When investigators with the Contractors State License Board’s (CSLB) Statewide Investigative Fraud Team (SWIFT) set up at shop in Belmont May 22, 2014, they posed as commercial property owners taking bids for paint, drywall and floor work. By the end of their nine-hour sting, they arrested 12 people suspected on contracting without a license. One […]
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“California Blitz” – State Investigators Hammer Unlicensed Contractors
A statewide crackdown by California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are investigators with the Contractors State License Board targeted unlicensed contractors and resulted in 78 arrests. “Some of the people arrested are people you don’t want to have in your home,” said CSLEA President Alan Barcelona. “A sex offender, a convicted rapist, guys […]
CSLB Investigators: Lengthy Investigation Leads To Arrest
It is a multi-million dollar case involving fraud, grand theft and diversion of funds and a Santa Cruz County woman is at the center of it. “Our CSLEA members who investigate crimes for the Contractors State License Board are like guardian angels watching over consumers as the unscrupulous attempt their devil-like deeds,” said CSLEA President […]
