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SACRAMENTO – With holiday shopping at its peak time, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators know that, in most places, convenient parking spaces are at a premium. Human nature and experience tells them, some people will fraudulently place a Disabled Person Parking Placard (DPPP) on their vehicle’s rearview mirror in order to use a […]
SAN MATEO COUNTY – On December 19, 2017, Amishi Patel, 43, pleaded no contest to felony charges alleging she performed unnecessary dental work on at least eight patients in an 11-month time period beginning in April of 2014 while working part-time at a dental office in Daly City. In addition, as the court case was […]
SACRAMENTO – California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents seized gambling machines at three businesses in California following undercover investigations in San Jose, Salinas and Santa Maria. On August 17, 2017, agents posted a Notice-of-Suspension at Waves Café in San Jose after ABC agents discovered illegal gambling devices on the premises, along with the possession of […]
SACRAMENTO – On August 28, 2017 it was announced that two San Francisco Bay Area companies and the two individuals who head them will pay approximately $2 million to resolve federal and state False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly overbilled the California’s Department of Developmental Services (DDS) by billing for services that were never […]
LOS ANGELES – A preliminary hearing has been set for a Whittier man charged with identity theft, forgery, false impersonation, and counterfeiting. Benito Plascenia, 58, appeared in court on August 24, 2017 at which time a preliminary hearing was set for September 7, 2017. “For the second time in ten years, Plascenia is accused of […]
SACRAMENTO— On August 23, 2017, Frank Luo, 49, of Las Vegas, was sentenced to three years in prison for wire fraud related to a nationwide casino and credit card fraud scheme. A case investigated by the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Gambling Control and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. According to court documents, between […]
The California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s CSLEA Consumer Protection & Public Safety Foundation Scholarship Awards. This year, the foundation awarded eight applicants with $1,000 dollars each. “I am extremely proud that we are able to keep our non-profit scholarship program funded each year in an […]
SAN BERNARDINO – It started with a post on Facebook. California Statewide Law Enforcement Association Member Eduardo Palomares, a police officer at Patton State Hospital, saw something that caught his eye. A 23-year-old whose dreams of following in his father’s footsteps by becoming a police officer came to a crashing halt at the age […]
SACRAMENTO – Following many incidents of violence at Parlare Euro Lounge in downtown Sacramento, including a shooting in August in which two people were injured, the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) suspended the business’ alcoholic beverage license on August 17, 2017. Effective immediately, the business is indefinitely prohibited from selling or serving alcoholic […]
By CSLEA Member James Potts LOS ANGELES – On August 11-13, 2017, four detectives and two detective sergeants from the California Department of Insurance Fraud Division competed in the 2017 World Police and Fire Games dodgeball tournament. There were a total of 21 teams that competed. The Fraud Division record was 7-15. Even though […]
