SANTA BARBARA – California Department of Justice special agents and Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 10 people and seized 83 firearms, including three assault weapons, in a 2-day sweep in Santa Barbara February 9-10, 2016. The sweep targeted individuals in the Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS), people who are legally barred from possessing firearms […]
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Long Beach Couple Sentenced for Their Roles in $1.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
California DOJ’s Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse assisted in investigation On January 29, 2016, the former owner and the former operator of a durable medical equipment supply company based in Long Beach, were sentenced for their roles in a $1.5 million Medicare fraud scheme. Amalya Cherniavsky, 41, and her husband, Vladislav Tcherniavsky, 46, […]
Casino Operator Agrees to Plead Guilty to Charges of Violating Anti-Money Laundering Statutes
Investigation conducted by California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Gambling Control and IRS LOS ANGELES –The operator of the Normandie Casino in Gardena agreed, in court papers filed on January 22, 2016, to plead guilty to charges that it violated anti-money laundering provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act. As part of an agreement with federal prosecutors, […]
Caltrans Employee Arrested in Bribery Case Following Investigation by DOJ Special Agents
SACRAMENTO – After a nine-month long investigation by California Department of Justice (DOJ) special agents, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) employee Alex Morales III, 54, has been arrested on bribery charges. Morales allegedly received bribes in the form of money and a vehicle in return for ensuring that Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) contracts were […]
25 People Charged in $10 Million Illegal Gambling and Money Laundering Operation
SAN DIEGO – Twenty-five people are charged in a federal grand jury indictment with participating in an illegal gambling operation that laundered an estimated $10 million in gambling proceeds through Chula Vista and San Diego card rooms in what is believed to be the biggest illegal gambling prosecution in San Diego County in recent memory. […]
DOJ Special Agents Seize 541 Firearms from a home in Clovis
CLOVIS – It’s hard to imagine that a single home nestled in a Clovis neighborhood would contain 541 firearms and more than 100,000 rounds of ammunition, but that’s what California Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Firearms special agents found when they investigated a man who is prohibited from possessing firearms due to a mental health […]
DOJ Special Agents Team With Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputies In Three Day Operation
SACRAMENTO – When California Department of Justice special agents teamed with Sacramento Sheriff’s deputies in a three-day operation to removed firearms from people who are not legally allowed to possess them, the results were huge. Agents and deputies seized 82 firearms and arrested 10 people. “To seize 82 firearms, in one community, in three days, […]
Leader of $20 million Bogus Prescription Scheme Sentenced
Congratulations to special agents with the California Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse who worked together with local and federal law enforcement officers in Glendale as part of Operation “Psyched Out” to investigate, arrest and prosecute 16 defendants involved in an elaborate $20 million scheme to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal, by among […]
Two Arrested in Million Dollar Recycling Fraud Scheme
Two men have been arrested in a recycling fraud scheme following an investigation by California Department of Justice special agents. Agents uncovered a scam in which used beverage containers were being transported from Phoenix, Arizona to a recycling company in Bakersfield where the containers were fraudulently redeemed for approximately $1 million dollars over a five […]
DOJ Special Agents At Work: Guilty Pleas in $10 million Wheelchair Scheme
Our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are special agents in the California Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse helped crack a $10.1 million Medicare Fraud case that resulted in the arrests of seven people, two of whom, pleaded guilty this week. On July 1, Dr. Emmanuel Ayodele, […]
