A Long Beach man who is serving a life sentence for planting a homemade bomb that killed his ex-girlfriend and injured two others at an Aliso Viejo day spa in 2018 was sentenced Thursday to an extra three years and one month in federal prison for a fraud scheme he concocted years before the bombing.
Stephen Beal, 65, pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles in November to federal counts of wire fraud, Social Security fraud and concealment of bankruptcy assets, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
In the bombing case, Beal was convicted at retrial in July of use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death, malicious destruction of a building resulting in death, use of a destructive device in a crime of violence and possession of an unregistered destructive device.
He was sentenced in January to life plus an additional 30 years in federal prison for building and planting the package bomb.
In the separate fraud case, Beal admitted failing to report in a bankruptcy proceeding $350,000 he received from his late wife’s estate. Beal also schemed to fraudulently obtain insurance benefits and Social Security payments after his wife’s 2008 death, according to federal prosecutors.