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 Burbank resident has admitted to evading more than $11.2 million in federal taxes and fraudulently collecting Medicare payments by using a third party to hide his involvement with his blood-testing business, according to the U.S. Department of...
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An Orange County resident was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for operating an illegal sports-betting business and failing to report income on his taxes.
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A Downey resident, Dong Hwan Kim, 27, was arrested on Wednesday by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) after a federal search warrant was executed at his home.
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A Los Angeles lawyer was convicted by a federal jury of accepting a $2.1 million bribe while serving as an official for Nigeria’s state-owned oil company.
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A former movie producer and accountant has been arrested on federal charges alleging he defrauded victims, including independent film projects, of more than $12 million.
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Two staff members at a San Bernardino County surgery center have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of assaulting and interfering with United States immigration officers during an attempt to detain an individual last month.
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A Mexican national living in Anaheim was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for producing, distributing, and possessing child sexual abuse material involving a 13-year-old girl.
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A federal grand jury has indicted a former Culver City government employee on charges related to the production and possession of child pornography involving a 7-year-old girl enrolled in an after-school program.
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An Orange County resident and co-founder of the company formerly known as Aspiration Partners Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud charges after being accused of defrauding investors and lenders out of more than $248 million.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Adrian Andrew Martinez, 20, of Pico Rivera, on a charge of conspiracy to impede a federal officer.
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A North Hollywood woman has agreed to plead guilty to five federal charges related to drug distribution, including providing the ketamine that led to the death of actor Matthew Perry in October 2023, according to the Justice Department.
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A Chinese national living illegally in the United States was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for exporting firearms, ammunition, and sensitive technology to North Korea.
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José Ángel Del Villar, the CEO of Latin music conglomerate Del Records and Del Entertainment Inc., was sentenced to four years in federal prison for violating the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
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A Chinese national has been sentenced to 28 months in federal prison for laundering approximately $3.5 million obtained from victims of investment scams known as “pig butchering” schemes.
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A leader of the Whittier-based Quiet Village (QV) street gang has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to violent crimes, including a fatal shooting in 2022.
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Federal and local authorities arrested six individuals in Los Angeles as part of a crackdown on an alleged sex trafficking ring operated by members and associates of the Hoover Criminal Gang.
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A Laguna Niguel resident has admitted to firing a semi-automatic rifle at an Orange County Sheriff’s Department helicopter from his home last year.
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A federal grand jury has indicted two individuals following an anti-immigration enforcement protest that took place last month in downtown Los Angeles.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Joshua Mandel, a 46-year-old film production accountant from Woodland Hills, alleging he embezzled more than $1.9 million from independent film productions that employed him.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Jacob Daniel Terrazas, 30, of Paramount, on a charge of assaulting a federal employee with a deadly and dangerous weapon resulting in bodily injury.