We've learned that the California Attorney General filed criminal charges earlier this year against Silver Saddle, the development company at the center of LAist Studios California City podcast.
He was shocked to hear the news of the criminal charges.
“I wish realize how much they cost all the families,” he said. “I wish they would give the money back to us.”for the podcast in early 2019, he told me, “Well, first of all, we've never misrepresented. We just don't do it. I mean, it’s the way I live my life.” In my reporting, I learned that Silver Saddle’s land sale scheme was essentially an open secret in Kern County. It had been going on for years.Consumers had filed almost three dozen complaints with various agencies: the Kern County District Attorney, the California Department of Real Estate, even the Federal Trade Commission, but the company continued to operate until 2019.