A man who claimed in a strange series of YouTube and Instagram videos that he had created a miracle cure for the novel coronavirus and needed financing to mass produce an unproven pill was arrested Wednesday by the FBI. Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 53, was arrested Wednesday while delivering the pills to an undercover FBI agent posing as an investor, according…

A California man was arrested after posting a series of bizarre videos in which he claimed to have a cure for COVID–19. Video broadcast Thursday March 26, 2020 on Today in LA.

Three Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and a tow truck operator allegedly conspired to steer business to the latter in exchange for favors benefiting the lawmen, all of whom are charged with felonies under an indictment unsealed Thursday. Former Deputy Kevin Carpenter, sheriff’s Sgt. Robert Christolon and Lt. Samuel Flores were indicted alongside Temecula-based TJ’s Towing proprietor Cody Close for...

A Los Angeles man is expected to plead guilty Monday to a federal charge for targeting Latina grandmothers throughout the Southland in a scam involving a fake winning lottery ticket. Tito Lozada, 50, faces sentencing May 11 on a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years behind bars. Two of…