“This case is an example of the exemplary work done by DHCS investigators to protect government programs designed to help citizens.  This is important work in which fraud is investigated, arrests are made and prosecutions take place, and should serve as an example to those who are using fraudulent schemes involving government programs to line […]

SACRAMENTO- On June 22, 2021, Robert Joseph Maher, 42, formerly of Stockton, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to court documents, between November 2010 and February 2018, Maher participated in a scheme to defraud the State of California Employment Development Department (EDD) by […]

STANISLAUS COUNTY  -Between May 31-June 4, 2021 the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of California state law enforcement officers,  targeted outdoor and indoor illicit marijuana grows throughout Stanislaus  County, eradicating plants, seizing firearms and cash,  and arresting dozens of people. The operation resulted in: The eradication of 74,088 marijuana plants, 39,883 of which […]

LOS ANGELES— On May 28, 2021, Nissim Vaknin, 49, of Encino, was arraigned for felony insurance fraud after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) revealed he allegedly underreported employee payroll by more than $70 million in order to fraudulently reduce his business’ premium for workers’ compensation insurance by more than $25 million. […]

LOS ANGELES COUNTY -On May 25, 2021, investigators from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control’s Cannabis Enforcement Unit, with the assistance of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, served a search warrant on an unlicensed dispensary known as Whittier Daily Greens. The search warrant resulted in the seizure of cannabis and cannabis products worth nearly […]