July 2010

• 7/2/10 - San Jose Man Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Illegal Investment Scheme
  On July 1, 2010, 34-year old Reyes Alcaraz of San Jose pleaded guilty in Santa Clara County Superior Court to nine felony charges related to unlawful investment scheme he operated from 2006 to 2009.
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June 2010

• 6/10/10 - Luther Burbank School District Board Member Antonio Perez Charged With Violating Financial Conflict of Interest Laws
  Antonio Perez, 43-years old, a member of Luther Burbank School District Board of Trustees, was charged with five felony and four misdemeanor violations of Government Code Sections.....
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May 2010

• 5/28/10 - District Attorney's Office to Hold News Conference to Announce Multi-Agency Effort to Fight Animal Abuse
  The District Attorney's Office is embarking on an important new project to fight animal abuse.
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• 5/14/10 - Three Defendants Plead No Contest in South County Tow-and Sue Scam
  Three of the four remaining defendants charged in an elaborate abuse of the Small Claims Court in Santa Clara and San Benito Counties pleaded no contest to multiple felony charges.
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• 5/14/10 - Ex-Bank Manager to be Sentenced for Stealing Money from Elderly Bank Customers
  Ex-Bank Manager, Maurizio Contarino pleaded no contest to charges of Theft from an Elder and Grand Theft.
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April 2010

• 4/22/10 - Woman to Receive Four Year Prison Sentence After Pleading Guilty to Real Estate Fraud and Grand Theft Charges
  45-year old Diana Marks pleaded guilty to felony charges including Grand Theft, Recording False Instruments, Perjury and Creating False Financial Documents.
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• 4/16/10 - Former Santa Clara County Realtor Convicted of Multiple Counts and Sentenced in Loan Modification Scam
  A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge sentenced 32-year old Hector Ricardo Esquivel to one year in jail for six felony counts of grand theft for defrauding homeowners in a loan modification scam.
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• 4/15/10 - Santa Clara County Criminal Grand Jury Indicts Three in More Than Two Million Dollar Loan Modification Scam
  The Santa Clara County Criminal Grand Jury has indicted three persons in a wide-ranging loan modification scam.
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March 2010

• 3/29/10 - Unlicensed Contractor Convicted of Diversion of Construction Funds and Contracting Without a License
  Peter Be, age 42, was convicted of four felony counts of Diversion of Construction Funds and a misdemeanor of Contracting Without a License.
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• 3/11/10 - Ex-Bank Manager Charged With Embezzling Money From Elderly Bank Customers
  Following an investigation by the San Jose Police Department, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office Elder Fraud Unit has issued a criminal complaint charging ex-bank manager John Tran....
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• 3/10/10 - Santa Clara Business Owner Convicted and Sentenced for Unlawful Disposal of Hazardous Waste
  Ernest Najar, the President of Expess Tech, Inc., a Santa Clara Company, pleaded no contest to felony violations arising out of unlawful disposal of hazardous waste and false filing of documents in connection with those disposals.
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• 3/4/10 - Clerk Convicted for Embezzling Over $1.4 Million From Employer and Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
  A Santa Clara County Judge sentenced Desiree Herrera to 10 years in state prison for embezzling from her employer.
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• 3/3/10 - District Attorney Report on Use of Force Against Phuong Ho by the San Jose Police Department on September 3, 2009
  Today, District Attorney Dolores Carr released reports on the use of force against Phuong Ho by the San Jose Police Department for public viewing.
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February 2010

• 2/23/10 - Santa Clara County District Attorney Dismisses Charges in Phuong Ho Case
  The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office dismissed misdemeanor charges of Brandishing a Deadly Weapon and Resisting, Delaying or Obstructing a Peace Officer against Phuong Quang Ho in Docket CC955274
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January 2010

• 1/21/10 - Former Employees of Local Contracting Company Facing Felony Charges
  Four former employees of San Andreas HVAC, Inc., a commercial and residential heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation contractor located in Hollister, are facing felony charges.
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• 1/13/10 - REACT Task Force Agents Make Arrest in Identity Theft Operation From San Jose Motel
  Agents from the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team (REACT), arrested four people involved in identity theft at the Days Inn on Monterey and Senter Road in San Jose.
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• 1/6/10 - Statement From District Attorney Dolores Carr Regarding Today's Ruling by Superior Court Judge Andrea Bryan
  The District Attorney's Office is very disappointed by the court's dismissal of the case against Augustine Uribe, convicted in 2006 for the sexual assault of his then 7-year old grand daughter.
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December 2009

• 12/28/09 - Santa Clara County Office of the District Attorney Asking for Public's Help
  On October 2, 2009 at approximately 11:00 p.m., a lone female was driving in the area of Lundy and Berryessa where an "accident" took place.  We are asking for anyone who may have witnessed this "accident" to contact our Investigators.
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• 12/28/09 - REACT Task Force Agents Make Arrest in Major Internet Fraud Operation
  Agents from the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office REACT Task Force arrested Pascal Christian Chaubard, a French national who offered to sell discounted airline tickets on the Internet site,Craigslist, by taking the victims money, and failing to provide the tickets.
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• 12/1/09 - Owner of Sunnyvale Motorcycle Dealership Charged with Embezzling From Customers
  Following an investigation by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office has issued a criminal complaint charging Robin Tolleson of Rider's Choice Used Bike Warehouse in Sunnyvale with grand theft and passing bad checks.
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November 2009

• 11/12/09 - San Jose Man to Spend Four Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Writing Bad Checks and Grand Theft Charges
  At arraignment, 42-year old Lawrence Maschino pleaded guilty to charges including writing checks with insufficient funds, using victims personal information without authorization...
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October 2009

• 10/23/09 - REACT Task Force Nabs Suspect Who Made On-Line Terrorist Threat
  The Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team (REACT), a Bay Area high-tech law enforcement task force, received a report of an unknown suspect making a threat via the Internet to attack his school with explosives.
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