Trump pardons convicted California fraudster he freed for other crime
Los Angeles Times • • nation
Key Points:
- President Trump pardoned Adriana Camberos, a San Diego-area woman previously convicted for selling counterfeit 5-Hour Energy shots, whose sentence he had commuted in 2021 but who was later convicted in a separate fraud case in 2024.
- Camberos and her brother were found guilty of a scheme involving fraudulent wholesale grocery purchases, bank and mail fraud, and illegally profiting millions, which funded a lavish lifestyle including luxury cars and multiple properties.
- The pardon is part of a recent surge of clemencies issued by Trump in his second term, many involving defendants with connections to him or his political circle, amid efforts criticized as undermining public integrity safeguards.
- A White House official claimed the Biden administration unfairly targeted the Cam
