Prosecutors accused Ian Edward Parrish, 28, of San Jose, of selling two counterfeit Percocet pills to an individual in a bar in Fremont that were laced with fentanyl. The individual who bought the pills consumed one and shortly thereafter died of an overdose.

Prosecutors said the two men decided they would rather destroy their political opponents’ building than acknowledge they lost an election and rely on the political process.

Mounir Gad of Los Gatos sent a federal judge fake reference letters in hopes of getting a lenient sentence in a securities fraud case.

Sivannarayana Barama’s trades based on confidential information obtained ahead of four different Palo Alto Networks earnings announcements at times resulted in profits of more than five times the amount he invested.

Defendant also admits multiple tax crimes and forfeits millions i
n assets.

Google was accused of losing data critical to the investigation of a $4 billion cryptocurrency money laundering scheme. As part of the settlement, the company said it spent over $90 million to improve its ability to respond to future data requests.

Data breaches involved millions of Uber user records and tens of thousands of driver licenses, federal prosecutors said.

The San Francisco-based company agreed to stop charging people with disabilities extra wait time fees, and pay more than $2.2 million in refunds.

The federal jury concluded that Balwani conspired to defraud Theranos Investors and patients, and he faces a possible 20-year sentence.

Criminal charges were announced against a man and a woman in Santa Cruz County and three other Californians, as well as owners and executives of medical businesses, physicians and manufacturers of fake COVID-19 vaccination record cards with losses greater than $149 million.

The CEO and president of Innovate Solutions appeared in federal court this week in San Jose, accused of submitting approximately 54 fraudulent H-1B Visa applications.

In a stunning announcement this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco is leading the prosecution of a Russia-based mastermind accused of running Hydra, the world’s largest and longest-running illegal 'darknet' crptocurrency market, which federal agencies say they have put out of business.

A federal grand jury had indicted Dr. John Giacomini n March 2020, charging him with one count of abusive sexual contact with a subordinate at the VA hospital in Palo Alto. Giacomini pleaded guilty to the charge, which is a felony.