On May 9, a 24-year-old Riverside woman was arraigned in Superior Court on charges related to identity theft and selling or transferring a credit card with the intent to defraud. The woman plead not guilty to both theft charges. She is scheduled for another court...
A Bay Area paralegal pleaded guilty to embezzling from her former employer, tax evasion, and mail fraud. She told a federal court that between 2006 and 2011, she settled claims and stole retainer fees. Neither the law firm nor its clients were aware she was doing...
On June 28, the owner of Fountain Valley Healthcare Center in Orange County was scheduled to appear in court to plead guilty to several criminal charges. The man was indicted by a grand jury on federal charges in March, 2011. The government claims that the accused man...
A California man is facing trial after police were called to a residence in Belle Vernon where three dogs were reported to have been left in a car with insufficient ventilation. The man is facing multiple charges, including ones related to both firearms and drug...
Rapper 2 Chainz was taken into custody at LAX after a search of his checked baggage allegedly revealed marijuana and promethazine. Promethazine is used as the main ingredient in a dangerous drug cocktail called sizzurp that is well known among rappers. Although...
A California federal court recently ruled that a computer company could be charged with fraud even if the buyer bought their product before the alleged fraud occurred. Two plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against a software company, citing "fraud in the inducement," a term...
After almost a month in trial, a federal jury in California found two brothers, 36 and 33, guilty of a foreclosure scam that crossed the country. The jury found the older man guilty of four counts of mail fraud while the younger man was found guilty of two counts of...
California residents may be interested to learn of a situation involving an alleged grand theft scheme. On May 24, police executed a search warrant at a mobile home. They claim to have found more than 50,000 rounds of ammunition and a weapons cache that included...
Investigators with the fraud unit of the California Department of Insurance have reportedly arrested five Sacramento residents on felony counts of insurance fraud. The fraud charges allegedly stem from the five accessing consumer account information to discover which...
A night out with dinner and a glass of wine could end with a DUI charge for motorists in California if the state decides to follow the recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board and lowers the legal limit for intoxication to 0.05 percent from its...