SAN FRANCISCO – On May 8, 2015, a website operator who exploited women online pled no contest to one count of extortion, three counts of attempted extortion, and one count of conspiracy. Casey E. Meyering, of Oklahoma, operated WinByState.com, a cyber exploitation website on which intimate images of unsuspecting victims were posted without the victims’ […]
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to Prison for Marriage Fraud Scheme
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence assisted in the investigation of a marriage fraud scheme that has lead to prison sentences for three people from Sacramento. According to the United States Department of Justice, on May 8, 2015, Sippy Lal, 62, was sentenced to two years in prison for […]
18-Year Prison Sentence For Revenge-Porn Website Operator
On April 3, 2015, Kevin Christopher Bollaert, of San Diego, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for running a “revenge porn” website in which he allowed people to post nude pictures of their ex-lovers. Bollaert also made tens of thousands of dollars from victims who paid him to take the images down. The prison […]
Jury Convicts Owner of Medical Equipment Supply Company
LOS ANGELES – An investigation by special agents in the California Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse, in partnership with federal investigators, has lead to a jury conviction of a former owner of a medical equipment supply company in Southern California. On March 20, 2015, the United States Department of […]
California Department of Justice SOU Special Agents Take Down Violent Street Gangs in Oakland
OAKLAND— A five-month investigation in which California Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Agents in Special Operation Units (SOUs) teamed up with CHP and Oakland Police Officers has resulted in the takedown of an Oakland area street gang organization, including the arrest of 16 people and the seizure of 36 weapons. “We are committed to dismantling […]
Guilty Verdict For Revenge-Porn Website Operator
SAN DIEGO – On February 2, 2015, a San Diego man who ran a “revenge porn” website allowing people to post nude pictures of their ex-lovers, and who made tens of thousands of dollars from victims who paid him to take the images down, was found guilty on 21 counts of identity theft and six […]
DOJ Task Force Tackles Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation
A powerful task force lead by the California Department of Justice (DOJ) will actively target human trafficking and child exploitation in San Diego County. The San Diego Violent Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation Task Force (VHTCE) consists of 15 law enforcement and prosecution agencies that will identify, rescue, and connect victims with vital services, and […]
CSLEA, ASA-DOJ and Attorney General Meet With New DOJ Special Agents
On October 23, 2014, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Senior Legal Counsel Jim Vitko and Association of Special Agents-DOJ (ASA-DOJ) President Al Cardwood attended a meeting in Los Angeles in which they and Attorney General Kamala Harris welcomed 14 new Special Agents to the Department of Justice. Also in attendance at the meeting were […]
DOJ Agents Take Down Drug Organization in Contra Costa County
When California Department of Justice (DOJ) task forces set out to take down a transnational criminal organization in Contra Costa County they dubbed their investigation Operation Road Trip. Operation Road Trip is the merger of two long-term investigations in which agents discovered methamphetamine from Mexico was being delivered to the Nitro gang in Southern California. […]
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 […]
