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All types of fraud involving credit cards or debit cards can result in serious criminal charges. If you have been charged with credit card fraud in Orange County, the prosecution must prove that you intended to deceive the alleged victim. Here are a few examples of credit card fraud: Using a stolen credit card or debit card to…

The Orange County District Attorney has filed murder charges against the 32-year-old driver of a Toyota 4Runner SUV who officials say struck and killed a 29-year-old man and his dog. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the incident that occurred on March 19 also left the victim’s fiancée injured. The driver now…

An Orange County jury has made a decision regarding the fate of a man who has been convicted of fatally shooting two people in February 2009. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the jury has handed down the death sentence to the 42-year-old Garden Grove man, who was convicted of killing a…

A 52-year-old Mission Viejo woman has been arrested and charged with defrauding the Orange County Social Services Agency of nearly $150,000. According to a news report by The Orange County Breeze, she faces one felony count each for medical insurance fraud and misappropriation of public funds, with sentencing enhancements for aggravated white collar crime over $100,000,…

A 43-year-old man has been charged with committing the largest charter school theft in California history. According to a news report in The Orange County Breeze, the man has been charged with 13 felony counts of money laundering,  two felony counts of misappropriation of public funds, and one felony count of conflict of interest in a…

A 27-year-old Santa Ana woman is the second woman arrested in connection with the brutal beating death of a 23-year-old Westminster woman. According to an Associated Press news report, the 23-year-old woman was found unconscious on the sidewalk near The Crosby nightclub in Santa Ana during the early morning hours of January 22. Officials say the woman…

The murder trial of a transient man suspected of bludgeoning his victim to death in a Costa Mesa driveway is on hold as the court determines if he is mentally competent to stand trial. Daily Pilot reports that the 34-year-old man has been behind bars since Sept. 11 when Costa Mesa police arrested him on suspicion of…

A former stockbroker from Newport Beach has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for his role in an investment scheme that was designed to defraud an investor of $1 billion. According to a news report in The Daily Pilot, in 2006, the 71-year-old man and his co-conspirators promoted a bogus plan they claimed was regulated…

An Anaheim man has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for shooting and killing his estranged wife to death outside a preschool in the Turtle Rock area of Irvine. Daily Pilot reports that a jury convicted the 37-year-old man of following his estranged wife to the school where she worked and waiting outside with…

A second man is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of a 28-year-old Santa Ana woman whose body was found under the Newport Bay Bridge in Newport Beach. According to a news report in the Daily Pilot, the Orange County district attorney’s office named the man a co-defendant in the woman’s killing. The victim had…