State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and county District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said Tuesday the DA’s office charged 26 California medical professionals in a $40 million insurance fraud scheme that includes a Costa Mesa pharmacy and four Orange County doctors.
Tag: Orange County District Attorney
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Longtime Corruption Fighter Chosen as OC’s Law Enforcement Watchdog
Orange County supervisors announced Tuesday that they’ve picked Gary Schons, a prosecutor with decades of experience investigating public corruption in Southern California, to head the county’s Office of Independent Review.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Rackauckas Likely to Face Yet Another Investigation
The county Board of Supervisors indicated this week that they’ll launch a probe into the DA’s controversial DNA collection program.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
DA Fills Position Recommended by Panel in Wake of Snitch Scandal
District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has promoted one of his top subordinates, Jim Tanizaki, to be his second-in-command in response to recommendations from an independent panel of attorneys.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Chemerinsky: A Long Overdue Investigation
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Irvine law school and one of the nation’s foremost constitutional scholars, writes that the federal probe into unconstitutional use of jail informants by county law enforcement is welcome news.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Why Did Andrew Do Reject a Popular Crime Prevention Program?
The county supervisor shot down a state-funded pilot program that would have brought social workers into the public defender’s office to help with prisoner re-entry. Elsewhere, similar programs have been found to be hugely successful.
Posted inWestminster
DA Looking Into Allegations of Payoff Attempt by Westminster Mayor
Orange County District Attorney’s Office is making inquiries into allegations of what is essentially an attempted bribe by Westminster Mayor Tri Ta to keep Councilwoman Margie Rice, his opponent in the November election, from running against him, according to a lawyer who is suing the city.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Law Enforcement Main Beneficiary of Supervisors’ Budget Tweaks
Orange County supervisors followed in the tradition of their predecessors Tuesday in beefing up law enforcement spending over other services as they prepared to pass a $6.1 billion county budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Posted inGovernment, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Transportation
State Snafu Leads to Cuts in Projected Funding for OC Law Enforcement
An audit found that the state Board of Equalization has been over-allocating sales tax revenue to counties, which means Orange County officials have to scale back recommendations on how many sheriff and district attorney’s office jobs to add next fiscal year.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Months After Scathing Report on Jail Informants, DA Hasn’t Delivered Promised Response
More than three months after a panel of experts outlined steps to fix a “failure of leadership,” District Attorney Tony Rackauckas still hasn’t provided a response to supervisors, which he said in January would take a couple of weeks.
