MARTINEZ — A Contra Costa County jury found a Modesto man guilty of multiple felonies Wednesday related to unlicensed contracting, fraud, theft, and the failure to obtain workers’ compensation insurance, officials said.
The convictions against 42-year-old Adan Contreras Rivas also include misdemeanors, according to a statement from Contra Costa District Attorney’s spokesman Ted Asregadoo.
Prosecutors first filed an initial complaint against Rivas in March 2022 after an investigation against him started. Authorities released him on his own recognizance; he was arrested again eight months later for posing as a licensed contractor in the landscaping and construction industry, Asregadoo said.
“The defendant defrauded numerous victims out of thousands of dollars,” Deputy