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Fewer people were victims of identity theft last year than in 2010, but each person lost substantially more money, according to a new report by the California Public Interest Research Group. The higher dollar amount is mostly attributed to an increase in new account fraud, in which criminals... + read more

Three El Camino College Compton Center professors who resigned in 2010 and 2011 gave fraudulent grades to several international students who had never attended classes, according to documents and interviews with college officials and an attorney who investigated the alleged scheme. Some of the... + read more

Three former executives of TurnKey Schools of America, a construction firm that manufactured and installed prefabricated school buildings across the state, have pleaded no contest to charges of siphoning millions in construction funds from a Santa Barbara County school district. Four years ago... + read more

California continues to lead the nation in questionable home loans, with Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Clara, Orange and San Bernardino counties among the areas with the highest number of suspected mortgage fraud cases, federal financial officials reported this week. According to the U.S... + read more

A national for-profit hospice care company partially owned by a San Francisco private equity firm has been accused of bilking Medicare of millions of dollars, according to a legal complaint filed this week by the U.S. Department of Justice. In court documents, the government contends that... + read more

Democrats in the state Legislature face a tantalizing opportunity: They could waive campaign contribution limits to help fellow Democrats hit by the Kinde Durkee fraud scandal. The catch is that they would need Republican support to meet a two-thirds vote requirement. Durkee, who... + read more