Fraud Roundup

Calif. Lawyer Sunk with Sentence

A California lawyer accused of scheming to sink a yacht off the coast of Italy was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lourdes Baird, according to the Associated Press. Rex DeGeorge, of Beverly Hills, was …

Trio Arrested in Claims Payment Scheme

The California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested three northern California residents on multiple counts. Patricia Anne Okuniewicz, 40, of San Jose, surrendered on 10 counts of insurance fraud, one count of embezzlement and grand theft, and one felony count of …

Calif. Lawyer Sunk with Sentence

A California lawyer accused of scheming to sink a yacht off the coast of Italy was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lourdes Baird, according to the Associated Press. Rex DeGeorge, of Beverly Hills, was …

Palm Springs Man Sentenced to 5 Years

James Keith Simpson, of Palm Springs, was sentenced to five years in state prison by the Indio Superior Court, after pleading guilty to one count of insurance fraud. He was also ordered to pay $11,128.84 in restitution to Mercury Insurance …

Trio Arrested in Claims Payment Scheme

The California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested three northern California residents on multiple counts. Patricia Anne Okuniewicz, 40, of San Jose, surrendered on 10 counts of insurance fraud, one count of embezzlement and grand theft, and one felony count of …

Body Shop Goes Belly-Up for Fraud

An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the conviction of Lemoore auto repair business owner Kenneth Darrel Jones for …

Palm Springs Man Sentenced to 5 Years

James Keith Simpson, of Palm Springs, was sentenced to five years in state prison by the Indio Superior Court, after pleading guilty to one count of insurance fraud. He was also ordered to pay $11,128.84 in restitution to Mercury Insurance …

Body Shop Goes Belly-Up for Fraud

An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the conviction of Lemoore auto repair business owner Kenneth Darrel Jones for …

Trio Allegedly Involved in Elaborate Scheme

The California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested Hassanein Mohamed Hassanein and two accomplices for an elaborate insurance fraud scheme with a potential loss of approximately $20 million. The National Insurance Crime Bureau assisted the investigation. Hassanein, …

Anaheim Agent Arrested on 13 Counts of Fraud

The CDI’s Fraud Division arrested Gary Stromme, 46, of Anaheim, at his business and charged him with 13 felony counts of grand theft. According to investigators, in 1999, Stromme, a Farmers Insurance Group agent, allegedly collected commercial insurance premiums without …

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