On Dec. 8, 2004, Sammy Barela Rios, of Madera, was arrested by investigators from the CDI Fraud Division and booked into the Madera county jail on four felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud and one felony count of perjury. If …
On Nov. 18, 2004, Cameron Antonio Wilkins, of Colfax, self-surrendered to CDI investigators. Wilkins was booked into the Sacramento county jail on one felony count of insurance fraud associated with the reported theft of his vehicle. Wilkins was employed as …
On Dec. 16, 2004, Virgil Ray Blackmer and his son, Brian Blackmer, both of San Jose, were arrested on one felony count each of insurance fraud. The suspects were booked into the Santa Clara county jail after they were apprehended …
Stacey Wesley Prosser of Manteca was arrested on Nov. 18, 2004, and booked into the San Joaquin county jail on nine felony counts of insurance fraud. If convicted on all counts, Prosser could face up to five years in state …
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has imposed discipline upon two agents and the companies they work for over their marketing of an illegal tribal-based insurance product. The actions taken by the commissioner include fines, cost reimbursement and a restriction on …
On Jan. 31, Gregg Leo Curwick, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., surrendered himself in Bakersfield to investigators from the CDI’s Fraud Division and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office. Curwick was taken into custody on a felony arrest warrant for one …
A Los Angeles Police Department officer who worked as an armed security guard at Staples Center and Dodger Stadium while collecting disability benefits for on-duty injuries was convicted of workers’ comp fraud, the District Attorney’s office announced. The verdict marks …
A former insurance agent in Charles Town, W. Va., has entered a “no contest” plea to charges involving money allegedly “withheld, misappropriated or converted to his own use” in his insurance business, according to Jefferson County court records. A second …
A Florida insurance agent who allegedly failed to place auto and general liability coverage for at least 11 trucking companies has been apprehended in Georgia. Kim Laustra, 43, who was an agent at Transportation Insurance Consultants Inc. in Medley, was …
Ebony Kirk, of Sacramento, was arrested for falsely reporting herself as a passenger in an auto accident that occurred on Aug. 19, 2003. She was charged with four felony counts of insurance fraud and could face up to five years …
