Insurance Fraud Among Charges Against Nevada County Fire Safe Council Executive Director

bill indicting Jamie Jones, who currently appears to serve as Executive Director of the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County, and Christopher Wackerly, who is listed as the organization’s Director of Field Operations, on more than two dozen felony charges.

The indictment includes charges of embezzlement, grand theft, money laundering, mortgage fraud, insurance fraud, perjury, forgery, and related offenses, along with special allegations that the conduct involved a pattern of related felony activity resulting in losses exceeding $100,000, an aggravated white-collar crime enhancement under California law.

Read the full press release. Nevada County District Attorney’s Office, May 2, 2026