April 15-16, 2015 were busy days for the Contractors State License Board's (CSLB) Statewide Investigative Fraud Team (SWIFT). SWIFT investigators set up a sting in both Union City and Eureka to weed out unlicensed contractors placing bids on home improvement jobs totaling $500 or more in combined labor and material costs. It's estimated that 20 […]
On March 4th, 2014
During an eight-hour undercover sting conducted by the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) in Pioneer February 25, 2014, investigators approached a suspected unlicensed contractor who refused to cooperate, ran from investigators, locked himself in his vehicle and made threatening movements. Officers held the man at gunpoint. He was just one of six suspects cited for […]
On January 23rd, 2014
Our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members with the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) started the new year with their tried-and-true method of catching and cuffing unlicensed contractors. Two undercover stings in two weeks resulted in 24 suspects cited. On January 8 and 9, 2014, the CSLB Statewide Investigative Fraud Team (SWIFT) cited 18 […]
On December 21st, 2012
No rest for our CSLEA members who are investigators with the Contractors State License Board (CSLB). As part of CSLB's Statewide Investigative Fraud Team (SWIFT) they have gone undercover in both Northern and Southern California. Their latest set-ups netted eight offenders in Glendale and seven in San Jose. The investigators act as home or business […]
