The following information was released by the Seal Beach Police Department. On February 18, 2013, an 86-year-old widow received a frightening call from someone claiming to be her grandson “Randy” saying that he was in a Mexican jail and needed money sent to him to secure his release. The caller claiming to be the victim’s [...]

The following information was released by the Orange County District Attorney. A former police officer working as an unlicensed private investigator was convicted and sentenced today for defrauding his clients. Kevin Michael Sianez, 56, Fountain Valley, pleaded guilty to a court offer to 17 felony counts of grand theft by false pretense, 11 felony counts [...]

The following information was released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A federal jury has convicted a Buena Park doctor for participating in a health care fraud scheme involving unnecessary procedures and prescriptions that led to Medicare paying out nearly $3 million on fraudulent claims for durable medical equipment and nutritional supplies. Following a five-day [...]

The following information was released by the Orange County District Attorney. A Minnesota man will be arraigned tomorrow for a $150 million investment fraud Ponzi scheme, in which at least 55 Orange County victims lost over $21 million. This is the largest Ponzi scheme to be prosecuted in Orange County history and the defendant is [...]

The following information was released by Los Alamitos Police Department (LAPD). On Thursday, Jan. 24, in a joint investigative operationi, detectives from the Los Alamitos and Buena Park Police Departments served simultaneous search and arrest warrants in Anaheim and Santa Ana arresting two men suspected of operating a fraudulent check writing scheme that targeted several [...]

The following information was released by Cypress Police Department. In recent weeks the Cypress Police Department has detected a significant increase in the amount of fraud perpetrated through email scams. Stranded scammers Many of these involve the popular “stranded traveler” scam. This type of fraud involves a computer hacker based overseas who gains access to [...]

The following information was released by Southern California Edison (SCE). Southern California Edison (SCE) is advising customers to be aware of a new telephone scam that is demanding immediate payment for allegedly past due electricity bills. Imposters have been calling SCE customers telling them they must make immediate payment on past due bills or have [...]

The following information was released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Federal authorities have arrested five people allegedly involved in a “builder bailout” real estate scheme that fraudulently purchased more than 100 condominium units around the country with mortgages that mostly went into default, resulting in foreclosures and millions of dollars in losses. The [...]

The following information was released by the Orange County District Attorney. Emphasis added. An attorney, accountant, and two administrators were convicted today of revenue and tax fraud for their roles in the largest medical fraud prosecution in the nation for recruiting over 255 healthy patients to undergo unnecessary and dangerous surgeries to fraudulently bill medical [...]

The following information was released by California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA). With the holiday season approaching, the bad guys will be coming out in full force to try and trick and scam users both at the office and at home. Be wary of the following scams: Unknown charities asking for contributions via email, text, [...]

The following information was released by the Orange County District Attorney. A man was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in state prison today for stealing over $280,000 from a woman in a fake gold investment scheme. William Scott Spalding, 47, Irvine, pleaded guilty to 13 felony counts of money laundering, three felony counts of [...]

The following information was released by Assemblyman Jim Silva. A scammer tricks your business into purchasing office supplies that it didn’t order. This scam can take a number of different forms: A scam artist gets the name and address of an employee so your organization can be shipped and billed for unordered goods or services [...]