On October 3, 2003 the San Gabriel Police Department arrested my secretary/bookkeeper for fraud/embezzlement. The arrest came after a month long investigation by myself, my accountants and investigators from SGPD.
After repeated attempts by us over four years to get the DA to file charges, the Alhambra offices of the LACDA allowed the case to die through statute of limitation.
We filed a civil action against this woman in Pasadena. The case was won and she was ordered to repay the monies she stole from our firm. The Judge in our civil suit stated, "I know, in my heart, you were damaged to a greater extent than you were able to prove here today". This woman destroyed seven years of records which would have given us this additional proof.
The DA in charge of our case, insisted the SGPD go to the home of this thief and ask her to admit to each and every fraudulent transaction in writing, before they would file the case. WTF??? We had all the proof in the world (less that stated above). We have the tape of her post arrest interview where she admitted her crimes. We had the standard letter of apology to me (yet one more admission) and we have the paper trail.
Is it standard operating procedure for the DA to demand all criminals detail their crimes in writing prior to arraignment? Steve Cooley and his bunch of halfwit lawyers can't get convictions on people like Specter (http://www.courttv.com/trials/spector/) and Blake (http://www.courttv.com/trials/blake/) so, I guess I have answered my own question.
Remember this name when looking for office staff,
Georgina Lopez of Rialto, CA. She was found liable for fraud and embezzlement in a California Civil Court and turned loose by Steve Cooley.
Rant off.