A key official with the Mojave Desert Land Trust is charged with depositing the nonprofit's funds into bank accounts he ...

A man from Desert Hot Springs, Ernesto Frias Ybarra, was charged with embezzlement and money laundering, accused of stealing ...

Ybarra's arrest came after staff at the Mojave Desert Land Trust ... Frias Ybarra was booked at the Morongo Basin Jail and is being held in lieu of $750,000 bail. Detectives believe there may ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust's former chief finance administrator ... Frias Ybarra was booked at the Morongo Basin Jail and was being held Thursday in lieu of $750,000 bail. The land trust said ...