When California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) member and California Department of Insurance (CDI) Detective Wenifred Smith found a box of insurance claim forms dropped on his desk by private insurance companies that suspected fraud, he went to work. For two and a-half years he fact-checked, interviewed and investigated. Never, in his tedious, complex investigation, […]
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It Takes Practice & Skill
Our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members with the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) are rolling up their sleeves and getting knee deep in another disaster exercise. Cal EMA is activating the State Operations Center (SOC) at Cal EMA headquarters in Rancho Cordova in support of this year’s Gold Guardian Drill. The drill, […]
Funeral Home Owner Sentenced To Jail
He took money from elderly people who thought they were doing right by their families by pre-arranging and pre-paying for their funeral and cemetery services and he spent it on himself, now Stockton funeral home owner Reginald Thompson is going to jail. In February, Thompson was convicted of five felony and two misdemeanor counts that […]
Two Stings In Six Days – Investigators Net 23
On May 1, it was Kern County. On May 7, it was Los Angeles County. Our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who make up the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) Statewide Investigative Fraud Team (SWIFT) nailed 23 suspects contracting without a license. “You don’t want these types of individuals working in, on or […]
Prom & Graduation Season: ABC Agents Work To Keep Kids Safe
An 18-year-old from Tehachapi is facing serious DUI charges after his car, with four teenage passengers inside, overturned on a Highway 58 off-ramp. All five teenagers, 17- and 18-years-old and two of whom were not wearing seatbelts, were hurt. This is the type of accident that Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents investigate to determine where […]
Taxi or Trouble?
A full bar, stripper poles and a DJ booth. That is what Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents found in the basement of a building when they and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies investigated a complaint surrounding a taxi cab company in Lancaster, last month. After an undercover investigation, agents and deputies raided the unlicensed bar […]
California Financier Arrested In Washington
Our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members in the Department of Corporations and the Department of Insurance get kudos for this one. Albert Moriarty, Jr., president and owner of Moriarty Enterprises was arrested, Sunday, May 5, 2013 in the state of Washington for allegedly stealing at least $3.2 million from clients. Moriarty’s financial services […]
Construction Fraud: Unlicensed Contractor Sentenced To 16 Months In Jail
An unlicensed contractor, Alec Damos, 52, was sentenced Friday, May 3, 2013 to 16 months in jail for defrauding more than $635,000 from a Huntington Beach homeowner and a Yorba Linda family by taking their payments and failing to complete construction projects. In addition to his jail sentence, Damos must pay more than $635,000 in […]
Liquor License Revoked At Eureka Pool Hall
When Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents went undercover at Raggs Rack Room in Eureka, they discovered violations that resulted in the business losing its liquor license. Agents posted a Notice of Revocation after witnessing alcohol being sold to an obviously intoxicated person and witnessing a minor being allowed to stay inside. “This is one of […]
Adult Charged After Young DUI Driver Crashed
When a minor drinks, drives, and crashes, it is the job of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agent to find out who provided the under-21 driver with booze, and if necessary, make the bust. Jon Ruiz, 22, of Novato, discovered that last week when ABC charged him for allegedly supplying alcohol to a group of […]
