VIEWPOINT – We are regularly swamped with news accounts about criminal activities and their proximity to our communities. It has become a steady stream of crime reports that has shaped how we perceive safety and trust in our surroundings.
White-collar crime has alarmingly become epidemic, in a number of cases perpetrated by recent immigrants in the San Fernando Valley, one reason we may need to revisit the Three- Strike law.
Recently we read that five San Fernando Valley residents were sent to prison for their roles in defrauding Medicare of nearly $16 million through sham hospice companies and laundering proceeds, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, and court papers…