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Media Contact: Terrie Prosper, 415.703.1366, news@cpuc.ca.gov

CPUC INVESTIGATIONS RESULT IN ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND FINES IMPOSED ON VARIOUS MOVING COMPANIES

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 2012 - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in its ongoing commitment to consumer protection, took a number of actions during the first quarter of 2012 to protect consumers from illegally operating moving companies.

CPUC staff took the following enforcement actions against moving companies for violations of the Public Utilities Code and CPUC rules and regulations, including Maximum Rate Tariff 4 (MAX 4), which contains maximum rates that carriers must observe as well as rules and regulations governing intrastate moves:

Phone Disconnections

As part of its ongoing efforts to clamp down on illegal moving companies, the CPUC had telephone service shut off to a moving company operating in California without a household goods permit. This company continued to advertise and hold itself out to engage in the business of transporting used household goods, notwithstanding CPUC staff directives to immediately cease and desist unlawful acts and to obtain a household goods permit. The company is:

Jason Yu (dba) Pro Moving Express, Mountain View (Unlicensed). This company advertised and offered household goods moving services on the Internet. The advertisements listed five phone numbers. Notwithstanding CPUC staff Cease and Desist letters and oral communication directing the company to immediately cease all unlawful advertisements and operations, the company continued to violate the law. On January 19, 2012, the CPUC obtained a Finding of Probable Cause signed by a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge. The Finding orders disconnection of telephone service to the five telephone numbers advertised and used by the company to violate criminal laws in the State of California.

Official Notice

The following companies were issued an Official Notice for advertising and operating without a permit:

1. Brianne Rosado dba Cal Movers, Mountain View (MTR 190868)

2. Antonio Regalado Chavez dba Neway Moving, Concord. (Unlicensed)

Cease and Desist Notice

Twenty-one companies were issued a cease and desist notice for operating and advertising without a valid permit (unlicensed, revoked, or denied).

Companies issued a C&D notice:

1. Neil S. Marcus dba On the Move Movers, Roseville (Unlicensed)

2. Steve Shannon dba Tip Top Movers, Carmichael (Unlicensed)

3. Guy Whetton dba Great British Movers of Grass Valley, Grass Valley (Unlicensed)

4. Steve Reavis dba Dynasty Delivery and Moving, Carmichael (Unlicensed)

5. USA Relocation Moving & Storage, Van Nuys (MTR 190456)

6. Expert Moving Company dba Movers Express, Cerritos (MTR 165152)

7. Grigore Guzun dba Equator Moving, San Diego (Unlicensed)

8. Warren Derobertis dba West Coast Moving and Storage, Norco (MTR 189921)

9. Yuval Bitton dba Elite Moving & Storage Inc., Sun Valley (MTR 189126)

10. Fast & Easy Moving, Glendale (MTR-Unlicensed)

11. Expert Moving Company dba Movers Express, Cerritos (MTR 165152)

12. David Clark dba Best Price Movers, Van Nuys (Unlicensed)

13. Alliance Expess Moving & Storage, Inc., Canoga Park (Unlicensed)

14. 3 Big Dogs Moving Company, Rancho Santa Margarita (Unlicensed)

15. The Small Delivery Co., Compton (Unlicensed)

16. Spade Moving, Santa Monica (Unlicensed)

17. Local Traffic Solution, Inc. dba Ant Moving, North Hollywood (MTR 190549)

18. Aussie Group LLC. dba Aussie Movers, Los Angeles (MTR 190903)

19. Ian the Mover, Los Angeles (Unlicensed)

20. The Moving Company, Los Angeles (Unlicensed)

21. JT Moving Service, Los Angeles (Unlicensed)

For more information on the CPUC, please visit www.cpuc.ca.gov.

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