SACRAMENTO – On November 2, 2017, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators conducted a Disabled Person Parking Placard (DPPP) enforcement operation in Sacramento. During the operation on Florin Road, investigators contacted 93 individuals who were utilizing a disabled person parking placard and found 11 of those 93 were fraudulently using the placard. Those 11 individuals […]
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DMV Investigators Cite 16 in Disabled Parking Placard Abuse Crackdown in San Diego
SAN DIEGO – In an effort to educate the public and enforce the law, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators are conducting enforcement operations to put a stop to Disabled Person Parking Placard (DPPP) abuse. On April 18, 2017, DMV investigators fanned out at six different locations in San Diego to identify and cite […]
CSLB Tackles Underground Economy With Undercover Stings
SACRAMENTO- Contractors State License Board (CSLB) investigators put another small dent in the monstrous underground economy that exists in California by conducting two undercover stings June 14-16, 2016. “CSLB investigators work this state from north to south and east to west,” said California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) President Alan Barcelona. “Through citations and arrests, […]
CSLEA Welcomes New Members & Reaches Out to Current Members in Southern California
During the first week of April, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Member Services Field Representative Shelley Bishop personally extended a warm welcome to seven new CSLEA members including Metropolitan State Hospital Communications Operators Daniel Castro Corey, Maha Lampkin, and Allyson Sherwood, Police Officers Jamie Ortiz and Travis Sawyer and Investigator Patricia Escalera, along with […]
Monterey Park Doctor Sentenced to Jail
LOS ANGELES – On March 25, 2016, a Monterey Park pediatric physician was sentenced to four years in custody and ordered to pay more than $132,500 in restitution to Medi-Cal after pleading no contest to insurance fraud and prescribing drugs with no legitimate medical purpose. According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Dr. […]
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 […]
Jail Sentences For Men Who Scammed CSLB Applicants & Licensees From Home In Tijuana
Criminal behavior does not stop at the border, nor do our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are investigators with the Contractors State License Board (CSLB). Investigators saw the end result of a multi-faceted investigation on February 18, 2014, with the sentencing of Maico Merdinand Dimla. Dimla, 42, teamed up with Luis Manuel […]
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 […]
CDI Investigators: San Mateo Businesswoman Sentenced
When an insurance company suspected the owner of Genesis Building Services, a San Mateo pest and janitorial services company, was under-reporting her payroll to the tune of $10 million dollars, that insurance company went straight to our CSLEA members who are investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI). As a result of their investigation, […]
On Their Side Now: Former Phony Contractor Tips Off Investigators
Talk about converting someone. A former illegal contractor, now operating legally as a licensed contractor, helped state investigators in their undercover sting last week by tipping them off to someone else breaking the law. Investigators with the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) posed as homeowners at a house in Merced and sought bids for various […]
