UC Davis housing contractor gets 10 years in prison for fraud (CA)

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Nov. 17, 2019

DAVIS, Calif. – A 56-year-old Colorado man who fraudulently became a UC Davis housing contractor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for insurance fraud, wage theft, perjury and grand theft, officials said. …

Thompson then secretly ran the business using the fraudulent license, officials said.

His business was able to obtain a contract with UC Davis to build student housing. During construction, he stole more than $633,000 of his employees’ wages, defrauded the California State Compensation Insurance Fund and committed perjury to conceal his fraud. In all, he caused a total loss of more than $2 million, according to the district attorney’s office.

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