARGES FOR PROVIDING AID AND COMFORT TO AL QAEDA


    October 10 MORTGAGE PROFESSIONAL AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY IN $20 MILLION 'PRIVATE MONEY NOTE' INVESTMENT SCAM


    October 10 GUILTY PLEA IN $40 MILLION HOME HEALTH CARE FRAUD


    October 6 REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL SENTENCED TO OVER 10 YEARS FOR RUNNING AN ILLEGAL PROPERTY-FLIPPING SCHEME


    October 6 ROMANIAN NATIONALS INDICTED FOR RUNNING INTERNET SCAM THAT PURPORTED TO BENEFIT HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS


    October 6 ORANGE COUNTY IDENTITY THEFT TASK FORCE CRACKS CRIMINAL OPERATIONS THAT CAUSED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOSSES TO LENDERS


    October 5 ORANGE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS FOR SMUGGLING CHINESE ALIENS INTO UNITED STATES


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    IRANIAN MEDIA PERSONALITY PLEADS GUILTY IN FAR-REACHING VISA FRAUD SCHEME


    September 29 UNITED STATES CITIZEN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF PROVIDING SUPPORT TO TERRORIST GROUP


    September 27 FINAL DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY IN RACKETEERING CASE THAT TARGETED MEXICAN MAFIA MEMBER WHO CONTROLLED HISPANIC GANGS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ORANGE COUNTY


    September 26 ORANGE COUNTY COMPANY AND V.P. PLEAD GUILTY IN SCHEME TO AVOID PAYING IMPORT TARIFFS ON FROZEN SHRIMP SHIPPED TO MEXICO


    September 26 LEBANESE CREDIT CARD FRAUDSTER SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON


    September 25 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DOCTOR SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR DEFRAUDING MEDICARE PROGRAM OUT OF $3.1 MILLION


    September 22 FOUR ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF SELLING ENDANGERED SPECIES COMMONLY CALLED DRAGON FISH


    September 21 ORANGE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH POSTING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES OF BOY ON ADULT ESCORT WEBSITE


    September 20 LOS ANGELES MAN ARRESTED ON CHARGES HE FAILED TO REGISTER AS AN AGENT FOR THE FORMER IRAQI REGIME


    September 18 UNAUTHORIZED RADIO OPERATOR WHO INTERFERED WITH GOVERNMENT FREQUENCIES SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS


    September 15 LEADERS OF ARYAN BROTHERHOOD'S FEDERAL FACTION CONVICTED OF RACKETEERING AND MURDER OFFENSES


    September 14 BODYGUARD ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF IMPERSONATING FEDERAL AGENT IN BID TO GET WORK WITH CELEBRITIES


    September 13 ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS PLEAD GUILTY TO SIMILAR BUT SEPARATE HEALTHCARE SCAMS


    September 12 SKID ROW DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 12+ YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING HEROIN


    September 12 PENNSYLVANIA MEN TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES FOR EMBEZZLING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM NESTLE USA


    September 12 FEDERAL RACKETEERING/NARCOTICS INDICTMENT TARGETS TWO 'CLIQUES' OF 18th STREET GANG THAT CONTROLLED NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING IN AREAS NEAR DOWNTOWN L.A.


    September 5 SAN DIEGO COMPUTER EXPERT PLEADS GUILTY TO HACKING INTO USC COMPUTER SYSTEM CONTAINING STUDENT APPLICATIONS


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    OWNER OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES SENTENCED TO PRISON IN SCHEME THAT DEFRAUDED RESTAURANT OWNERS


    August 29 FOUR GUILTY IN $24 MILLION MEDICARE BILLING SCAM


    August 29 DIAMOND BAR WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO SELL COUNTERFEIT ELECTRICAL EXTENSION CORDS


    August 24 ORANGE COUNTY WOMAN ARRESTED IN HEALTH CARE SCAM THAT PROVIDED USED AND INFERIOR EQUIPMENT TO PATIENTS


    August 24 SANTA FE SPRINGS COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO VIOLATING FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT BY DISCHARGING POLLUTION INTO STORM DRAIN


    August 24 FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARREST OVER TWO DOZEN ALIENS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS


    August 17 CHIEF ENGINEER OF TANKER THAT DUMPED OIL-TAINTED POLLUTANTS INTO PACIFIC OCEAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAINTAINING FALSE RECORDS


    August 14 GREEK SHIPPING COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY IN POLLUTION CASE RELATED TO OIL LEAK


    August 4 BURBANK MAN SENTENCED TO 6 1/2 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VIA THE INTERNET


    August 3 EX-LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO VIOLATED CIVIL RIGHTS OF THREE WOMEN HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WHILE ON DUTY SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON


    August 2 NEWPORT BEACH MAN GUILTY OF FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING FOR ORCHESTRATING SCHEME THAT COST LENDERS $9 MILLION


    August 1 JAPANESE MAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF SMUGGLING PROTECTED AND ENDANGERED BUTTERFLIES


    August 1 GANG MEMBERS CONVICTED OF FEDERAL HATE CRIMES FOR MURDERS, ASSAULTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS


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    LOS ANGELES MAN WHO RAN SCHEME RESULTING IN THEFT OF $18 MILLION OF GOVERNMENT CHECKS SENTENCED TO SPEND ALMOST 22 YEARS IN PRISON


    July 25 BEVERLY HILLS MAN CONVICTED OF OPERATING 'BUST-OUT' SCHEMES THAT CAUSED MORE THAN $8 MILLION IN LOSSES


    July 25 KOREAN NATIONAL ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDING INVESTORS OUT OF $4 MILLION


    July 25 NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR RUNNING $3 MILLION 'BUST-OUT' SCHEME


    July 24 FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CREDIT LYONNAIS INVESTMENT BANKING SUBSIDIARY PLEADS GUILTY TO CAUSING BANK TO FILE FALSE STATEMENTS WITH THE FED


    July 20 EX-LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HOME COMPUTER


    July 20 ORANGE COUNTY MAN ADMITS TAKING KICKBACKS, CONCEALING PAYMENTS FROM I.R.S. AND HIS EMPLOYER


    July 20 THREE DEFENDANTS ADDED TO FEDERAL INDICTMENT IN FORECLOSURE SCAM TARGETING HOMEOWNERS IN DEFAULT


    July 17 SIMI VALLEY MAN ADMITS FRAUDULENTLY ACCESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION IN MERLIN INFORMATION DATABASE


    July 30 BOEING TO PAY UNITED STATES RECORD $615 MILLION TO RESOLVE FRAUD ALLEGATIONS


    July 17 VENTURA COUNTY DOCTOR SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY DISTRIBUTING OXYCONTIN


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    VALLEY MAN WHO ILLEGALLY SOLD COPIES OF SOUND EFFECTS CHARGED WITH FELONY COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT


    June 30 RALPHS AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY AND PAY $70 MILLION FOR ILLEGALLY REHIRING WORKERS DURING LABOR ACTION


    June 29 TWO EGYPTIAN NATIONALS PLEAD GUILTY TO HOLDING DOMESTIC WORKER IN INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE


    June 29 TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION TO PAY U.S. MORE THAN $900 MILLION TO RESOLVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS


    June 27 NEVADA MAN CONVICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO THE SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS


    June 27 AT&T PAYS NEARLY $3 MILLION TO SETTLE LAWSUIT ALLEGING THAT IT OVERBILLED THE GOVERNMENT


    June 27 NEARLY 30-YEAR SENTENCE GIVEN TO ECSTASY TRAFFICKER


    June 26 FORMER CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SENTENCED TO 17 1/2 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ASSISTING WHITE SUPREMACIST PRISON GANG


    June 23 VENICE CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY STEPHEN YAGMAN INDICTED ON TAX AND BANKRUPTCY FRAUD CHARGES


    June 22 FORMER CEO OF HOMESTORE.COM CONVICTED FOR ROLE IN SCHEME THAT FRAUDULENTLY INFLATED COMPANY'S REVENUE


    June 21 IDENTITY THIEF WITH INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CREDIT BUREAU PLEADS GUILTY


    June 21 CONTRACTING FIRMS PAY OVER $1 MILLION TO SETTLE I.N.S. SHREDDING ALLEGATIONS


    June 20 FORMER ADVERTISING EXECUTIVES AND THEIR LAWYER FOUND GUILTY IN SCAM THAT DEFRAUDED CLIENTS, INCLUDING SEARS ROEBUCK, OUT OF $30+ MILLION


    June 20 FEDERAL AGENTS DISMANTLE IDENTITY THEFT RING THAT PREYED ON DINERS AT SOUTHLAND RESTAURANTS


    June 19 CAMARILLO BUSINESSMAN ARRESTED IN TAX SCAM THAT COST UNITED STATES AT LEAST $20 MILLION


    June 14 FORMER DIRECTOR OF A.C. GREEN YOUTH FOUNDATION SENTENCED TO 27 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR EMBEZZLEMENT


    June 14 LOS ANGELES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO UPLOADING WALK THE LINE MOVIE ONTO INTERNET


    June 13 FORMER TEACHER SENTENCED TO NEARLY SIX YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY


    June 12 GARDENA MAN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF SELLING COUNTERFEIT PHARMACEUTICALS, INCLUDING VIAGRA


    June 12 SOUTH BAY MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR SMUGGLING ALIENS AND TROPICAL FISH INTO U.S.


    June 7 CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST MOTHER AND SON FOR ACTING AS AGENTS OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT


    June 2 11 CHARGED IN SOPHISTICATED ALIEN-SMUGGLING RING THAT BROUGHT IN HUMAN CARGO FROM MEXICO AND HELPED ALIENS TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE U.S.


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    OPERATOR OF ORANGE COUNTY-BASED PONZI SCHEME THAT CAUSED MORE THAN $150 MILLION IN LOSSES SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON


    May 25 LOS ANGELES MAN CHARGED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MAKE COPY OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TEST


    May 22 FIRST DEFENDANT LINKED TO ROBBERY CREW RUN BY POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS


    May 22 ATTORNEY AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO TAX CHARGE RELATED TO ROLE AS SECRET INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN PAID PLAINTIFF AND MILBERG WEISS LAW FIRM


    May 22 VENTURA WOMAN CONVICTED OF CHILD ABUSE FOR CAUSING SEVERE HEAD INJURY TO 4-YEAR-OLD


    May 19 JURY CONVICTS STORE OWNER OF TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT COMPUTER SOFTWARE


    May 19 HOLLYWOOD MAN INDICTED FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY; FACES AT LEAST 15 YEARS IN PRISON


    May 18 MILBERG WEISS LAW FIRM, TWO SENIOR PARTNERS INDICTED IN SECRET KICKBACK SCHEME INVOLVING NAMED PLAINTIFFS IN CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS


    May 17 OWNER OF HOME HEALTH AGENCY SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON IN MEDICARE FRAUD CASE


    May 16 FORMER CHIEF OF FLEISHMAN-HILLARD'S LOS ANGELES OFFICE GUILTY IN SCHEME TO OVERBILL FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS WORK


    May 16 DEFENDANT IN TELEMARKETING SCHEME OFFERING INVESTMENTS IN 'COLLECTIBLES' GETS 7 1/2-YEAR SENTENCE


    May 16 WESTLAKE VILLAGE MEN ARRESTED FOR OPERATING $68 MILLION PONZI SCHEME THAT DEFRAUDED MORE THAN 70 INVESTORS


    May 16 HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER PLEADS GUILTY TO RUNNING INVESTMENT SCAM RELATED TO PHONY D.H.S. TV SHOW


    May 16 FORMER OFFICIAL AT INLAND EMPIRE WATER AGENCY PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL CORRUPTION CASE STEMMING FROM CONTRACTS STEERED TO FRIEND'S FIRM


    May 15 WASHINGTON STATE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING ABOUT THE SINKING OF HIS FISHING BOAT OFF CALIFORNIA COAST


    May 12 SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY


    May 10 FOUNTAIN VALLEY ENGINEER PLEADS GUILTY TO USING INTERNET TO ENTICE 'MINOR' TO HAVE ILLEGAL SEX


    May 9 HOLLYWOOD GAME STORE OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO PIRATING VIDEO GAMES AND ILLEGALLY MODIFYING Xbox GAME CONSOLES


    May 8 'BOTHERDER' DEALT RECORD PRISON SENTENCE FOR SELLING AND SPREADING MALICIOUS COMPUTER CODE


    May 2 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT REGARDING CONDITIONS AT FOUR CALIFORNIA MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES


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    HEDGE FUND MANAGER AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY CHARGES IN SECURITIES FRAUD CASE


    April 24 VENTURA COUNTY DOCTOR AND PHARMACIST PLEAD GUILTY TO ILLEGALLY DISTRIBUTING DRUGS


    April 24 ORANGE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR RUNNING HALF-MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT SCAM


    April 20 LOS ANGELES MAN CONVICTED UNDER NEW STATUTE FOR PIRATING MOVIE IN A MOVIE THEATER


    April 20 SAN DIEGO COMPUTER EXPERT CHARGED WITH HACKING INTO U.S.C. COMPUTER SYSTEM CONTAINING STUDENT APPLICATIONS


    April 19 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN SCHEMES TO SMUGGLE NARCOTICS, CIGARETTES, COUNTERFEIT MONEY AND SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES INTO UNITED STATES


    April 19 ACTRESS PLEADS GUILTY TO COVERING UP INVESTMENT SCAM RELATED TO PHONY DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY TV SHOW


    April 10 MAN ARRAIGNED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF SMUGGLING ENDANGERED 'LUCKY' FISH


    April 7 FOUR GUILTY IN $24 MILLION MEDICARE BILLING SCAM


    April 3 ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS OWNER SENTENCED TO 27 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR SUBMITTING FALSE CLAIM FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT TAXES


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    CANYON COUNTRY MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 15 YEARS FOR POSSESSING AND DISTRIBUTING METHAMPHETAMINE


    March 27 FORMER OWNER OF SAN PEDRO BOAT WORKS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR VIOLATING FEDERAL HAZARDOUS WASTE LAWS


    March 22 TEN PLEAD GUILTY IN SCHEME THAT DEFRAUDED CALIFORNIA'S BOTTLE/CAN RECYCLING PROGRAM WITH FOREIGN AND NON-EXISTENT CONTAINERS


    March 21 FIVE ARRESTED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME THAT COLLECTED AT LEAST $20 MILLION FROM MEDICARE PROGRAM


    March 21 COACHELLA VALLEY MAN SENTENCED TO OVER 16 YEARS FOR POSSESSING GUNS AND GEAR USED TO MAKE METHAMPHETAMINE


    March 20 FORMER MAYOR OF LYNWOOD SENTENCED TO NEARLY 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CONVICTION ON FEDERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES


    March 13 RANCHO PALOS VERDES PHARMACISTS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR OVERBILLING MEDI-CAL FOR DRUGS PRESCRIBED TO UCLA LIVER PATIENTS


    March 10 JOSHUA TREE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSE WITH 10-YEAR MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE


    March 9 TWO ARRESTED FOR FALSELY CLAIMING THAT ASSOCIATES WERE ENGAGED IN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES INSIDE UNITED STATES


    March 3 EX-L.A. CITY COUNCILMAN MARTIN LUDLOW, EX-UNION LEADER CHARGED BY STATE AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN SCHEME TO FUNNEL MONEY TO LUDLOW'S SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN


    March 3 MAN WHO OFFERED HAZARDOUS WASTE RECYCLING ALLEGEDLY ONLY DUMPED MATERIAL IN STORAGE LOCKERS


    March 2 POLICE OFFICERS, OTHERS ALLEGEDLY MADE UP ROBBERY CREW THAT STOLE DRUGS, MONEY, WEAPONS


    March 2 HOMESTORE'S FORMER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SCHEME TO FRAUDULENTLY INFLATE COMPANY'S REVENUE


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    LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF GUILTY OF FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THREE WOMEN WHILE ON DUTY


    February 17 ACTRESS ARRESTED FOR COVERING-UP INVESTMENT SCAM RELATED TO BOGUS DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY SHOW


    February 16 INLAND EMPIRE MAN CHARGED WITH UPLOADING TO INTERNET COPY OF ACADEMY AWARDS 'SCREENER' OF WALK THE LINE


    February 16 MAN INDICTED FOR SELLING TO DENTAL OFFICES ADULTERATED MEDICAL DEVICES NOT APPROVED BY F.D.A.


    February 15 SAN BERNARDINO WOMAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KIDNAP AND MURDER OF HUSBAND


    February 15 CENTURY CITY ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH WIRETAPPING IN NEW INDICTMENT IN PELLICANO RACKETEERING CASE


    February 14 FORMER CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL OFFICER CONVICTED OF FEDERAL RACKETEERING CHARGES FOR ASSISTANT WHITE SUPREMACIST PRISON GANG


    February 10 SAN PEDRO MAN CONVICTED OF FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO SCUTTLING OF BOAT IN PORT OF LOS ANGELES


    February 7 OPERATOR OF FRAUDULENT ORANGE COUNTY TAX RETURN MILL PLEADS GUILTY TO CAUSING OVER $15 MILLION IN LOSSES TO IRS


    February 6 ANTHONY PELLICANO, TWO OTHERS NAMED IN FEDERAL RACKETEERING INDICTMENT


    February 3 FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ANAHEIM TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SENTENCED FOR FRAUD SCHEME


    February 2 THREE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND FORMER C.O. ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY IN SCHEMES TO SMUGGLE CONTRABAND


    February 1 TWO SOUTHLAND MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES IN IDENTITY THEFT CASE INVOLVING PRIVATE DATABASE INFO


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    SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSING AS AGENT WITH NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY


    January 26 AZUSA 'PHISHER' ARRESTED FOR POSING AS AMERICA ONLINE BILLING REPRESENTATIVE AND OBTAINING PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM SUBSCRIBERS


    January 25 LOS ANGELES MAN SENTENCED TO 37 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN HAZARDOUS WASTE CASE


    January 25 SEVEN PLEAD GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING STAR WARS PRIOR TO ITS THEATRICAL RELEASE


    January 23 BOT HERDER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUDULENT ADWARE INSTALLS AND SELLING ZOMBIES TO HACKERS AND SPAMMERS


    January 19 FORMER CREDIT LYONNAIS CHAIRMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CAUSING BANK TO FILE FALSE STATEMENTS WITH THE FED


    January 12 THREE CHARGED WITH PIRATING VIDEO GAMES AND ILLEGALLY MODIFYING Xbox GAME CONSOLES


    January 11 VALLEY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT SCAM


    January 10 REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL CONVICTED OF RUNNING ILLEGAL PROPERTY-FLIPPING SCHEME


    January 10 TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO FELONY CHARGES RELATED TO INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY ANTHONY PELLICANO


    January 3 FOUR MULTINATIONAL CONSULTING FIRMS PAY MILLIONS TO SETTLE CASE ALLEGING THEY OVERBILLED U.S. FOR TRAVEL