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Placentia DMV employee convicted of using fraudulent vehicle registrations to steal from the state

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 16NF1560

Date: September 27, 2016

DMV EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF ILLEGALLY TAKING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PERSONAL USE THROUGH FRAUDULENT VEHICLE REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employee was convicted and sentenced today for illegally taking money from vehicle registration fees for personal use through fraudulent transactions. Sunila Dang, 48, Diamond Bar, pleaded guilty today, Sept. 27, 2016, to five felony counts of misappropriation of public funds and five felony counts of altering public documents. Pursuant to the court’s offer, Dang was sentenced to six months in jail to be served in home confinement and restitution. Continue reading→

DMV employee charged with stealing public funds via vehicle registration transactions

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 16NF1560

Date: June 2, 2016

DMV EMPLOYEE TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR ILLEGALLY TAKING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PERSONAL USE THROUGH FRAUDULENT VEHICLE REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employee was arrested today and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday for illegally taking money from vehicle registration fees for personal use through fraudulent transactions. Sunila Dang, 48, Diamond Bar, is charged with five felony counts of misappropriation of public funds and five felony counts of altering public documents. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 13 years in jail. She is being held on $25,000 bail and is expected to be arraigned on Monday, June 6, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana.

At the time of the crimes, Dang worked as an employee at the DMV in Placentia. Between Jan. 31, 2014, and Feb. 28, 2014, Dang is accused of processing cars as junked that had existing credit on it. Credits are associated with a car if cash was used toward its fees but the registration or other transaction was not completed. Those credits become state money at the time a vehicle is registered as junked. Continue reading→