Tag "fraud"
Tuolumne County Woman Arrested for Allegedly Spending Counterfeit Money
TUOLUMNE COUNTY, CA — “On Saturday, October 25, an employee at Gold Country Gas reported receiving a fictitious $10 bill from a female customer who had fled the scene. Officers
Mother of Missing Child Arrested for False Imprisonment
By F. Scott Faulkner November 8, 2025 – Santa Barbara County, CA A tense Nov. 6 encounter inside a Lompoc Valley home has now led to the felony false- imprisonment
Suspect Arrested in Ongoing Identity Theft and Fraud Investigation
– by Jim Emerson SAN RAFAEL, CA — Detectives from the Marin County Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman on suspicion of identity theft involving fraudulent purchases. Aisuluu Mursalieva, 27, of
Fraud Investigation Leads to Recovery of $97k
GRANITE BAY, CA — October 22nd 2025 —“In November 2024, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fraud report in Granite Bay. The victim told us she had been
San Luis Obispo Police Arrest Woman on Drug, Identity Theft Charges
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA — “On Tuesday, October 21, 2025, the San Luis Obispo Police Department was called to the Embassy Suites in San Luis Obispo for multiple suspicious items
Local Man Sentenced to 8 years for Investment Scheme
PLACERVILLE, CA —“William Matthew Ames, 58, of Crescent City, was sentenced Sept. 9, by the Honorable Judge Mark Ralphs to serve eight years in state prison after an El Dorado
Unlicensed Contractor Nabbed
LINCOLN, CA – “Judge Ralphs sentenced Alan Richard Mann, 51, to two years of formal probation and ordered him to serve 180 days in jail. Mann was also ordered to pay
Trio Nabbed in Attempted Corvette Scam
– By F. Scott Faulkner VENTURA COUNTY, CA — September 26, 2025 – What started as an online inquiry into the purchase of a $68,000 Chevrolet Corvette ended on the
Mono County Sheriff Warns of Email Scam Impersonating County Officials
MONO COUNTY, CA — The Mono County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning about a scam in which individuals are impersonating county officials to fraudulently solicit payments. Sheriff Ingrid Braun
Two Women Arrested for Allegedly Targeting Elders with Telephone Scams
– by Jim Emerson SAN RAFAEL, CA — Two women have been arrested on suspicion targeting elderly victims in Marin County with telephone scams. The suspects are Heydi del Carmen
