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Like most white collar crimes, embezzlement can result in serious, lifelong consequences. Not only could it result in steep fines and imprisonment, it could also ruin your professional reputation and seriously inhibit your ability to find suitable employment. Depending on the value of the assets...

Judith Woodhouse, of Irvine was charged with 54 felony counts including grand theft, fraudulent use of access card, forger and money laundering in Orange County Superior Court. Ms. Woodhouse is set to be arraigned on July 10, 2017 in Central Court in Santa Ana. Included in the 54 felony counts o...

A Fullerton man was arrested in Fontana on suspicion of sexual assault on a female victim he met through social media. Benny Kim, 20, of Fullerton is accused of having sexual relations with a 14-year-old Fontana girl and other related charges. The joint task force of Internet Crimes Against Chil...

Michelle Suzanne Hadley a 29 year old woman from Ontario California is charged with stalking among other crimes after she pretended to be her ex-boyfriends pregnant wife on craigslist, and responded to ads soliciting rape fantasies. Hadley had a romantic relationship with a U.S. Marshalls Service...

The California Attorney General's Office announced the indictment of six people involving the operation of a mortgage fraud scheme in Southern California. The individuals were charged with a total of 135 felony charges including conspiracy, grand theft, identity theft, forging documents and fili...

Recently, we wrote a blog about the biggest national health care fraud sweep, which resulted in 301 people charged and over $900 million dollars in fraudulent billings. The Medicare fraud strike force was responsible for uncovering this fraud and having over 300 individuals charged in almost ever...

United States Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced the nationwide sweep of a Medicare Fraud Strike Force that included individuals from 36 federal districts. In total, 301 people were criminally charged with participating in health care fraud schemes involving $900 million in false billing...

Recently in the news we have been hearing about Brock Turner, the Stanford University student swimmer who was convicted of sexual assault. The judge in Mr. Turner's case sentenced him to 180 days in county jail despite the request of six years in state prison by prosecutors. This judicial decisi...

Brock Turner, a Stanford University freshman and star athlete was convicted in March 2016 of 3 felony counts of sexual assault. Just over a week ago, Judge Aaron Persky of Santa Clara County sentenced Brock Turner to six months in county jail,. Judge Persky's sentencing sparked outrage across th...

Mark Salling, 33, an actor who appeared on “Glee” was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on federal charges of possessing child pornography. Salling played Noah “Puck” Puckerman on the Fox show. He was arrested in December at his home in Los Angeles, where detectives seized a compute...

There is little doubt that most of us know someone who has been arrested for a DUI. Driving Under the Influence (DUI) is one of the more common misdemeanor cases that appear in criminal court. While great strides have been made to reduce the number of alcohol related arrests, there seems to be a...

Huntington Beach police extradited a Las Vegas man back to Orange County to face 20 counts of sexually assaulting girls for more than twenty years. Martin Rodgriquez Garcia, 49, a former resident of Huntington Beach is accused of committing lewd and lascivious acts on a minor, sexual intercourse...

An Orange County woman was sentenced to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to crimes related to mortgage fraud. Najia Jalan, 31, of Costa Mesa, used different companies such as United Mortgage Protection, OC NonProfit, American Consumer Law Center, and National Legal Help Center to...

Andrew Michaels, 19, of Laguna Niguel was arrested Saturday following the death of a San Clemente man who was killed while crossing the street on his skateboard. Cesar Medina, 23, was rushed to Mission Hospital after being struck by a black pickup truck around 9:00 p.m. Friday. The pickup fled th...

Saudi Prince Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud, 28 was arrested after an employee at his Beverly Hills estate told police he tried to force her to perform oral sex on her. Prince Al-Saudi was released on $300,000 bail. Neighbors in the exclusive neighborhood reported to police they saw a woman bleeding a...

Michael J. Stewart, 68, of San Clemente was found guilty in federal court of 11 counts of mail fraud. It took the jury six hours to reach their verdict against a man who once had a thriving real estate investment firm. Stewart, co-owned the firm Pacific Property Assets (PPA) along with John J. Pa...

A former Corona del Mar High School tutor who was charged with 20 felony counts of computer access fraud has pleaded guilty. Timothy Lai, 29, admitted to illegally changing several students grades by using a USB device that he attached to teachers computers. Once the device was attached, it was a...

Ryan Patrick Natividad, a 30-year-old resident of Corona was arrested and charged with several felony counts related to a workers compensation claim he made. Natividad, claimed he injured his fist while attempting to prevent an arrestee from falling into a wall while being escorted to the police ...

Dr. Bruce Hagadorn, 56, was charged in Orange County Superior Court with one felony count of embezzlement and eight felony counts of tax evasion. If convicted, Hagadorn faces up to 10 years in prison and the potential loss of his California Medical license. Hagadorn, the chief of staff at Irvin...

Ezequiel Barragan, 48 of Aliso Viejo was arrested yesterday on charges of possessing child pornography and child molestation. Barragan, a Spanish teacher at Dana Hills High School is being held on $500,000 bail after investigators said he was the focus of a United States Postal Service child por...

Four people were injured when William Murray, 50, collided almost head-on with a Honda Civic over the weekend. Murray was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated by Fullerton Police. A female passenger in Murrays vehicle was airlifted to a trauma center in Long Beach. According to la...

The former co-owner of clothing brand RVCA and professional surfer, Conan Hayes was charged in Orange County Superior Court with Real Estate fraud. According to authorities, Hayes lied to Bank of America causing them to lose $586,245 on the short sale of a Costa Mesa home. Hayes, who sold his i...

F.B.I agents arrested Khosrow Afghahi, 71, of Aliso Viejo on suspicion of sending over $24 million worth of electronic supplies over the last five years. In addition to Afghahi, 4 other people were also arrested. According to the indictment, the material being shipped is typically used in militar...

Jackson Roland Westermeyer pleaded guilty to 1 count of meeting a minor to commit a lewd act, 5 counts of possession or control of child pornography and 1 count of extortion. All felonies, Westermeyer faced up to 10 years in prison before taking a plea that will sentence him to 180 days in count...

A DUI and valid drivers license checkpoint will take place in Anaheim tonight. According to the Anaheim Police Department the checkpoint will last from tonight from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. at Cerritos Avenue and Euclid Street. Officers said if youre planning to be in the area, expect some delays bec...