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Real horror stories dealing with unlicensed professionals:
Electrician illegally installs hidden cameras
Rob McMillian – KABC 7 Los Angeles
November 06, 2008
A local electrician is facing criminal charges for allegedly installing hidden cameras in the bathrooms of some of his female clients. Authorities are calling him a "peeping tom" and they believe more other victims are out there. The suspect was in court Thursday morning, charged with two counts of burglary and two counts of disorderly conduct, peeking into a private area. The California Contractors State License Board said this is a perfect example of why you should make sure someone is licensed before they come into your home. The suspect, David Clark, was not licensed.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=6493455
http://www.insidesocal.com/sb/iecourts/2008/11/state-board-issues-warning-in.html
http://www.ktla.com/landing_topstories/?Cops-Electrician-Hid-Peep-Cams-in-Custom=1&blockID=127273&feedID=1198
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/homes_9365___article.html/arrested_planting.html
Acupuncturist Pleads Guilty to Practicing Without a License
A Frazier Park woman, whose acupuncture license had been revoked due to Medi-Cal fraud, has pleaded guilty to the felony offense of practicing medicine without a license, according to state and court filings.Svetlana G. Kosich-Enko, 68, performed acupuncture after being told repeatedly to stop and gave patients vitamin injections, which requires a medical license...
http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/press_releases/2008/0819_acupuncture.shtml
Unlicensed painter sentenced for fraud
KGO San Francisco
October 08, 2008
A judge in Hayward sentenced an unlicensed painting contractor for taking money for paint jobs he never completed. Khalid Wilson of First Impressions Painting in Oakland has been under the watchful eye of authorities since 2004. The law sent him a message: eight months in county jail and an order to repay his victims... Authorities arrested Wilson a few months later on 13 felony counts.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/7_on_your_side&id=6440017
Police: Illegal chiropractic session kills man in Oak Park
Sacramento Bee
June 13, 2008
Sacramento police arrested a 76-year-old man Friday who they said killed a man during an illegal chiropractic session in the suspect's garage.
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/013257.html
Scam cost elderly couple $181,000, officials allege
Chelsea Phua
Sacramento Bee
May 3, 2008
He knocked on their door one morning two years ago and said someone had
recommended him to work on their vacant property across the street – a
single-story stucco home that had fallen into disrepair.
Keith McGowan, posing as a licensed contractor, promised Patsy Davis, 69, and
her husband, Oliver Davis, 88, that he would restore their Del Paso Heights
house, turning it into a dream home with amenities like a Jacuzzi, authorities
say now.
He gutted the Nogales Street house and – after more than a year –
left them with an empty bank account, the Davises and state officials said
…
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/909902.html
Man pleads guilty to disfiguring 9 in illegal surgery
A San Jose man accused of performing illegal plastic surgeries that disfigured at
least nine women has pleaded guilty. Nguyen Nhu Quang, 64, was to begin his felony
trial Thursday. But Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Jerome Brock indicated
he would...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/26/BAGA7BHESS1.DTL&hw=nguyen+nhu+quang&sn=002&sc=883
