Part of Whistleblower's objective is to report on actions government agencies and licensing board take against the companies and individuals they regulate. Our intent is to provide, as a matter of record, a glimpse into the decisions these agencies and boards make. The majority of the decisions we post are ones to which the party being disciplined has agreed. A real estate salesperson who failed to fully disclose his criminal past in California was denied a license by the Minnesota Department of Commerce and recently lost his appeal. Ronald Nelson was granted an eight-month license in 2007 but failed to disclose a felony conviction for making terroristic threats. In 2008, Nelson was convicted of forgery and fraudulent check-writing and ordered to pay more than $300,000 in restitution, but he didn't immediately notify Minnesota regulators. The criminal complaint that led to the forgery and check-writing convictions said Nelson used "his position of trust as a real estate agent to committ the offenses." In December 2009, Nelson applied for a new Minnesota license, but only partially disclosed his background. "Mr. Nelson has demonstrated little remorse for his actions, has demonstrated no empathy for the victims and maintains his innocence on the forgery counts, even after two California counts determined otherwise," according to an administrative law judge. Nelson's Minnesota probation officer said that as of January, two years after his sentencing, Nelson has paid $20 in restitution to the court and his victims. Read the administrative law judge's findings here.