Citrus thieves. Honey embezzlers. Raisin scammers. Fertilizer fraud. Detective Rocky Pipkin thought he had seen it all — until he discovered Arno Smit…Read More Information shared by California Sunday Magazine

SCAM ALERT: Thursday, October 30, 2014 FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Animal poaching, a Ponzi scheme and a criminal ring. It’s all the elements of a made-for-TV movie, but in this case the victims are real. They’re Valley residents, and they were bilked out of millions of dollars. The suspect was traced to a South African jail, and authorities around the world are now working to make sure he stays in custody. The fear is, if he’s released, he’ll disappear as he’s done for the past

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Jason Jones hires a raisin-sniffing companion to track down the federal Raisin Administrative Committee, which has been confiscating Marvin Horne’s crop. Watch Video Shared by Comedy Central The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The International Agri-Center was host to President George W. Bush as a featured guest at the Ag Warriors Gala on February 15, 2012 during World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. The event benefited returning veterans by placing them in long-term professions in the agriculture industry. The Gala Banquet was a total success. This was the second time PDA assisted the United States Secret Service Presidential Protection Unit when Bush has visited the Central Valley. Download press

May 2010 – After a 2 week long investigation a single suspect confessed to embezzling over $10,000.00 via credit card theft from 5 victims who are residents of a local Alzheimer’s care facility. The suspect was arrested by PDA Agents and turned over to the Fresno Police Department and is now awaiting trial.

May 2010 – Agents reunited High school sweethearts who had not seen each other since 1943.

PDA Agent’s assisted the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department in the recovery of over 100,000 counterfeit CD’s DVD’s and duplicating equipment. This was the suspect’s 4th arrest for these illegal activities.

May 2010 – Agents conducted a 3 week investigation and were able to identify and ultimately obtain confessions from 13 employees who were running an internal theft ring at a client’s business, it was estimated that the suspects were taking more that $250,000.00 in product and man hours per year. The company declined to prosecute and the employees were terminated and “walked off” the business property and asked not to return.

April 2010 – After a 3 year investigation by PDA Agents and the FBI, 3 suspects were indicted by a Federal Grand jury for conspiracy, wire fraud and embezzling over $300,000.00 from victim Faulkner Trucking.

February 2010 – PDA Agents and Security Officers from Western Executive Protection arrested 4 burglary suspects allegedly responsible for over 40 commercial burglaries in Fresno in conjunction with the Fresno County Sheriffs Department Detectives after a month long investigation and stakeout of the Valley Transport Refrigeration truck repair facility.