In a plea agreement that was negotiated by her defense attorney with a U.S. prosecutor, a 36-year-old woman from San Francisco admitted to using identity information stolen from multiple credit card and debit card accounts to create new accounts. From February to July...
California residents may be interested to know that on March 29, 2017, the former Compton deputy city treasurer was taken into custody by the FBI for embezzling. The 47-year-old man is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing $3,721,924 from May 2010 through...
There are still a lot of issues with California's legal marijuana law. From the delay in creating secondary regulations to an increase in illegal growers using questionable chemicals, legal marijuana has created many new issues.One legal issue that Californians and...
On March 10, it was reported that a former mayor of a California city was seeking to have his $1 million bond reduced as he said that he could not afford it. The 43-year-old, who was the former mayor of Stockton, was accused of embezzlement, grand theft and misuse of...
A California man was sentenced to probation on Feb. 23 for crimes of embezzlement, tax evasion and forgery. The 74-year-old man was convicted of his crimes following a trial in September of 2016. According to reports, the man was a co-owner of a pizzeria in Sunnyvale....
Preparing a tax return is very complicated, especially when you have multiple sources of income. In many cases, people choose to prepare their own returns instead of hiring a professional. When your income includes wages, income from your sole proprietorship, and...
On Feb. 15, it was reported that a California-based investment banker was sentenced to prison after being convicted of fraud charges in 2016. The man, age 46, was convicted of securities fraud, investment adviser fraud and conspiracy after he became involved in a...
California residents who want to make some easy money often look to new investments. Unfortunately, many investments that sound too good to be true are actually fraudulent. For example, Ponzi schemes bring in new investors to provide the funds needed to pay existing...
Since the legalization of adult recreational marijuana use in the state of California, there has been a lot of uncertainty about what is legal and what isn't. For many people, their interpretation of what they want to be able to do under the law is far more liberal...
A California business manager pleaded guilty to embezzlement on Jan. 18. The former partner at Sherman Oaks-based GSO Business Management was sued last year by one of his clients, singer Alanis Morissette. In a plea agreement, the manager admitted that he had...