California Department of Motor Vehicles Investigations Division in Vallejo assisted in investigation SAN FRANCISCO – On May 5, 2021, a criminal complaint was unsealed in federal court charging Seymur Khalilov, Ramil Heydarov, and Orkhan Aliyev with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to the complaint, between 2016 and the present, Khalilov, 32; Heydarov, 31; and […]
On March 1st, 2021
VENTURA COUNTY – On February 24, 2021, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators assisted numerous law enforcement agencies in Ventura County with “Operation Clean Sweep”. The goal of the operation was to target property crimes in Ventura County including auto theft with a coordinated countywide arrest warrant sweep of prolific auto theft and property […]
On May 26th, 2020
RIVERSIDE - In 2019, the Riverside Auto-Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID) began an investigation into a criminal organization involved in Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) switching on a high number of stolen vehicles, many of which were sold to innocent purchasers throughout Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. Over the course of several months, RAID identified several homes […]
On December 10th, 2019
LOS ANGELES - On December 6, 2019, two men were sentenced for stealing nearly $4 million in cash and luxury vehicles in a high-end automobile sublease scam in the San Fernando Valley. Arman Mave Hazarian, aka Dean Hazarian, 48, of Tarzana was sentenced to nine years in state prison and Afshin Hashemi, aka Al Hashemi, […]
On November 13th, 2019
On November 7th, 2019
PALMDALE - On November 6, 2019, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators assisted Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station with a license plate enforcement operation aimed at confirming current vehicle registration and detecting stolen vehicles. The enforcement operation was set up was set up in Palmdale city limits in […]
