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’ …
Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch arrested Ronald Prasky, owner of San Ysidro-based Border Pacific Insurance Services, for selling bogus insurance policies. The 30-year-old insurance agent was booked into San Diego County Jail and bail …
Following a six-month investigation, former insurance agent Charles Stanley Tigner was arrested on a Tulare County Superior Court warrant. Among the 127 criminal violations charged in the warrant are insurance fraud, grand theft, false impersonation, possession of fictitious checks, and …
Following a joint investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigation Bureau and the Wal-Mart Corporate Claims Investigation Unit, Jennelle Nanleen Allen of Madera County was arrested on workers’ compensation fraud charges by the CDI and Madera District Attorney’s Office investigators. According …
Following an 18-month investigation, CDI fraud investigators arrested a Sacramento family and a family friend on 19 counts of insurance fraud. Bobby Gene Bass, 67; Lavern Dobbins-Bass, 57; Bobby Jason Bass, 20; and Christian Hearst, 31; were all arrested. In …
Susan Jeanette Hobson, 40, surrendered to investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) on three felony counts of insurance fraud and one felony count of perjury. In February 1996, the Sacramento woman allegedly tripped in the parking lot of …
After surrendering to investigators last month, Victor Tafoya, 58, of Sacramento was arrested on one felony count of insurance fraud and one felony count of perjury. In October 1998, Tafoya’s residence caught fire due to an improperly installed pellet stove. …
Marco Anthony Ambroselli, 33, of Sacramento surrendered to authorities after a warrant for his arrest was issued for one felony count of insurance fraud. According to investigators from the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch, Traveler’s Insurance Company was paying claims for …
Paul Franklin Ostrove of Hermosa Beach was sentenced to six months in jail for insurance fraud after making false statements about his qualifications to pilot an aircraft when filing a claim in connection with the crash landing in August 1998 …
