File # MM232060003

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On Thursday, July 27, 2023, Moreno Valley Sheriff Station Robbery/Burglary Suppression Team (RBST) responded to the 22300 block of Van Buren Boulevard for a report of an ongoing embezzlement scheme at a warehouse. The business reported an estimated loss of $350,000 in stolen merchandise from their warehouse involving two employees. The employees were identified as 50-year-old Francisco Chavez Cuica and 19-year-old Eduardo Chavez Diaz.

During the course of the investigation, RBST personnel discovered the stolen merchandise was being sold through online marketplaces. RBST personnel conducted a search warrant service of the suspects’ residence, located in the 9100 block of Rangpur Circle, in the city of Riverside. $78,818.41 in stolen merchandise belonging to the warehouse was located and seized from the residence. Cuica and Diaz were arrested and booked into county jail for felony embezzlement, burglary, and felony possession of stolen property.

This is an ongoing investigation. Many stolen items are still outstanding including “Levy” electric scooters and “Miko” toy robots. Anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact Deputy Sultan at the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station (951) 486-6700.

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After receiving notice from Salazar’s former employer that he had been terminated because of suspected fraud in April 2019, the Department began an investigation. The investigation found Salazar submitted 10 fraudulent policy applications for life insurance to that employer and received unearned commissions on seven of the fraudulent policies.

Through a search warrant for Salazar’s bank account and witness interviews, further investigation found that Salazar was working for another life insurance company at the same time and using a similar scheme to collect more undeserved commissions. While working for the second company, Salazar allegedly filed 56 fraudulent life insurance policy applications from March 2019 through July 2019 and received unearned commissions on 47 of those fraudulent applications. None of the 56 policy applications submitted by Salazar ever became active policies.

The investigation found that Salazar collected $20,033 in advanced commissions through the submission of fraudulent life insurance policy applications to the two life insurance companies where he formerly was employed.

Salazar’s license expired on June 30, 2019. His next scheduled court date is June 13, 2022, in downtown Riverside at the Riverside Hall of Justice. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting this case.

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In August of 2020, The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office forwarded a criminal complaint to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station Investigations Bureau regarding an Embezzlement incident that occurred in the city of Canyon Lake. During this complex and lengthy investigation, Investigators revealed that 78-year-old Robert Templeton from Canyon Lake who was the Treasurer for a local Non-Profit Travel Club, diverted club funds into his personal bank account from January of 2017 through December of 2019. Investigators found fifty-six transactions during this period for non-business purposes, totaling over $24,000.00. On today’s date, Templeton was interviewed and arrested for Embezzlement, Grand Theft and Theft by False Pretenses. Robert Templeton was booked into a Riverside County jail without further incident.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation can contact Investigator Alkire at the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station at (951) 245-3300 or the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center at (951) 776-1099.

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