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Laguna Beach Man Sentenced In $7.4 Million Fraud Case
He will serve over 6 years in federal prison for bilking midwestern farmers, counterfeiting and pretending to be a secret service agent.

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He will serve over 6 years in federal prison for bilking midwestern farmers, counterfeiting and pretending to be a secret service agent.

He was found guilty of embezzling funds from the Irvine Company. Now, this ex-CFO will spend three years in prison.
Spitzer and Nelson wanted to pull the plug on the inmate services provider who wrongfully recorded calls 3 other OC supes voted to keep GTL.
A woman died after complications from the West Nile Virus in Orange County, the OC Health Care Agency reported.
Police seek additional victims following the second arrest, and formal charges filed, against this Santa Ana elementary school teacher.
Two men and a woman were allegedly attempting to break into this Baseline Road Baskin Robbins overnight, police said.
This Rancho Santa Margarita man faces 230 years to life in prison if he receives the full sentence for his crimes against young relatives.
A former forklift mechanic for In-N-Out Burger, and part supplier owner, both pleaded guilty to cheating the chain & must pay back $340,000.
A Canadian man was charged with stabbing his brother-in-law to death in El Monte, on Lower Azusa Road.
A Newport Beach man disappeared after being charged with his wife's murder. Now, the U.S. Marshals & NBPD are "intensifying the search."
The north OC officials are closer to resolving the crisis of finding a "bed for every homeless person," however south OC is another story.
It was just after dinner time when residents across the southland experienced a 4.4 magnitude jolt! Was it exciting? Scary? or no big deal?
The organizer of a hunger strike in the OC Jail, aiming to replace Orange County Mexican Mafia boss Peter Ojeda, was indicted, Monday: OCDA
In 2009, an Irvine family was terrorized by this MV man. Now, after years of courtroom drama, he received a sentence of life, no parole.
This Huntington Beach man was found guilty of scamming people out of millions during the recession. His wife pleaded he was a "changed man."
A Seal Beach man pleaded guilty to charges of bribery, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators, according to court records.
For the 2nd time a Santa Ana woman was convicted for drowning her 2-month-old baby daughter in a bathtub. Now, the trial enters sanity phase
3 defendants who clashed with members of the Ku Klux Klan during a small rally in Anaheim settled their court case for community service.
A former Fullerton attorney & convicted felon heads to prison after stealing from Orange County families and causing 75 to lose their homes.
A grand jury reported that the 15 recent custodial deaths in OC Jails might have been prevented, had health cases been properly recognized.