In the pity video, something doesn't make sense.
You know how Steven Zale talks about half truths. And how he tries to put the blame on others in both his cocaine dealing and his embezzlement arrest. Well the timeline of those arrests and the articles in the Los Angeles Times show something else.
The criminal Steven Zale was arrested first on charges of embezzlement. And then 7 years later he was arrested on cocaine dealing.
In the pity-video Mr. Zale states the embezzlement charges were dropped on appeal or something like that. BUT...the article summarizing his cocaine bust states he WAS A CONVICTED FELON when the authorities arrested him. Steven Zale admits he was incarcerated for three years. That would make him a CONVICTED FELON AGAIN on the cocaine bust. How many years in prison did Steven Zale serve PRIOR to his three year prison sentence and for what? Talk about half truths and deception; Steven Zale is a master at that.
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October 25, 1985
An MCA Inc. accounting-office supervisor and her husband were arrested Thursday in connection with a forgery scheme that bilked the Universal City entertainment conglomerate of $294,000 last summer, Los Angeles police said.
Forgery detectives arrested Cynthia Zale, 31, and Steven Zale, 30, at their Van Nuys home about 7 a.m. after a 3 1/2-week investigation. The investigation was triggered when a routine audit found that the money was missing, Lt. Duane Gansemer said.
Cynthia Zale, who has worked in the company's accounting office since 1974, is suspected of stealing five checks written to businesses that MCA deals with and then, in "an elaborate scheme," of having the checks cashed at banks in the San Fernando Valley, Gansemer said.
He would not disclose which banks cashed the checks, but said the transactions occurred from June to August.
He said no other MCA employees are suspected.
Universal Studios Suit
Gansemer, commanding officer of the LAPD's Valley Forgery Section, would not reveal exactly how the operation worked and would not comment on Steven Zale's role in the alleged theft because the investigation is continuing. However, a suit against the couple filed later Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court by Universal Studios, which is owned by MCA, provided some details of how the operation allegedly worked.
In the civil suit, Universal attorney Walter Weiss alleged that Cynthia Zale had altered the invoice number on several checks written to the Los Angeles advertising firm of Doyle, Dane, Bernbach Inc.
In the suit, Universal contends that, after the advertising agency was paid and the cashed checks were returned to the accounting office, Zale altered the checks' invoice numbers and put the new numbers into a computer listing unpaid bills.
According to the suit she altered the name of the payee slightly to make it look like that of an individual--Doyle, Dane, Bernbach Inc. becoming Doyle Dane Bernbach. The money was then paid to an account held in the name of Doyle Dane Bernbach at a Bank of America branch in Sherman Oaks, the suit alleges.
Neither Weiss nor other Universal representatives were available for comment on the suit.
Home Searched
The arrests came after police served search warrants at the couple's home and at S. J. Zale Jewelry Co. in Sherman Oaks. The company, which is not connected to the Zales Jewelers chain, is owned by Steven Zale.
However, no trace of the money was found at either place, Gansemer said.
The Zales were booked on suspicion of forgery and released on $1,000 bail each, Gansemer said. He said police will ask the district attorney to file charges against the couple on Monday.
Michael Lanzarone, director of corporate security at MCA, would not comment on the case except to say that Cynthia Zale is on maternity leave. He would not say how long ago she went on leave or whether her child has been born.
Times staff writer Dorothy Townsend contributed to this story.
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March 23, 1993
(The following is an intact excerpt from the Los Angeles Times article.)
He said the monthlong investigation started when detectives were tipped off that Zale was supplying several dealers in Thousand Oaks with cocaine in pound quantities. Undercover detectives then made cocaine purchases at the Cahuenga Boulevard store, Pentis said.
The three were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy, sales and possession for sale of cocaine, and Zale, a convicted felon, was also arrested on suspicion of possessing a handgun, Pentis said.
Zale was being held in Ventura County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail. Reznikoff and Roberts were released after posting $20,000 bail each.
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(Please notice that this was not a one time thing as Steven pity-pity Zale states in his video...the undercover detectives made PURCHASES. Purchases is plural, meaning more than one. And as I-Glow aptly pointed out in one of his posts, the bail for Zale is way more than ten times the other guys bail.
I believe in California there is a "three strikes law". Which means on the third strike conviction, you go to prison and you stay there.)
