In the past year, a new joint task force in Orange County has enabled a small group of prosecutors and investigators to zone in on nonviolent crimes where victims had suffered monetary losses.
“We have focused on the smaller and mid-level cases involving contractors and fraudsters who rip the public the most in our first year,” said Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler in an interview with The Epoch Times on Feb. 26. “I think the unit results speak for themselves.”