Joint investigations by the CDI’s Fraud Division and the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office have resulted in the felony arrests of four suspects for multiple counts of workers’ comp insurance fraud. Each of the four suspects, if found guilty, faces …
Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced the bust of an alleged auto insurance fraud ring that cost insurers–and ultimately policyholders–at least $1.5 million in the past year alone. Task force investigators estimate that $1.5 million …
A Los Angeles business owner was sentenced to pay $1.8 million in restitution and fines after a three-year joint investigation involving the California Department of Insurance found he had underreported wages at his picture framing operation by some $7 million. …
Luis Roberto Diaz, of Corona, Calif., surrendered to the San Bernardino Superior Court on Nov. 22 after being charged with two counts of grand theft, three counts of insurance premium fraud, one count of insurance fraud and two counts of …
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced several arrests in a large, “paper collision” insurance fraud ring. He also asked the community to assist in locating three members who remain at large. On Oct. 6, 2004, seven of 10 suspects were …
A former Folsom Prison Correctional Officer was arrested Dec. 15 after an investigation into alleged workers’ comp fraud. The California Department of Corrections Office of Investigative Services and the CDI Fraud Division conducted a joint investigation and arrested June Ann …
Chad Croner, of Meridian, Idaho was sentenced to one to five years in prison for insurance fraud, according to Attorney General Lawrence Wasden. Fourth District Judge Joel Horton suspended the sentence and ordered Croner to serve 180 days in the …
A graduate student at the California Institute of Technology has been convicted of a series of arson charges related to firebomb attacks on sport utility vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley last year. William Jensen Cottrell, who prior to his …
Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Alex John Elias, of Reno, was sentenced after pleading guilty to felony insurance fraud in the Second Judicial District Courthouse. He was sentenced to 48 months in prison with no probation and ordered …
Four individuals from a Highland, Calif. business called Team Drywall were taken into custody in a $290,466 workers’ compensation premium fraud case that was investigated by the California Department of Insurance (CDI). Co-owners Dave Snodgrass of Riverside; Thomas Roger of …
