Fraud Roundup

Multiple fraud acts under one roof

Following a four and a half-year investigation and prosecution by CDI, the Employment Development Department (EDD) and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, Laurence Bennett Guy was sentenced in Superior Court, County of San Mateo on five felony counts …

For richer, for poorer

CDI investigators recently arrested a Rancho Cucamonga husband and wife for alleged insurance fraud. Richard and Janey Bonet were booked into the West Valley Detention Center with six counts of workers’ comp premium fraud and one count of grand theft …

CDI sets landlord’s facts straight

Jagdish Chandra of Fullerton was arrested by CDI investigators arrested on one count of insurance fraud and two counts of perjury. Chandra, 58, was booked into the Orange County Jail on a $10,000 bail felony warrant. An investigation revealed that …

Loose lips sink scam

In the largest fraud order ever issued against an individual, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries ordered a 52-year-old Minnesota woman to repay the state $434,851 after discovering she continued to collect workers’ comp widow’s benefits after she …

The meter kept running

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 35-year-old Redmond man to repay $69,196.96 after an investigation revealed he had collected workers’ compensation benefits illegally. Labor and Industries manages the state’s workers’ comp system, providing coverage for …

All in the Family

James Gus Sdrales, 33, was sentenced in San Diego Superior Court on Dec. 3, to one year of work furlough and five years of felony probation as a result of his guilty plea to two felony counts of insurance fraud …

Inspector Comes Clean, Pays Up

Based upon his cooperation with CDI investigators, Francis Borgia Ashley Jr., 59, was allowed to surrender himself in Fresno County Superior Court in the presence of his attorney after an arrest warrant had been issued for him. Ashley, who was …

“Paper” Chase Leads to Arrests

The Organized Auto Fraud Interdiction Task Force, comprised of investigators from the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, the California Highway Patrol, and the National Insurance Crime Bureau, announced the execution of nine arrest warrants and nine search warrants in …

The Case of the ‘Errant’ Golf Ball

Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested Ralph G. Lattanzi, 36, of Orange County on two felony counts of insurance fraud and one felony count of grand theft. Bail was set at $25,000. The Orange County District Attorney’s …

Disability Claims Were Teacher’s ‘Achilles Heel’

CDI investigators arrested a Los Angeles Unified School District teacher, Randolph Zane, on 36 counts of insurance fraud. Zane, 55, was booked on a $320,000 bail felony warrant. The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case. An …

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