Recent Posts in White Collar Crimes Category

In Los Angles, it is reported that a man from Orange County is expected to endter pleas in federal court.  The man, 31 year old Luis Mijangos of Santa Ana, is accused of hacking into hundreds of computers to extort sexually explicit videos from both women and teenage girls.

At this time, Mijangos is facing a 16 count indictment and his charges include:  conspiracy, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, wiretapping and extortion.

Police say that Mijangos managed to trick 230 people into downloading a virus.  Once they had downloaded the virus, he was able to take control of their computers and laptops.  Mijangos would look through files to find compromising images of women and then send threatening emails to the victims to coerce them into sending him videos of them engaged in sex acts.  If they didn't consent, he would threaten to email their images to contacts on their mailing lists.

If you have been charged with white collar crimes, now is the time to hire an Orange County criminal defense lawyer by contacting the Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry.

In Los Angeles, a Cuban man has received a sentence of five years in federal prison.  Police allege that the man, Raul Ernest Alonso-Prieto, had posed as an attorney in order to represent detainees in San Pedro immigration court. 

Alonso-Prieto was sentenced this Monday after he successfully reached a deal with federal prosecutors in December.  Prosecutors report that Alonso-Prieto was released from an immigration detention center in 2006 in Southern California.  He was released because the U.S. does not deport people back to Cuba.

Once he was released, Alonso-Prieto used the name and California Bar number that originally belonged to a dead attorney in Florida.  He then represented detainees in immigration court under this false identity.  Alonso-Prieto pled guilty to charges of mail fraud and identity theft after he was caught by law enforcement.

If you are facing white collar crime charges in Orange County, contact the Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry and set up a time to speak with an Orange County criminal defense attorney.

Recently, a 32 year old woman by the name of Crystal Jacinta Burks Singh was ordered to serve seven years of jail time.  Singh is from California and was charged with identity theft and fraud. In addition to jail time, Singh will have to pay at least $6,221 in restitution. 

In November 2009, Singh was placed under arrest by police in Canton after she tried to use a credit card that was reported stolen.  When police arrested her, she claimed to be another person.  It wasn't until police investigated further that Singh told them her true identity.

Police say that Singh has multiple aliases and has several felony convictions on her criminal record.  After her arrest and police questioning, Singh pled guilty to her theft crime charges.  She allegedly used stolen credit cards that matched a fraudulent driver's license to make purchases at local stores. Officers say that Singh had spent thousands before she was caught.

Were you charged with a serious theft crime in Orange County?  If you answered "yes", you should contact the Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry and obtain the services of an Orange County criminal defense lawyer now.