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Baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter is sentenced to nearly 5 years in sports betting case
He was ordered to pay $18 million in restitution, with nearly $17 million going to Shohei Ohtani and the remainder to the IRS.
Leonard Cohen’s estate sues onetime attorneys for malpractice, citing fraud and forgery
In 2022, Cohen’s children successfully sued to remove Robert Kory, the late singer’s manager, as trustee of Cohen’s estate.
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Milton Grimes, LA attorney who represented Rodney King, gets prison time for tax evasion
CBS News Los Angeles Live Milton C. Grimes, a longtime Los Angeles attorney, was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $7 million in restitution for a case of tax ...
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As L.A. fire victims try crowdfunding, watch out for fraud, officials say
The lack of access to aid for many people of color, paired with fears of crowdfunding fraud, prompted Los Angeles attorney James Bryant to launch a GoFundMe for underserved Black communities in ...
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Los Angeles County DA Announces Suspect Charged in Public Benefits EBT Fraud Scheme in Lancaster
Ioannis Alecsopoulos (27) is charged in case 25CJCF00597 with 10 counts of felony identity theft; three counts of felony ...
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Expect Los Angeles’ multibillion-dollar fire recovery to bring fraud, abuse and more misfortune
When disaster strikes, history shows fraud is sure to follow ... the ATF, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, the LAPD and the Sheriff’s Department have ...