Following a 12-month investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch, Say Lo, 51, Micky Lo, 27, and Van Ho, 22, all of Sacramento, were arrested on 10 felony counts of insurance fraud. A juvenile member of the Lo family was …
After a two-year investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch, Robert Joseph Cote, 57, owner of Grand Valley Framing, was arrested on two felony counts of insurance fraud. In 1996, SCIF conducted a routine workers’ comp audit of Loomis, Calif.-based …
Morteza Jafari, 46, and Mozghan Tavakoli, 37, a married couple who owned and operated a general contracting company called Sedcon; and Vicki Baltierra, 36, a Sedcon employee; were arrested and charged with 16 counts of workers’ comp insurance fraud. The …
Following a two-year investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch, investigators arrested three Sacramento residents-John Michael Hermoso, 40; William Gregory Hoshall, 39; and Theodore Patrick Neher, 38-on charges of insurance fraud. A 1998 investigation on Hermoso …
John Blanton Breland of Lodi pled guilty to four felony counts last month in San Joaquin Superior Court. The 52-year-old insurance agent was originally charged with 11 felony counts consisting of theft from an elder or dependant, grand theft, sales …
Investigators with the CDI Investigations Branch have filed charges against Sue Whisenhunt of Camino for insurance fraud, grand theft and perjury. If convicted, the 49-year-old woman could face up to five years in state prison and/or a maximum fine of …
Following an investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch and the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Mirna Angelica Alfaro was found guilty after pleading no contest to three counts of selling auto insurance without a license. Hector Antonio Benavente, a …
The CDI is looking into allegations of premium theft, embezzlement and other violations connected with the Redwood City, Calif.-based Wersching Insurance Agency, which is run by former San Francisco 49er football player Raimund Wersching. CDI investigators served search warrants at …
Johnny Brocktune Lew of Stockton, Calif., was sentenced to seven years and four months in state prison for plotting an insurance fraud scheme to sink his luxury yacht. The sentence was handed down by San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge …
A joint investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, the Insurance Fraud Unit and HIH Insurance Company led to the conviction of Jesus Evaristo Gonzalez of Palmdale. The 39-year-old man pled guilty to workers’ …
