Faux Inspector.Lots of con men pose as doctors, lawyers and financiers to swindle swindle v. to cheat through trick, device, false statements or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another to which the swindler is not entitled. Swindling is a crime as one form of theft. (See: fraud, theft) money from unsuspecting patients and clients. But it's rare for someone to pose as a public safety inspector with the intention of soliciting bribes. But the Califomia Department of Industrial Relations industrial relations pl.n. Relations between the management of an industrial enterprise and its employees. industrial relations Noun, pl the relations between management and workers is alleging that's just what Mark Dwayne Jackson did when he used a false Cal/OSHA identification card and threatened minority L.A. business owners with big fines for non-existent safety violations unless they agreed to cash settlements. Jackson, 43, of Carson was arrested during a sting operation Noun 1. sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) and has pleaded innocent to charges of impersonating a state officer. "We hope business owners take heed of this case in Los Angeles to avoid a similar experience," Cal/OSHA chief John Howard said. "Impersonation Impersonation Patroclus wore the armor of Achilles against the Trojans to encourage the disheartened Greeks. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Prisoner of Zenda, The of a Cal/OSHA inspector undermines the real work of Cal/OSHA, which is to protect workplace safety and health." |
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