This morning, federal prosecutors launched a multistate series of raids, arresting 73 people in conjunction with what may turn out to be the largest medical care fraud scheme in history of the United States — including many arrests here for health care fraud and insurance fraud in Los Angeles and…
An exclusive report issued last week by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) about the efficacy of bans on texting-while-driving may have powerful implications for Los Angeles DUI policy. The HLDI study examined rates of accidents in Louisiana, Washington, Minnesota, and California both prior to and after the implementation of…
Many articles about Los Angeles DUI tell you how to avoid getting into dangerous driving situations, how to handle the police at the scene, and even how to draft an effective legal contest to your charges. But very few resources out there tell you what to do — how to…
Actor Mel Gibson’s 2006 Los Angeles DUI arrest may have been the most notorious celebrity DUI arrest in history. The Australian actor allegedly went off on an anti-Semitic rant at the Malibu police station when he was brought in, and this tirade fueled weeks of media coverage. On August 16,…
On June 7, a Riverside, California man named Rene Montes entered a guilty plea for dozens of counts of Southern California insurance fraud. The California Department of Insurance reported that Montes pled guilty to felony conspiracy, three counts of felony tax evasion, 59 counts of felony insurance fraud and 59…
Most cases of Southern California credit card fraud fail to make the headlines, either because they involve relatively insignificant sums of money or because they involve people and corporations that everyday people don’t know or care much about. However, a breaking story out of Indianapolis has heads swiveling across the…
The Wall Street Journal reported on May 21st that a major real estate developer, Anthony Symmes, has pled guilty to charges of Southern California fraud – and seven other people have been indicted on similar charges. The 59-year old Symmes is the most prolific house builder in the Chico region,…
The epidemic of celebrity Southern California DUI stories has provoked a national discussion over policy and road safety. Just last week, for instance, as this blog reported, Corey Dillon — a former NFL runningback and a member of the 2004 Patriots (Super Bowl Champions) — was arrested for driving under…
Websites like RadarOnline, PopEater, and Perez Hilton’s blog constantly report on the latest celebrity Los Angeles DUI news. Over the past decade alone, we have seen some of our most beloved TV and movie stars — including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Nick Nolte, Stephanie Pratt and, perhaps most famously, Mel…
Most Southern California DUI cases involve simple roadside stops or failures at sobriety checkpoints. These stops tend to be no-drama affairs — perhaps involving someone driving under the influence in Burbank with a BAC of 0.09% following a night out at a bar in the town center. But every once…