2 California men convicted of felony fraudulent construction
TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in southern California have said two residents were convicted of more than 200 felony counts each after falsifying documents and conducting fraudulent construction projects on hundreds of homes.
Torrance Daily Breeze reported Wednesday that 47-year-old Wilfrido Rodriguez of Downey and 45-year-old Ruben Gutierrez of Huntington Beach were convicted Wednesday after a civil engineering firm called into question the structural integrity of hundreds of homes.
Authorities say Palos Verdes Engineering Company contacted police suspecting two former employees were responsible for projects across 56 cities in Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
Prosecutors say they were not licensed professional civil engineers.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies say the men were arrested in March 2018 after authorities identified about 750 affected people.
Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 27.
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Information from: Daily Breeze, http://www.dailybreeze.com