Archie Karas, 62, best-known for a winning card playing gambling streak from 1992 to 1995 when he turned just $50 into $40 million, was taken into custody September 24, 2013 at his home in Las Vegas, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. The world famous gambler was caught marking cards at the […]
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Prison Time For Two Car Dealership Owners Convicted For Bank Fraud
Two Modesto brothers, owners of several car dealerships in Stanislaus and Merced Counties, are heading to prison for more than four years each as a result of their conviction for conspiring to commit bank fraud. “These men, along with several of their employees falsified the information of potential car buyers in order for the potential […]
New Legislation Places Medical Board Investigators Into the Division of Investigation
Senate Bill 304, legislation that moves California Medical Board Investigators to the Department of Consumer Affairs and extends the existence of the Board for four more years, is headed to the Governor’s desk. CSLEA and investigators with the Medical Board of California (MBC) were closely following the bill as lawmakers amended the legislation and decided […]
New Legislation Expected to Place Medical Board Investigators Into the Division of Investigation
Investigators with the Medical Board of California (MBC) have been anxiously following a bill winding its way through the legislature which will decide the question of which state agency will be responsible for conducting investigations of doctors and related medical professionals. Currently MBC’s Enforcement Program exists under the umbrella of the Department of Consumer Affairs […]
CSLEA Meets With DOJ To Discuss Possible Medical Board of California Transition
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 […]
ABC and DOJ Agents Take Part In Shasta County Drug Bust
A joint investigation by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies has resulted in a multi-count federal grand jury indictment charging a Shasta County couple with manufacturing and distributing giant quantities of marijuana. Included in that investigations were California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents and Department of Justice (DOJ) special agents. A federal grand jury […]
DOJ Criminalists Assist In Torture-Kidnap Investigation
When Lompoc police suspected there was evidence of a violent crime that was committed back in January inside a garage, they called on California Department of Justice (DOJ) criminalists to process the scene. Even though the crime was committed more than six months ago, DOJ criminalists uncovered the evidence police were looking for. Their work […]
Guilty Pleas Send Drug Dealer and Accomplice To Prison
An admitted drug dealer is being sent to prison for 14 years and his accomplice for five years after two drug deals with an undercover police officer. Rogelio Corral, 33, of Fremont and Jose Effrain-Gonzalez, 35, of Redwood City entered a plea agreement with the government following a six-month sting operation by the San Mateo […]
ABC Agents Make Rare Felony Bust
When sheriff’s deputies searched a home in Sonoma County back in March, they discovered something they suspected was a “still.” They immediately called on California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents for assistance and expertise. Agents from the Santa Rosa District Office responded to assist the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department and determined they were, indeed, dealing […]
Special Agents Arrest Business Owner Accused Of Defrauding Taxpayers of Nearly $2 Million
California Department of Justice (DOJ) special agents arrested Elk Grove business owner, Eric Blaine Hodgson, 43, on 22 counts of grand theft, today. Hodgson is the owner of Phenix Print & Image and is accused of defrauding Caltrans of $1.9 million dollars by billing Caltrans for work that was never done. Caltrans hired Phenix Print […]
