On July 24, 2013, representatives of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) met to begin discussions in anticipation of the passage of SB 304, a bill that would alter how the Medical Board of California investigates and prosecutes violations of State law committed by physicians. The current system […]
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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, […]
The Biggest Gang Case In Santa Clara County History
There are still more suspects to be found and arrests to be made but with 48 men and women indicted, the Santa Clara County District Attorney calls the investigation into the Nuestra Familia prison gang’s street level thugs, the biggest gang case in county history. “This three year investigation involved law enforcement agencies big and […]
DOJ Special Agents At Work: Human Traffickers Sentenced To Jail
SACRAMENTO – When the FBI investigated a transnational human trafficking ring operating in Northern California, the Bureau called upon California Department of Justice (DOJ) special agents to draw up detailed affidavits and to make the arrests. Last week, three of the five defendants in this case, arrested by DOJ special agents in February, were each […]
San Fernando Valley Doctor Sentenced To Prison In $3 Million Medicare Fraud Case
Congratulations to our California Department of Justice special agents in the Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud & Elder Abuse. Their expertise in the investigation of a San Fernando Valley doctor has resulted in a 3-1/2 year prison sentence and an order to pay $3,184,000 in restitution. “This doctor, through his cosmetic health care clinic, submitted to […]
Case Investigated By Special Agent: Former Nurse Ordered To Stand Trial
A former nurse accused of sexual assaulting patients who were bedridden has been ordered by a judge to stand trial. On Thursday, March 7, 2013, a Superior Court judge ruled there is enough evidence to warrant a trial in the case against Paul Robert Simon, 53. Simon worked as a nurse at Rancho Springs Medical […]