Hayward Woman Charged In Massive ID Theft Operation
A Hayward woman has been charged with 22 felony counts in connection with a large-scale and sophisticated identity theft operation, law enforcement officials said Monday.
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A Hayward woman has been charged with 22 felony counts in connection with a large-scale and sophisticated identity theft operation, law enforcement officials said Monday.
Officers arrested a 19-year-old San Rafael woman suspected of driving under the influence and possessing multiple false identification cards in Marin County early Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
For those who are losing their homes to foreclosure, it's a bitter pill to swallow. But some homeowners may have lost their homes to investors cheating on the courthouse steps.
Susan Xiao-Ping Su, 41, president of Tri-Valley University, is accused of obtaining several million dollars in purported tuition fees by helping foreigners obtain fraudulent student visas.
A former U.S. Social Security Administration clerk has pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose to a charge of creating fraudulent Social Security cards.
A man accused of posing as a licensed contractor and bilking a homeowner and day laborers out of thousands of dollars was arraigned on multiple felony counts.
A man that Oakland police have been looking for is in custody after authorities say he made a surprise courtroom appearance at his sentencing for a 2009 scam.
Oakland police are searching for a man suspected of scamming victims out of tens of thousands of dollars, police said.
A whistleblower lawsuit claims Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. bribed doctors to prescribe its drugs, costing insurers perhaps millions of dollars in the largest alleged health care fraud case ever handled by the state.
A San Francisco woman was ordered to stand trial for accusations that she cheated customers out of money through her travel agency.
An East Bay man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to rig bids at foreclosure auctions in a county among the hardest hit by the real estate bust, according to federal prosecutors.
A San Francisco woman who pleaded no contest to posing as a victim of the San Bruno pipeline explosion to receive free benefits is facing a year in jail.
As California plunged into the foreclosure crisis, many desperate consumers began falling victim to shady companies offering bogus loan modification programs.
Two people burglarized a home in unincorporated Woodside Friday afternoon after posing as utility workers assessing damage caused by recent storms, a San Mateo County sheriff's sergeant said.
A group of former grocery store workers in San Jose is filing a lawsuit against a now-defunct chain of supermarkets. The laid off employees claim "Su Vianda" owes them, and the city of San Jose, hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Two women were sentenced to county jail Wednesday after they pleaded no contest to posing as victims of last year's deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno, but one has since been released due to time already served in jail, prosecutors said.
The government of India is urging the United States to show leniency toward Indian students who were enrolled at a "sham university" in the East Bay that U.S. authorities say was a front for illegal immigration.
Fair warning to people who might be filing a false insurance claim, as insurance companies are now scouring social networking sites for evidence of fraud.
Federal officials are accusing a Pleasanton university of serving as a front for an illegal immigration operation that accepted millions of dollars to obtain student visas for foreign nationals.
The Santa Clara County DA's office says it's gotten hundreds of complaints about moving companies that advertise on the internet and allegedly defraud customers out of thousands of dollars by essentially holding their stuff hostage.
A tow truck driver was sentenced to 14-years in prison for filing bogus lawsuits against hundreds of people after hauling cars they no longer owned and charging fees for storage and towing.
A former Redwood City bank teller has been sentenced to a year in jail for stealing $40,000 from her elderly aunt and the $33,000 inheritance of motherless teenager.
Two San Bruno residents have been convicted of trying to pass themselves off as victims of the fatal gas pipeline explosion to secure relief aid.
Now that the holiday shopping season is in full swing, so are scam artists trying to get at your personal information. McAfee has come out with its 12 Scams of Christmas to help prevent shoppers from online predators.
An Oakland woman has been convicted of health care fraud for her role in a scam that involved billing Medicare for unneeded medical equipment.
