REDDING – A nurse practitioner was arrested and arraigned on felony charges related to issuing fraudulent and forged prescriptions, practicing medicine without a license, and identity theft. Naomi LeGate (aka Katy LeGate), of Mt. Shasta, was employed at a medical office in Redding when she allegedly committed the crimes. She was arrested on July 19, […]
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DCA Investigators Bust Downey Couple for Practicing Medicine Without a License
LOS ANGELES – When Department of Consumer Affairs investigators received a tip that a former physician and his wife were practicing medicine without a license, they went undercover to find out what was taking place. On May 7, 2015, that investigation lead to the arrest of Jose Alfredo Martinez,60 and his wife Emma Haydee Gonzalez, […]
CDPH & DCA Investigators Assist With Operation ‘Cat Eyes’
When investigators from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) teamed up with federal law enforcement partners to uncover the sale of cosmetic contact lenses without a prescription, they found plenty of illegal activity. In the first week of November, their Los Angeles area investigation, dubbed Operation Cat […]
Do You Want These People In Your Home?
They call it “California Blitz,” a statewide undercover sting operation conducted simultaneously at seven locations by investigators in the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and the Department of Insurance (CDI). The target? Unlicensed contractors who want you to put them to work, inside your home. “These are not the kind of people you want working […]
Centralized Intelligence Partnership: Targeting California’s Underground Economy
If you want to know about California’s explosive underground economy and the financial impact it has on our Golden State just ask any one of our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are investigators with the Employment Development Department, the Franchise Tax Board, or the Department of Consumer Affairs, just to name a […]
