“They’re looked at by scammers as cash cows. Our seniors are the nicest group of people and sometimes we have to teach them, when it’s in their best interest to say no, to not open the door, to hang up the phone.” – CSLEA Unit A Vice President Kenny Ehrman The California Statewide Law Enforcement […]
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DMV Investigators Conduct Statewide Undercover Sting
In an effort to protect unsuspecting consumers from falling victim to unlicensed car dealers who often sell vehicles that are not what they seem, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators conducted a statewide undercover sting on Saturday, April 12, 2014. “These unlicensed car dealers prey on consumers who struggle financially,” said Kenny Ehrman, president […]
Calculating The Mileage All The Way To County Jail
When California Department of Motor Vehicles investigators learned a vehicle being registered with the DMV appeared to have a tampered odometer, they went to work to identify who did it. What they uncovered led to the arrest of Alberto Navarro Zapata, 27, and the discovery of at least six vehicles with altered odometers. “This is […]
CSLEA Attends CCLEA 2014 Legislative Reception and CCLEA Board of Directors Meeting
SACRAMENTO – California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) President Alan Barcelona along with CSLEA Chief Financial Officer Ricardo Sanchez and Board Members Kenny Ehrman and Al Cardwood attended The California Coalition of Law Enforcement Associations’ (CCLEA) 2014 Legislative Reception held at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel Tuesday, January 7th. The reception followed a CCLEA Board […]
CSLEA Attends Event In Support of Sebastian Ridley-Thomas
LOS ANGELES – California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Vice President Kenny Ehrman, along with several CSLEA staff members, joined Attorney General Kamala Harris at a fundraising event November 4, in support of California Assembly District 54 Candidate Sebastian Ridley-Thomas. “Attorney General Harris introduced Ridley-Thomas and spoke briefly about him and his commitment to improve […]
DMV Investigators Bust Unlicensed Car Dealer Ring
Fresno – Three men with the same last name are now staying under the same roof, the Fresno County jail, after allegedly operating an unlicensed car dealer ring. On June 18, 2013, Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators, along with Fresno police, arrested Rami Alrawashdeh, 20, and Murad Alrawashdeh 24. They later arrested Atef Alrawashdeh, 30. […]
DMV Investigators Undercover in Oxnard
When Oxnard police received complaints from downtown business owners about shady and disruptive activity taking place, they looked into the matter and called upon investigators from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for help. In a six week period, operating undercover, Oxnard police and DMV investigators discovered two men were setting up shop and illegally […]
License Plate Fraud: Ex-City Employee Admits To Forgery
When Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators were tipped off something was not right with the fee-exempt government license plates on a car being driven erratically in Riverside County, they went to work and uncovered 17 vehicles registered to a fictitious fire district. The common denominator? Canyon Lake ex-city employee Patrick Joseph Colleary. Colleary was […]
DMV Employee Busted For Stealing Credit Cards
When Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies went to investigators at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and said, ‘Help us, we have a problem,’ those investigators went to work. The problem? Reports from two people that their credit cards had been stolen and used, something they noticed shortly after they had conducted business at the DMV […]
DMV Investigators Bust Counterfeit I-D Mill
When the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) got a tip that someone was making phony temporary California driver licenses and selling them, our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are DMV investigators went to work. Four months later, they arrested two people for allegedly making counterfeit temporary operating permits and temporary driver […]
