Fraud Roundup

Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges

Gwendolyn Henson, 40, of Montclair, Calif., pled guilty to insurance fraud charges and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years of formal probation. CDI fraud investigators arrested Henson for the felony insurance fraud charge and a notice …

Agent Sentenced to Four Years

Patrick James Murphy, 45, of Norco, Calif., pled no contest to 39 felony counts, including grand theft and elderly abuse. Murphy was sentenced to four years in state prison and ordered to pay $328,639.96 in restitution to his victims, according …

Couple Surrenders on Fraud Charges

Ron Stahr, 40, of Hawthorne, Calif., and Michele Morlet, 24, of Whittier, Calif., surrendered themselves to CDI investigators in Los Angeles on arrest warrants which charged them with filing false insurance claims. In the fall of 2001, Morlet and Stahr …

CDI Makes Arrests for Grand Theft

Harrison Bailey, 54, of Yuba City, Calif., was arrested on five counts of grand theft, five counts of theft of fiduciary funds, four counts of embezzlement by an agent and one count of altering records to defraud. Investigators from the …

Fourteen Arrested in Fraud Sweep

The CDI and the Los Angeles County Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force arrested 14 people who are suspected of defrauding three insurance carriers in a criminal conspiracy. The suspects allegedly sold insurance policies to uninsured motorists and backdated them to …

Fugitive Arrested in Sacramento

Two counts of insurance fraud and one count of attempted perjury led the CDI to the arrest of Hamman Noel Jr., aka Kenneth Arlington, 32, of Stockton, Calif., who had been a fugitive for more than a year. In April …

Woman Arrested on Grand Theft Charges

Arsenia Ann Mack, 55, of Sacramento, was arrested after she surrendered on two counts of insurance fraud and one count of grand theft. According to CDI investigators, Mack reported a residential burglary loss on Oct. 2, 2001 to First American …

Insurance Agent Charged with Grand Theft

Arshak (Mike) Rostomyan, 27, of Glendale, Calif., was arrested for allegedly selling fraudulent insurance policies and charged with three counts of grand theft. According to CDI investigators, Rostomyan, who owns All Century Insurance Agency in Los Angeles, sold false insurance …

Couple Involved in Fraud Scam Sentenced

Basheba and Cedric Peoples, both 35, of Las Vegas were sentenced for their alleged involvement in an internal insurance fraud scheme victimizing California State Automobile Association (CSAA). The suspects were sentenced to nine months in the County Jail and the …

Fraud Bust Leads to Five Arrests

An undercover operation bust led to five arrests in San Bernardino County, Calif. The California Department of Insurance’s (CDI) Urban Auto Task Force arrested Dr. Michael Loader, 49, a chiropractor, of Claremont; Bruce Sutton, 45, of Ontario; Ramona Toney, 48, …

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