Repeat Unlicensed Contractor Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

A Modesto man who was on the Contractors State License Board's most wanted list has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for charges related to unlicensed contracting. A Contra Costa County judge sentenced 42-year-old Adan Contreras Rivas to seven years and eight months in state prison after he was convicted in February of multiple felonies and misdemeanors related to unlicensed contracting, fraud, theft and failing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance. The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office filed an initial complaint against Rivas in March 2...