Former Insurance Broker (Including for Cannabis Cultivators) John Ford Sentenced
Press release from Office of the Humboldt County District Attorney:
District Attorney Maggie Fleming announced that on September 24, 2020, Judge Christopher Wilson sentenced former insurance broker, John Ray James Ford, to five years of formal probation and 90 days in jail. Mr. Ford pled guilty to violating Penal Code Section 503, felony embezzlement. A client and the client’s attorney first reported misappropriation of funds by Mr. Ford to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO). The HCSO, Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, and the California Department of Insurance then collaborated on an investigation. The investigation revealed that in 2016, Mr. Ford had contracted with various clients, including cannabis-related businesses, to broker insurance policies on their behalf. After receiving premium payments from clients, he either did not put coverage in place or established policies that were subsequently cancelled by the insurer for non-payment. Mr. Ford used the payments from clients for his own business and personal expenses. Mr. Ford’s sentence includes an order to make restitution to all victims.
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So tired of these prick fukk liberal judges. John Ford is a scumbag and should have gotten 15 years in the hole for his schemes.
Any relation to John ford?
That’s what I was thinking
nope
is this not the same john ford from humboldt county building and planning ??
Absolutely not. They are two very different people.
Not really lol
Lol, best comment ever
Yeah, one steals from growers while the other steals from growers with government approval
You can call him Ray. Or you can call him J. Or you can call him Ray J……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCqh5ROtQRg
Felony theft sentience seems a bit light … oh wait I get it he didn’t force people into giving him the money he stole, no he just scared them with what if’s . Maybe that’s what bank robbers should say and do, maybe I have a gun and I might shoot you if you don’t hand me over all those lewts. Naaa just another rich boy doing white collar crime no need treat them like a real crimminal.
Did he get off easy or what.
Wouldn’t be the first time a judge in this county was in on the action.
He deserved a much harsher sentence.
What do you expect? He’s white, middle-class, supposed professional. These folks commit errors, not crimes. That’s why they just get their hands slapped. /s
I believe he’s Hispanic-American. He used to be a mover and shaker in the Eureka Chamber of Commerce a dozen or so years ago. He was also on the Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation board. Evidently he fell off the rails somewhere along the line.
Ford lied under oath what a piece of shit.
One of the first laws that Hitler established when he went into power in Germany was literally a death sentence for usery of any type.
Just sayin…
He lost his insurance license. Punishment for him, protection for the public. Here’s more – https://interactive.web.insurance.ca.gov/webuser/Licw_Indv_Det$.STARTUP?Z_INDV_ID=1343894&Z_IL_LIC_NBR=0H07832
This scumbag has always been a effing crook. 8th grade drop out and a little too clever he is a dishonest lying POS. He used Money he stole to pay his lawyer.
This is a miscarraige of justice! This gangster is a total conman and always has been from his days as a local radii dj and his corrupt real estate agent job (hmm..I wonder why he lost his liscence?) And he still got an insurance liscense!!! He needs to rot in jail!
typical Humboldt justice probation for everything. Nothing new been like that for 25 years at least no wonder crime is so bad.
Cant put them in jail or prison oh hell no they might get sick. What about their victims? Himboldt will fry one child molester a year and put it in the paper then give the rest probation and keep it quiet. The DA brags about their aex crime conviction rate the numbers do not tell all.