A 46-year-old man pleaded not guilty Monday to embezzling about $325,000 from The Cliff Restaurant in Laguna Beach. Ernesto Jose Frias Ybarra was charged May 13, 2025, with seven counts of grand theft embezzlement and seven counts of money laundering, all felonies, with sentencing enhancements for aggravated white collar crime between $100,000 to $500,000. Ybarra […]
