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I would think if they are charging you California sales tax, but then not remitting the amount collected to the State of California, they are committing some kind of major crime.
You can call the California State Franchise tax board and see if their company is registered and has a California tax id number.
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Blockbuster Video did this for years. They collected sales tax on movie rentals even though most jurisdictions did not collect a sales tax on movie rentals. IIRC, some lawyers brought a class-action suit and won a multi-million dollar settlement. The "claim form" for reimbursement from the settlement required you to provide dates and receipts. Guess who got to keep the settlement after most of it went unclaimed?