Criminal Counts
Catalogued for evidentiary preservation. Each count anchored to the controlling statute, the elements as articulated by the legislature, the documentary record on which the question presents, the controlling case authority where one has been identified, and the maximum statutory exposure. Criminal liability is determined by qualified prosecutors and by courts — not by narrators of documentary records. No finding has been made.
- Statute. Each count opens with the operative statute citation and a direct link to the public statutory text at Cornell Legal Information Institute or leginfo.ca.gov.
- Elements. The element list reproduces the statutory elements as enacted. Where a controlling judicial construction narrows an element, the construction is identified with its citation.
- Documentary mapping. The mapping field identifies, by date and by primary-document reference, where the documentary record presents the element question. The mapping is a question presented for review — not a finding.
- Controlling authority. Where a published California or federal decision addresses the application of the statute to a closely-analogous fact pattern, the citation is provided. Verifiable at Justia or the official reporter.
- Maximum exposure. Stated in the statutory terms. Aggregation across counts and across defendants is reserved to charging discretion.
California Penal Code · Document-Preparation and Filing Cluster
PC §§115 · 118 · 132 · 134 · 182 · 470The six-statute cluster reaches the conduct architecture of a false written instrument intended for use in a proceeding. Each statute addresses a distinct stage in the instrument’s life cycle. The cluster operates independently — a single instrument may present elements of multiple statutes depending on its preparation, attestation, offering, and filing.
Preparation of False Documentary Evidence for Use in Proceeding
F5D247C2-A1A9-4991-B91F-6A333347A87D, executed August 5, 2024, attached to plaintiff’s opening trial preparation in Department C61, contains on its face a date column reciting “Rent Paid Through: 5/1/2024” and a dollar column demanding $10,833 — an amount that mathematically represents two months and five days at the contractual rate. The five-thousand-dollar gap between the two columns corresponds, to the cent, to the May 2024 wire transfer that cleared on April 19, 2024 (Wells Fargo confirmation OW00004382456864, $5,000.00) and was acknowledged by the property owner by text message the same day at 11:53 AM Pacific time. Three-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit, served June 21, 2024, identifies the originator and sender on the DocuSign envelope as Anna Tran Ly (DRE Broker License #01894348), who is not an attorney and was not the broker of record for the subject property at the time of transmission. Source: missing-month.html · notice.html · instrument-authorship.html9589 0710 5270 3530 1127 14; delivery confirmed approximately May 13, 2026). Supplemental PC §134 Resubmission Package mailed May 18, 2026. Resubmission pending · neutral tone · no finding has been made.Procuring or Offering False or Forged Instrument for Filing
74522578), Department C61. Source: instrument-authorship.html · court-record.htmlOffering False Documentary Evidence in a Trial or Proceeding
74522578) as the basis for the $6,375 security-deposit-credit calculation. The form contains, on its face, a pre-formatted Attorney Fees deduction line with the entry $2,005 — a deduction California Civil Code §1950.5(b) does not authorize against a residential security deposit (closed list of four enumerated purposes). The form bears the same DocuSign Envelope ID as the blank template publicly distributed by Silverstein Eviction Law at stevendsilverstein.com. Source: notice.htmlPerjury
1005959166) on April 19, 2024 (Confirmation OW00004382456864, $5,000.00) and on June 28, 2024 (Confirmation OW00004652829145, $5,350.00). Substitution of Attorney form filed January 21, 2025 by process server Jeremy Ryan Carpenter under penalty of perjury, certifying service of substitution on opposing counsel Steven D. Silverstein (USPS Certified Mail Tracking 9589 0710 5270 0842 6487 26). Source: lease-and-accounts.html · chronology.htmlForgery
9534914882764149935944, delivered Huntington Beach 92649 at 3:43 PM on May 30, 2024), sits sealed today, available for forensic latent-fingerprint and ink-and-paper examination by qualified investigators. Source: cure-tender.htmlConspiracy
California Penal Code · Property and Trust-Fund Cluster
PC §§484 · 487 · 503 · 504 · 530.5 · 532The property-and-trust-fund cluster reaches the wrongful taking, retention, or misapplication of money or property entrusted to a person in a position of agency or fiduciary responsibility. The cluster is the criminal counterpart to the California Business & Professions Code §10145 broker trust-funds regime addressed at the state-civil-counts page.
Theft / Grand Theft
OW00004652829145) from plaintiffs’ Wells Fargo Premier Checking ending …0732 to Wells Fargo account 1005959166 in the personal name of the property owner, was made under written protest in the wire memo: “Unknown Contract for July payment 27 of 37 on contracts.” The transmission occurred seven days after service of the Three-Day Notice. The funds settled at the personal account. Representations were thereafter made on the trial record that a refund had been mailed to the plaintiffs; no documentary evidence of any such refund appears on the plaintiffs’ receiving-account bank record at any point. Source: missing-month.htmlEmbezzlement · Fraudulent Appropriation by a Person Entrusted
3297 in the personal name of Hanson Le as the rent-receiving account. California Business & Professions Code §10145 requires that funds received by a real-estate licensee on behalf of another, in connection with a transaction, be placed into a broker trust account established for that purpose, and not into a personal account. The licensee was the designated rent-receiver. The account designated was personal. Source: lease-and-accounts.htmlFalse Pretenses · Obtaining Money or Property by Trick or Device
1005959166 had received the recurring monthly wire payments throughout 2022, 2023, and the first quarter of 2024 — sixteen wires in total, all designated to PHAT L TRAN. The owner’s June 22, 2024 written admission read: “Sorry I did nt know you did pay your rent to the Hanson account.” The owner’s representation, on the face of the Notice, was that rent was due. The contemporaneous documentary record reflects that rent had been wired to the owner’s designated account on the customary schedule. Source: lease-and-accounts.htmlExtortion · Obtaining Property by Threat · Preservation
Federal Criminal Code · Title 18 Cluster
18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 · 1343 · 1344 · 1708 · 1951 · 1957 · 1961–1962Federal counts catalogued for evidentiary preservation. Each count is referenced in submissions to the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Los Angeles Field Office, the Internet Crime Complaint Center, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General. Each is reachable by primary-document anchor.
Mail Fraud
9534914882764149935944), delivered Huntington Beach 92649 at 3:43 PM, signed for as “H H” — sealed by the recipient and never credited. The Three-Day Notice subsequently served on June 21, 2024 represented that rent was due and unpaid. Representations were thereafter made on the trial record that a refund had been mailed to plaintiffs; no documentary evidence of any such refund appears on plaintiffs’ receiving-account bank record. The (PROPOSED) AMENDED JUDGMENT transmitted to plaintiffs by Silverstein Eviction Law via United States Certified Mail on the firm’s letterhead, with a blank judge’s signature line and the case caption pre-filled. Source: cure-tender.htmlWire Fraud
OW00004652829145) transmitted to Wells Fargo account 1005959166 in the personal name of the property owner, on telephone demand during the cure window seven days after Three-Day Notice service. The wire memo records the plaintiff’s contemporaneous protest at being directed off-contract: “Unknown Contract for July payment 27 of 37 on contracts.” The interstate wire-transmission infrastructure of a federally regulated depository institution was the instrument of the transmission. The sixteen-wire ledger preserved on the lease-and-accounts page, totaling $80,350.00 in tenant payments through the same designated account ending …9166 between January 23, 2023 and June 28, 2024, provides the broader continuity record. Source: lease-and-accounts.htmlBank Fraud
OW00004382456864, memo “New lease 24 one payment at 5000”) and the June 28, 2024 off-contract wire ($5,350.00, Confirmation OW00004652829145) is Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a federally insured depository institution. The wire memo on the second transmission reflects plaintiff’s contemporaneous protest at being directed off-contract by an instrument (the Three-Day Notice) directing payment to a payee not named in the executed lease. Source: lease-and-accounts.htmlTheft or Receipt of Stolen Mail Matter
9534914882764149935944) was signed for at the addressee’s receiving location by an individual whose initials were recorded as “H H”. The check was thereafter sealed and never credited, never deposited, and never returned to plaintiffs by mail. Whether the chain of custody after receipt presents the section 1708 elements is a question for USPIS investigative authority. Source: cure-tender.htmlHobbs Act · Interference with Commerce by Extortion · Preservation
Engaging in Monetary Transactions in Property Derived from Specified Unlawful Activity · Preservation
RICO · Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations · Preservation
Criminal Interference with Fair Housing Rights
Charging Coordination · Where the Counts Sit
Cross-referenceThe eighteen counts catalogued above are presented in the format a reviewing prosecutorial agency would expect on a prosecutorial intake submission. Aggregation across counts and across defendants is reserved to charging discretion. The named persons of record — eight individuals plus one entity, indexed at the Jeopardy Matrix — are each entitled to respond to the documentary record on the merits, or to remain silent on the merits and accept the documentary inference that follows from silence.
| Forum | Authority | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Orange County District Attorney | Office of the Hon. Todd Spitzer · Real Estate Fraud Unit | California Penal Code §134 Referral Package mailed May 11, 2026 (USPS Cert 9589 0710 5270 3530 1127 14); supplemental package mailed May 18, 2026. Resubmission pending · neutral tone · no finding has been made. |
| FBI Los Angeles | Los Angeles Field Office · SA H. Nguyen | December 2025 submission perfected. Pending. |
| Internet Crime Complaint Center | IC3 · Federal Bureau of Investigation | December 2025 submission perfected. Pending. |
| USPS Inspection Service | USPIS | April 25, 2026 eleven-agency packet mailing. Pending. |
| DOJ Civil Rights Division | Housing Section · 950 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC 20530 | April 25, 2026 eleven-agency packet mailing. Pending. |
| HUD OIG | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · Office of Inspector General | April 25, 2026 eleven-agency packet mailing. Pending. |
| Huntington Beach PD | HBPD Internal Affairs · AI 26-0003 · Sgt. Trent Tunstall #1178 · Chief Eric Parra | Concluded “Unfounded” February 18, 2026 supplemental April 2, 2026. California Penal Code §134 referral mailed May 18, 2026. Pending resubmission · no finding has been made. |
The criminal counts catalogued on this page connect to the civil counts at state-civil-counts.html and federal-civil-counts.html through the same documentary record. The damages scaffolding at damages.html indexes the statutory multipliers applicable to the two-senior framework (Michael 72 + Tetyana 65+ with co-plaintiff Yulia 42). The primary-document index at evidence-index.html catalogues the sixteen-wire ledger, the four payment channels, the WF account #1005959166 four-document continuity anchor, the USPS Certified Mail tracking records, the cashier’s checks, and the DocuSign envelope evidence on which each count is anchored.