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DA Gascon’s Office does not accept calls, emails, letters, etc. about individual cases. The DA’s Office cannot respond to requests or concerns about individual cases or requests for resentencing made by incarcerated persons, family members, attorneys, and/or other representatives at this time. If someone wants to get resentenced, the person should participate in rehabilitative programming and avoid …

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          Bonifacio Jastilana Marinas, 50,  a San Dimas man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal mail fraud charge that he obtained more than $500,000 in COVID-19-related unemployment benefits in the names of foreign nationals he falsely claimed were local real estate agents hit hard financially by the pandemic.From April 2020 to August 2020, …

Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Getting Over $500,000 in COVID-19 Jobless Relief Read More »

          A federal judge sentenced Imaad Shah Zuberi, 50, of Arcadia,  venture capitalist and political fundraiser, to 144 months in federal prison for falsifying records to conceal his work as a foreign agent while lobbying high-level U.S. government officials, evading the payment of millions of dollars in taxes, making illegal campaign contributions, and …

Political Donor Gets 12 Years in Prison for Lobbying and Campaign Contribution Crimes, Tax Evasion, Obstruction of Justice Read More »

A federal judge sentenced Nam Hyun Lee, 62, a.k.a. “Daniel Lee,” a South Korean man living illegal  in the U.S., to 46 months in federal prison for illegally importing bulk quantities of erectile dysfunction drugs that he marketed as herbal male sexual enhancement products that earned him millions of dollars. Lee pleaded guilty to one count …

Smuggling Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Sold as Herbal Products Gets South Korean Man 4 Years in Federal Prison Read More »

A federal judge sentenced Shant Ohanian, 38, a disbarred lawyer to 180 monthsin federal prison for stealing more than $4 million from his clients through various ways including collecting fees for work he never performed. Ohanian pleaded guilty in June 2019 to one count of wire fraud and has been in federal custody since the following month, when his …

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          The feds charged Hovik Dagesian, 39, with illegally selling firearms – including several “ghost guns” – out of his downtown Los Angeles business,  DTLA Hookah Lounge, four times between October 30, 2020 and January 8, 2021, Dagesian illegally sold 10 firearms, including an AR-15-style short-barreled rifle with no serial number..   Dagesian had no federal firearms …

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          A federal judge sentenced Jorge Esteban Sanchez Ramos, 24, to 18months in federal prison for blackmailing female friends and acquaintances on Facebook by threatening to publish nude photographs and videos of them unless they sent him more sexually explicit images. Ramos pleaded guilty in June 2020 to one count of stalking.           …

Man Who Extorted Sexually Explicit Images from Women on Facebook Gets 18 Months in Federal Prison Read More »

Ricardo Pacheco, a former Baldwin Park city councilmember has pleaded guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in bribes – including $20,000 in cash – from a Baldwin Park Police officer working at the FBI’s direction, in exchange for the councilmember’s political support of the Baldwin Park Police Association’s contract with the city. Pacheco admitted he solicited and …

Former Baldwin Park City Council Member Pleads Guilty to Bribery and Taking $38,000 to Support a Police Contract Read More »

           A federal judge sentenced Marie Fulle, 38, a former Comerica bank branch manager, to 41 months in federal prison for stealing more than $1 million from an elderly customer with dementia, and then using it for her personal expenses, including gambling and buying luxury items.   Fulle pleaded guilty in September 2019 to an information charging her with …

Ex-Bank Branch Manager Gets 3½ Years in Federal Prison for Stealing $1 Million from Customer with Dementia Read More »

           A federal judge sentenced former Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitchell Englander to 14 months in federal prison for his conduct surrounding his obstruction of a public corruption investigation into his acceptance of gifts – including $15,000 in cash – from a businessman during trips to Las Vegas and Palm Springs in 2017.       …

Federal Judge Sentences Former L.A. City Councilman Mitch Englander to 14 Months in Federal Prison Read More »