The waves in SoCal are a bit safer today after a federal judge in Los Angeles lowered the boom on Moundir Kamil, a notorious recidivist who turned beach parking lots into his personal ATM.
On January 28, 2026, the 56-year-old Orange County resident was sentenced to 44 months in federal prison for orchestrating a high-tech identity theft ring that fleeced over $979,000 from local surfers and beachgoers.
Moundir Kamil is a Moroccan national. While he has resided in the United States—specifically in Orange County, California—for several decades, court documents related to his criminal cases identify him as a foreign national whose residency status in the U.S. has been described as unclear.
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