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As many as 24 current and former government employees have been charged with stealing government benefits. The United States attorney's office in Memphis, Tennessee said the 24 people charged were all former employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the government agency responsible...

A former H&R Block manager admitted in a federal court that he used clients' information to submit false tax returns and pocket the money for himself. Damon C. Dubose, who is 36 years old, appeared in a federal court in Los Angeles on Tuesday to answer to charges of wire fraud and filing false...

Two men and a teen aged boy have been arrested by local police after allegedly committing hate crimes. According to reports, a group of Latino males repeatedly harassed and even physically attacked an African American family that had recently moved into a Compton home in an effort to drive...

An Orange County man who worked for the California Employment Development Department was sentenced to 76 months, or more than six years in prison for his part in a fraud scheme that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state of California. David Paul Holden, who is 31 years old...

Los Angeles has seen two major federal crimes come to light lately, which have shocked the surrounding communities. A man from New Hampshire was arrested by U.S. Marshals after fleeing to Los Angeles. The man, Robert Joseph Manship, was wanted on sex crime charges in New Hampshire...

A Granada Hills man was arrested by local and federal law enforcement agents this week on suspicion of selling fake identification documents. Otto Escobar was reportedly taken into custody in West Hollywood after a search of his home, his vehicle and his place of business, O.K. Traffic and Driving...

A former Glendale city councilman was indicted this week on 28 felony criminal charges stemming from allegation that he embezzled over $800,000 from the popular Montrose Farmers Market, laundered the money through his own bank account and filed false financial statements to cover it up...

The former mayor of Upland in San Bernardino County has pleaded guilty to bribery charges this past Thursday. John Pomierski reportedly admitted to accepting $5,000 in exchange for helping a local business get the proper permits to open its doors. Pomierski, who is just one of three people to be...

Two men were arrested by federal agents last month in a scheme that allegedly pilfered millions of dollars from a major Hollywood movie studio. Roccio James Cuccia and Larry D. Collins are facing 14 different criminal charges, including charges of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion. According...

An Antelope Valley man was sentenced today for his part in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved as many as six southern California people. Freddy Lentz, who is a former Bank of America employee, pleaded guilty to charges of accepting a $1,000 bribe in July of last year and was sentenced to three...

Two people from a Los Angeles toy manufacturing company were sentenced to federal prison late last month after being convicted of helping Mexican and Columbian drug traffickers launder money. Meichun Cheng Huang and Ling Yu were owners of Angel Toy Company, which is known for making...

Federal investigators are looking into nearly $1 million in payments made in cash by officials of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. According to reports, Coliseum officials made several cash payments to union officials to pay for the work of stage hands at events that included several raves, a Cinco De Mayo..

While most, if not all, people in this country are fairly clear on what constitutes criminal behavior, many people would be hard-pressed to define what exactly constitutes a federal crime. A federal crime is any crime that is either committed on federal property, or violates a federal law. Because of that...

A former Los Angeles housing official and his two brothers have been charged by federal prosecutors with bribery and conspiracy this week. Victor Taracena, who supervised construction project for the city of Los Angeles to make buildings compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act from...

Federal agents seized a cargo of cocaine worth nearly half a million dollars in San Diego County this past Monday. Border patrol agents stopped an unnamed man at a traffic checkpoint near the city of San Diego on Interstate Highway 8. While federal agents at the scene were checking over the vehicle...