A Riverside County employee has been arrested on embezzlement charges due to his alleged cell phone scheme involving the Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley.
Law enforcement authorities said Thursday that Lopez, a communication technician at the Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley, used his connections to order hundreds of phones through the county's account with a cell phone provider and then sold, in cash transactions, many of those phones to county employees.
The list of people who bought the phones from Lopez, who reportedly used some of the money to buy a new truck and personal watercraft with cash, includes hospital employees and Sheriff's Department personnel, investigators said in a declaration to support his arrest.
My question is: "Did these people know that these phones were bought through this scam? Or did Raymond Lopez give the impression that he was running a side business?" Something doesnt add up here. Were these people paying monthly bills to the cell phone provider? If so...how is that possible?
I am troubled by the following in the article:
A district attorney's spokesman said no other arrests are anticipated.
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