SoCal man who laundered $263M in stolen crypto, lived ‘fantastically extravagant’ lifestyle, sentenced to prison

A 22-year-old man from Newport Beach was sentenced to 70 months in prison for stealing  $263 million in cryptocurrency to fund a “fantastically extravagant” lifestyle, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday. The culprit, Evan Tangeman, used an “elaborate social engineering scheme orchestrated by a multi-state criminal enterprise” to steal the cryptocurrency, Pirro said. On Dec. […]

Cal Fire firefighter arrested for alleged sexual assaults

A Cal Fire firefighter-paramedic was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of two victims. David Renteria, 51, of Placentia, was the focus of an investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force beginning in March. Two victims claimed they had been sexually assaulted by Renteria, investigators said. On April 24, a search warrant […]