On July 19, the broker license and licensing rights of Theophilus Elo Udechukwu of Long Beach were revoked after the 37-year-old man was found guilty of multiple counts of grand theft for swindling clients on their insurance premiums. The California …
Last month, John Blanton Breland of Lodi surrendered to an investigator with the San Joaquin District Attorney’s Office. The 52-year-old insurance agent was charged with 11 felony counts consisting of theft from elder or dependent, grand theft, sales of unqualified …
DCBS fined Minnesota-based Fortis Benefits Insurance Co. $20,000 for several violations of Oregon laws and administrative rules. The fine was assessed against the company for its handling of separate claims for long-term disability (LTD) benefits by two Salem residents. An …
On July 10, Victor Cortez, 38, of Escondido, was sentenced to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts of failing to inform customers that they had no insurance and one felony count of selling insurance …
The owners of a building framing company in Riverside pleaded innocent to charges of defrauding the state and three insurance companies out of $3.5 million. Thomas Parsons and his wife Michelle, both residents of Colton, were charged with 19 counts …
A Redding man who rode bulls in his spare time was arrested for workers’ compensation fraud. The man, 29-year-old Robert Lee Locke, filed a workers’ comp claim with State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) after allegedly injuring his right arm on …
Following a nine-month investigation, Mostafa Behesti, 43, and Rahimi Morteza, 59, owners of Castello Inc., along with bookkeeper Emma Luz Guerzon, 46, and Margaro Haro, 37, owner of Haro’s Landscaping, were all indicted by the San Diego Grand Jury on …
William Elmer Carson of Fresno was recently arrested on insurance fraud charges. CDI fraud investigators discovered that the 54-year-old man had exaggerated his medical condition to his treating physician and misrepresented his ability to work and receive income to his …
Jorge Benitez of Huntington Beach was arrested on June 9 on workers’ compensation fraud charges. According to CDI fraud investigators, the 47-year-old man claimed that on July 13, 1996, while employed at J.C. Penney, he had slipped and injured his …
Shahen Mirzayans, owner of Standard Auto Body Inc., was sentenced to 60 days in jail-or 30 days labor with a Caltrans road work crew-for falsely billing insurers, according to Los Angeles city officials. Undercover agents with the State Bureau of …
