Fraud Roundup

Father and Son Duo Do Wrong

Two insurance brokers, Jack Hagop Printsian, 62, and his son, Ara Kaspar Printsian, 28, were arrested at their Santa Clara home on Sept. 11. The Printsians owned and operated Citadel Insurance Services. The company provided auto policies to consumers in …

Office Run by a Mis-Manager

Kathleen C. Ridgway, a Beverly Hills office manager, was arrested at work on Aug. 7 on one felony count of insurance fraud and one count of grand theft. The L.A. County District Attorney’s office is prosecuting the case. CDI fraud …

Another Agent Gone Bad

Following a joint investigation by the CDI Investigation Bureau and the National Insurance Crime Bureau, Jesse Wong, a Southern California insurance agent, was sentenced on Aug. 17 after pleading no contest to five felony counts of grand theft. The Los …

Oh, Brother

Following a two-month investigation by the CDI Fraud Division, Mohammad Asif Atebar was arrested for insurance fraud. According to investigators, the 23-year-old filed a total loss claim for his 1989 Honda Prelude, which was allegedly stolen and burned. He claimed …

No More Waiting for This Ringleader

On Aug. 29, former attorney Manny Lee Kreitenberg of Beverly Hills was sentenced to 10 years in state prison on one felony count of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and 13 counts of insurance fraud. In addition, the 45-year-old man …

Another Bumpy Landing

Paul Franklin Ostrove, the Hermosa Beach resident who crash-landed his plane at Daniel Webster Junior High School in Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 1998, has been convicted and sentenced to five years of felony probation and ordered to pay more …

Golden Eagle Helps Fight Fraud

After the special investigations unit (SIU) of Golden Eagle Insurance Corp. helped gather information, nearly two dozen people working at several San Diego-based construction companies face trials for insurance fraud, payroll tax fraud and other violations. According to Sam King, …

Can’t Get Enough to Pay the Rent

The Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) revoked the insurance agent license of J. Henry Edgmond of Portland, Ore., for misappropriating funds belonging to Stewart & Tunno Insurance Agency Inc. An investigation by the DCBS Insurance Division found that …

Taking the Premiums Home

Shahin Sean Pelaseyed, a North Hollywood insurance broker, was arrested at his apartment by the North Hollywood Police Department and charged with five felony counts of grand theft of insurance premium. The 46-year-old man operated Sean Pelaseyed Insurance Services, and …

Fugitives Wash Up on Island

A fugitive San Jose, Calif., couple ended up in a Puerto Rican detention center Aug. 9 following their capture at a hideaway on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. The couple disappeared nearly seven months ago after allegedly defrauding 700 …

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