12 Contractors Cited for Lack of Coverage in Statewide Sting

A statewide sting March 14-15 resulted in the arrest of 110 unlicensed California contractors, with 11 contractors facing charges for failing to provide workers’ compensation coverage and one contractor accused of filing a false exemption for coverage, according to the Contractors State License Board.The contractor board’s Statewide Investigative Fraud Team (SWIFT) teamed up with the Employment Development Department local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies in Butte, Fresno, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Mateo and Tulare counties to conduct the sting.Eleven unl...