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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Three individuals have been charged with fraudulently seeking federal disaster relief funds by falsely claiming their properties were damaged by the Eaton and Palisades wildfires, according to an announcement from the Justice Department.
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An Orange County resident is set to appear in court following a federal grand jury indictment.
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Five individuals, including a California Highway Patrol dispatcher and her husband, have been charged in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain over $3.3 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits.
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Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
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The former girlfriend of a cryptocurrency fraudster known as "The Godfather" has agreed to plead guilty to a federal tax charge for failing to report over $2.6 million in illicit income.
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A Santa Barbara County investment advisor has admitted to defrauding elderly clients of approximately $2.25 million.
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A well-known tattoo artist from Los Angeles, Daniel Joseph Winter, has admitted to filing false tax returns that resulted in evading over $641,000 in federal income tax.
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A Southern California man has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for a racially motivated attack on an Asian American woman, the Justice Department announced.
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A Hollywood woman, Mirela Todorova, also known as "Mimi," has been found guilty of running a tech-savvy drug delivery business that resulted in three near-fatal fentanyl overdoses.
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A Gardena resident has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for assaulting a United States Postal Service (USPS) employee.
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An illegal immigrant from Guatemala has been apprehended in Los Angeles on charges of leading a significant human smuggling organization, according to the Justice Department.
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Federal prosecutors, in collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal law enforcement agencies, have charged 126 individuals for allegedly re-entering the United States after being previously removed.
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Joseph Neal Sanberg, co-founder and largest shareholder of Aspiration Partners, Inc., was arrested in Santa Ana, 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.