4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (128+ words) Text messages claiming that recipients owe money for unpaid tickets are fake, the California Highway Patrol says. "Several people have reported getting suspicious texts from unknown numbers," the highway patrol's San Jose office said Tuesday on social media. The messages…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (156+ words) A former San Francisco leader is facing felony charges. The district attorney’s office said the former city employee worked with the head of a large nonprofit to divert millions in public funds. A former San Francisco leader is facing felony…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (293+ words) The longtime head of a San Francisco nonprofit – who ran a city-sponsored homeless encampment in the midst of the pandemic – now faces nine embezzlement related charges, including multiple counts related to the alleged misappropriation of more than $2.5 million in public…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (170+ words) A Gilroy woman was sentenced to one year behind bars for committing elder fraud by embezzling more than $100,000 from a century-old family-owned winery, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday. The DA’s said 62-year-old Stacey Greenlee…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (269+ words) A former school principal in the East Bay was charged with multiple felonies alleging embezzlement and other financial crimes, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday. Former East Bay principal charged with alleged embezzlement, wage theft, tax evasion A…...

8+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (209+ words) Authorities said Monday they've returned the majority of a Pleasant Hill woman's life savings that were stolen in a cryptocurrency investment scheme nearly four years ago. In March 2022, the 70-year-old victim lost $350,000 in the scam, after an online suspect convinced…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago   (206+ words) Padilla-Gómez fue acusado de cuatro cargos de abuso sexual agravado, asalto a un niño menor de 14 años. A woman was sentenced to more than two years to prison for embezzling over $1.6 million from a charity organization that helps young people,…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (304+ words) A close up shot of a pair of handcuffs on a table. A Contra Costa health care CEO who is being charged with alleged fraud was arrested in San Francisco while trying to board a flight to Africa, the U.S. Department…...

10+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (576+ words) A former top aide to California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been indicted on federal charges alleging her involvement in a scheme to steal campaign money from former federal Health Secretary Xavier Becerra. Dana Williamson was arrested and was scheduled to…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (161+ words) A Hayward woman was arrested after dozens of Apple products that were suspected of being purchased fraudulently were allegedly found in her residence, according to authorities. Detectives with the Marin County Sheriff's Office searched the residence of 27-year-old Aisuluu Mursalieva…...