State investigators with the Franchise Tax Board and Board of Equalization raided a million dollar-plus residence in Riverside and two automobile sales businesses Tuesday, October 29. After serving the search warrants, investigators arrested Ahmad Mohamod Sami, 38 and Nader M. Sami, 45, both of Riverside. According to the Riverside County Jail’s website, the two men […]
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Owner of Brookdale Lodge Sentenced to Jail for Insurance Fraud
SANTA CRUZ – The owner of the Brookdale Inn and Spa, Sanjiv Kakkar, 52, has been sentenced to a year in jail and three years probation for insurance fraud. Kakkar pleaded no contest to two felony counts including insurance premium fraud and failure to maintain workers’ compensation insurance. Detectives with the California Department of Insurance […]
DCA Investigators Arrest Owners of Hearing Aid Business
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Investigators with the Department of Consumer Affairs’ (DCA) Division of Investigation arrested an Atascadero man and his wife October 22, after the two failed to show up in court the previous day on charges of insurance fraud and grand theft. Aaron A. Marquis, 46, and his wife, Anja Marquis, 38, are […]
Three Northern California Family Members Convicted & Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – The owner of Costa Bella Builders, a construction company in the Santa Cruz area, and two of his family members were convicted of committing worker’s compensation insurance premium fraud. Jeffrey Thranow, 59, failed to report employees to his insurance carrier or to the Employment Development Department (EDD). Thranow’s son-in-law, Vittorio Castelli, 34, […]
DOJ Special Agents At Work: Former Pastor Sentenced in $11 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 $11 million Medicare Fraud case that resulted in the arrests of seven people, one of whom was sentenced on October 17, 2013. “This is a case […]
Coffee Shop Rapist Sentenced To 65 Years
SANTA CRUZ – By all accounts it was a horrific attack against a young barista opening up a coffee shop early one morning in 2008. The man who held a knife to her throat, raped, robbed and locked her inside a storage refrigerator, went about his life for three years before he was identified as […]
11 Years In Prison For Man Who Negotiated a Deal With Undercover Agents
Special agents with the Department of Justice Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (BNE) and Mountain and Valley Marijuana Investigation Team (MAVMIT) assisted in an investigation that lead to an 11 year prison sentence for a Contra Costa man. On October 21, Adolfo Valencia Alvarez, 49, was sentenced for conspiracy to grow and distribute marijuana. According to […]
The Great ShakeOut October 17, 2013 10:17 a.m.
Our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are emergency management experts once again invite you to join million of people who will Drop, Cover, and Hold On October 17th at 10:17 a.m. in the 2013 Great California ShakeOut! Last year more than 9.4 million Californians participated in ShakeOut drills across the state. Participating is a […]
CSLEA Member and State Investigator, Detective Darrel Tully Loses Locks In Shave The Brave Event
“It was a very nice event. Thanks for the support.” -Detective Darrel Tully He did it, just as he has for the past nine years. On Saturday, September 28, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Member and California Department of Insurance (DOI) Fraud Division Detective Darrel Tully lost his locks for a very good cause. […]
CSLEA Foundation 3rd Annual Golf Tournament A Success
On Monday, October 7, 2013 the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Consumer Protection and Public Safety Foundation held its 3rd annual golf tournament at the beautiful Yocha Dehe Golf Club/ Cache Creek Casino Resort in Yolo County. “The course was absolutely beautiful and only added to the success of our event,” said tournament director […]
