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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The Department of Justice has taken legal action to support access to places of worship, following an incident at the Adas Torah Synagogue in Los Angeles.
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A Los Angeles woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining over $2 million in COVID-19 relief loans and attempting to secure nearly $1.3 million in pandemic-related tax credits, according to the Justice...
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A woman from San Luis Obispo County has been arrested following allegations of creating fraudulent immigration documents, according to the Justice Department.
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An alleged leader of a transnational drug trafficking organization, Andrew Clark, has been extradited from Mexico to the United States to face federal charges.
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A San Bernardino County resident has pleaded guilty to charges related to the illegal possession of trade secrets.
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A Riverside County man has agreed to plead guilty to tax fraud charges after failing to report over $1.2 million in income from selling Stan Lee-signed memorabilia, according to the Justice Department.
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A Simi Valley couple, Carolina Rojas and Jairo John Gastelo, were arrested on charges of exploiting asylum-seeking immigrants from Latin America.
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A Russian national, Maksim Zaitsev, has been charged with assaulting a federal employee resulting in bodily injury.
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Three individuals have been arrested in Santa Ana, California, on federal criminal complaints for allegedly laundering over $13 million obtained from victims of investment scams known as "pig butchering."
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A federal grand jury has indicted two San Fernando Valley residents and one Long Beach resident on charges of armed robbery across Southern California.
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A former financial TV news analyst, James Arthur McDonald Jr., has agreed to plead guilty to securities fraud, according to an announcement by the Justice Department.
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A former gynecologist from Newport Beach, Mark Albert Rettenmaier, has entered a guilty plea to federal charges related to the possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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A Palmdale resident, Darius Desean Edwards, is set to appear in court today following a federal grand jury indictment.
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A Long Beach resident, Mateo Paul, has admitted to federal charges linked to a 2021 murder during a marijuana transaction in Inglewood.
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A man from Sylmar has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for using Instagram to distribute child sexual abuse material and threaten victims.
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A former school counselor in Riverside County, Matthew Daniel Johnson, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for child sexual exploitation crimes.
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Milton C. Grimes, a veteran lawyer from Los Angeles, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for evading the payment of over $7.2 million in taxes over more than two decades.
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A Montebello resident, Juan Carlos Gutierrez, also known as "Johnny G," has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
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A former Army private has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for crimes related to child sexual exploitation involving minors he met on Snapchat.
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A customs broker from Corona, Frank Seung Noah, has admitted to defrauding clients out of more than $5 million and evading over $1 million in taxes.