Investigators from the CDI arrested Ruth Ekong, 61, at her home in Palmdale, Calif., home on nine felony charges of insurance fraud, conspiracy, grand theft and perjury. Ekong was booked at the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station, and bail was set at …
Following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division, Raymond Ellis Wilson, 36, an Orange County resident, pled guilty in Orange County Superior Court to one felony count of insurance fraud. Wilson was arrested on four felony …
David Simoes, 26, of San Jose was arrested on charges of attempted insurance fraud and attempted auto theft in connection with a claim on a $9,000 Yamaha racing motorcycle. The charges stem from a CDI undercover investigation conducted with assistance …
An eight-month joint investigation conducted by investigators from the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, the California Highway Patrol and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) resulted in the felony arrests of Turhan Folse, 54, aka Turhan Quinlan, aka John …
North Hollywood insurance broker Shahin Sean Pelaseyed was sentenced to 180 days in county jail and five years probation by a Van Nuys District Superior Court. The sentencing comes six months after Pelaseyed pled no contest to one felony count …
Investigators from the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested Julian Tafolla, 20, of Riverside, on two felony counts of insurance fraud and one misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of an accident. Tafolla, who, at the time of the …
The CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the conclusion of a 10-month operation, which resulted in a multi-agency task force serving search warrants on Whiplash Performance Center Inc. and Performance Wholesale Inc., and arresting Robert “Robbie” Lee Baker and …
Following a joint investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Investigation Bureau and the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, Roger Allen Collins, 50, pled no-contest in San Joaquin Superior Court to one count of theft of fiduciary funds and …
Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested Frankie Lopez II, 26, and Gina Marie Martino, 27, both of Stockton, on three felony counts each of insurance fraud. Lopez and Martino were booked into the San Joaquin County Jail, …
The CDI announced three arrests and the service of 20 search warrants on 12 chiropractic offices, six banks and two residences as part of an operation by the Bay Area Organized Automobile Fraud Activity Interdiction Task Force. The task force …
