A former UCLA School of Medicine researcher has pleaded guilty to reading confidential private records of celebrities, high-profile patients and co-workers. Huping Zhou pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to four counts of violating federal privacy provisions. U.S. attorney's office spokesman Thom Mrozek says the 38-year-old defendant committed the violations after he received a dismissal notice ...

A man who helped a prison-based Islamic militant group to plot against the U.S. government was sentenced Monday to 70 months in federal prison, prosecutors said. Hammad Samana was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, said U.S. attorney's office spokesman Thom Mrozek ...

The U.S. attorney's office has indicted more than 40 people in Southern California linked to a ring that allegedly defrauded the Medi-Cal system out of millions of dollars. Prosecutors scheduled a press conference for later Thursday morning to announce what they call the largest Medi-Cal fraud ...

A man was charged Tuesday with smuggling songbirds into the United States by hiding more than a dozen of them in an elaborate, custom-tailored pair of leggings during a flight from Vietnam to Los Angeles. Sony Dong, 46, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport in March ...