Allstate Insurance Company and several Allstate-insured homeowners were allegedly defrauded after the 1994 Northridge earthquake by insurance adjuster, Harry Miller, who was recently convicted of federal fraud charges. A federal jury in United States District Court in Los Angeles found …
A fugitive, Daniel Gray, 43, was arrested on two felony counts of insurance fraud at a Sacramento courthouse, after appearing for an unrelated matter. In Feb. 2001, the United Services Automobile Association (USAA), reported to the Fraud Division of the …
Ralph Taeger, 66, of Placerville, Calif., was arrested for workers’ compensation premium fraud on Jan. 2, 2003. Taeger surrendered to California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators and was booked into the El Dorado County Jail. The investigation by CDI disclosed …
An investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the arrests of Robert L. Pritchett, 28, of Patterson, Calif. and Francisco Fernandez, 37, of Newman, Calif. Pritchett was booked into the Stanislaus County Jail on three felony …
Three individuals were arrested after allegedly taking part in a large-scale auto fraud ring that involved lawyers, chiropractors and doctors from California. Juan Reyes Marrufo, 35, Maricela Armenta, 34, and Cristina Rodriguez, 32 were apprehended by the Arizona Department of …
Marsha Arlene Johnson, 47, of Inglewood, Calif., pleaded guilty to a felony charge of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Johnson was ordered to pay full restitution in the amount of $28,861.77, and received five years’ probation and 200 hours of community …
Fraud investigators from the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office arrested Thomas Turner, 57, of Fremont, Calif. The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint charging Turner with three …
Richard Sharrah, Jr., 27, a Fresno, Calif. resident, was arrested on workers’ comp fraud charges. Investigators with CDI’s Fraud Division, charged him with four felony counts of insurance fraud. Investigators found that Sharrah allegedly incurred a job related back injury …
Two men were arrested and charged with felony insurance fraud and grand theft after being investigated by the Special Investigation Unit within State Farm Insurance and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division. Mike I. Masarweh, 36, owner of …
A Lodi, Calif. man was arrested on numerous felony charges as a result of a joint investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigation Branch’s Fraud Division, the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) and the Employment …
