Social Media Spies Helping Sacramento Crackdown On Fraudulent Worker Comp Claims
Cities are using a new tool in the fight against phony worker's compensation claims, hiring private eyes to look at what people are posting online.
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Cities are using a new tool in the fight against phony worker's compensation claims, hiring private eyes to look at what people are posting online.
A state worker walked out of jail one day after he and another state employee were arrested on allegations of taking bribes.
According to court documents, "The investigation revealed on separate occasions that the subject used both the ficticious name of Thomas R. Cuni, and then later his real name of John Dial in order to get hired as a pilot."
Stephanie Clark, an employee of the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Danny Compson, a Caltrans worker, are both facing fraud and corruption charges after an anonymous tip.
Former assemblyman Carl E. Washington also was ordered to pay $194,000 in restitution to three financial institutions he defrauded.
A Sacramento man has been sentenced to nine years in state prison for defrauding Caltrans out of nearly $1.9 million.
Investigators say a local man was taking exotic trips, and even bought a home, with ripped-off taxpayer money.
A Sacramento man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly invoicing Caltrans for print ads his company was supposed to create and run in local newspapers, but never did, Caltrans says.
Federal officials have charged the former head of the nation's largest pension fund and one of his business associates in an influence peddling and bribery case.
When considering a career in Sacramento's criminal justice field, investigate education first.
Criminal justice continues to be a burgeoning field for job seekers.
A family hit with a double whammy was forced to cancel a funeral during the event and delivered a casket basically made out of material from a hardware store.
A Stockton funeral home advertising itself as family oriented and community based is accused of committing fraud against elderly victims by selling them pre-arrangement policies that don't exist.
A world traveler from Davis says she was double charged while out of the country. When she says her credit card company wouldn't go to bat for her, it was time to call Kurtis.
As many as two dozen Fresno State University football players have been implicated in a welfare fraud investigation involving a county Department of Social Services eligibility specialist who is accused of filing false benefits for them and others.
A crime spree came to an end Sunday in Auburn after two suspects were arrested at a Home Depot on numerous charges.
Tens of thousands of your tax dollars are missing in action. Prosecutors say federal stimulus funds were used fraudulently by contractor Peter Scott of Roseville.
