Lee v. Superior Court CA4/1
Scott Lee, a third party claimant, is seeking to appeal the trial court's restitution order in a criminal case. We considered Lee's purported appeal together with the appeal of the criminal case, People v. Dunham (Feb. 7, 2018, D068100) [nonpub. opn.] (Dunham I)).
Prior to Ronald Dunham's trial, the court froze the bank accounts of a company that Dunham controlled—Rodan Enterprises, LLC (Rodan)—under Penal Code section 186.11 to preserve assets for victim restitution. The "Freeze and Seize Law" (§ 186.11) is designed to provide restitution to white collar crime victims from assets under the convicted criminal's control. Subsequently, a jury found Dunham guilty of 20 fraud- and embezzlement-related felony counts involving mostly elderly victims in a "Cherokee Village" investment scheme, and found a section 186.11 aggravated white collar crime enhancement allegation to be true.
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