Fraud Roundup

Ignition Interlock Bill Passes House

The Oklahoma House of Represent-atives approved House Bill 1304, which would require repeat drunken drivers to have alcohol detection devices installed in their vehicles before they could regain their driver’s licenses. Under the provisions of HB 1304, the vehicle of …

Number One in Q1 Catastrophes

The Insurance Council of Texas reported that a series of thunderstorms that pummeled portions of the Hill Country and central Texas in late March resulted in Texas leading the nation in insured losses during the first quarter of the year. …

Lt. Gov. Urged to Back Auto Burglary Bill

Texas State Rep. Vicki Truitt (Keller) joined forces with police chiefs from Texas’ six largest cities to sign a letter imploring Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to pressure Senate leaders to grant a hearing for Truitt’s House Bill 151 that would …

Ex-Nordstrom Employee Arrested

Levi Scott Adams, of San Mateo, California, was arrested March 22 by investigators from the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office on three felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud and one …

Former Calif. Agent, Employee Arrested

A former California insurance agent and her employee were arrested for allegedly stealing and not remitting premiums to insurance companies of more than $3,000 from victims purchasing automobile insurance policies. Yvette Roberta Lopez, of Camarillo, was arrested after surrendering at …

Costa Mesa Insurance Agent Arrested

An investigation by CDI resulted in the arrest of a Costa Mesa insurance agent. William Earl Stone was arrested at his Costa Mesa business office and transported to the Orange County Jail by investigators. Stone, president of Summit Insurance General …

Man Arrested at Hearing Before Judge

While appearing in a Sacramento County courtroom for a preliminary hearing, James Chester Taylor Jr., of Quartz Hill, California, was arrested on three additional counts of felony grand theft in a different case. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office …

TTrio Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud

On March 16, investigators from the Fresno County Urban Organized Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force and officers from the Stockton Police Department arrested Amberjeet Kaur Gill, of Stockton; Pete Vargas, Jr., of Fresno; and Becky Bishop, also of Fresno, for …

Calif. Student Arrested in Fraud Case

Alisa Louise Yates, and her husband, Gregory Daniel Yates, both of Buttonwillow, were taken into custody as a result of investigations by the California Highway Patrol, CDI’s Fraud Division, and the Kern County Sheriff’s Department. Alisa Yates was arrested for …

Man Sentenced for Work Comp Fraud

Gregg Leo Curwick, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, has been sentenced by the Kern County Superior Court for workers’ compensation insurance fraud after a joint investigation by the CDI’s Fraud Division, the Kern County District Attorney, and the State Compensation Insurance …

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