U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California
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A Compton resident has admitted to assaulting a federal officer during an anti-immigration enforcement riot in Paramount last year.
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A licensed real estate broker and two others were arrested in Los Angeles on allegations they participated in the fraudulent sale of a $1.5 million home in Burbank, using stolen identities to obtain nearly $1 million in loan proceeds.
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A dual national of China and St. Kitts and Nevis, Daren Li, was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale cryptocurrency investment scam that operated from Cambodia.
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A Pasadena woman has been sentenced to 64 months in federal prison for stalking and making bomb threats against a U.S. consulate in Vietnam.
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An individual from Mexico was sentenced to four years in federal prison for throwing a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement officers during an anti-immigration enforcement protest in Paramount, California.
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A Chinese national has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for his involvement in laundering more than $36.9 million from victims of a digital asset investment scam.
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A federal court has ordered JMG Investments Inc., a Woodland Hills-based rehabilitation center, and its owner Jeffrey Schwartz to pay over $1.5 million to the United States for violating the False Claims Act related to COVID-19 business loans.
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A Westwood resident was arrested on federal charges for allegedly misusing $23 million in public funds meant to address homelessness in Los Angeles.
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A Mexican national who had been deported twice and whose criminal record includes a conviction for causing the deaths of two teenagers in Orange County has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States.
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An Anaheim man was arrested on a federal criminal complaint for allegedly making death threats against Vice President JD Vance during the Vice President's visit to Disneyland Resort in July 2025.
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An Orange County Superior Court judge, Israel Claustro, has been federally charged with mail fraud in connection to a scheme involving California’s workers’ compensation program.
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A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted four individuals associated with an anti-capitalist and anti-government group for allegedly planning to carry out bombings in Southern California on New Year’s Eve.
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Sixteen individuals associated with the Puente-13 street gang were arrested in Los Angeles on federal criminal complaints.
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Four individuals have been arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb two U.S. companies in Southern California on New Year’s Eve, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
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A former Compton city councilman has admitted to paying $70,000 in bribes to a Baldwin Park official in exchange for support with commercial marijuana permits and also pleaded guilty to evading federal income taxes by failing to file returns over...
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A former Santa Monica physician was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for distributing ketamine to actor Matthew Perry, despite knowing about Perry’s history of addiction and that the drug was being administered by an untrained personal...
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A man from Koreatown, Jose Francisco Jovel, 54, has been charged with attempting to damage federal property after allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails inside a federal building in downtown Los Angeles.
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Federal authorities have arrested the owner of an Orange County staffing company and three other individuals on charges related to a $90 million tax fraud scheme.
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A woman from Arcadia was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for leading an international money laundering operation that moved over $11.6 million obtained through scams targeting elderly victims.
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A former engineer from San Jose has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for stealing trade secret technology developed for missile launch detection and military aircraft defense.