Fraud Roundup

Living a Life of Lies

Following a joint investigation by the CDI Fraud Division and the California Department of Justice, Jessica Rodriquez of Sacramento was arrested and is being charged with three counts of insurance fraud, two counts of false claims to a Public Board …

Sounds Like a Bad Case of Regret

Following a three-month investigation, Cecil Nuncio Gloria of Stockton surrendered to authorities at the San Joaquin County Courthouse and pled guilty to one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud. According to investigators, the 24-year-old man filed a claim with 21st Century …

Repo Man Pays an Unwelcome Visit

Rickki Chantelle Saulsby of Citrus Heights was arrested and booked into Sacramento County Jail on two felony counts of insurance fraud. According to CDI fraud investigators, Saulsby submitted a claim to 21st Century Casualty Insurance Company for theft of her …

It Takes One to Know One

Tina Marie Gains of Elk Grove was arrested and charged with five felony counts of insurance fraud and one felony count of unemployment benefits fraud. The 42-year-old woman allegedly made false statements in order to obtain workers’ comp and unemployment …

Wrong Time for a Career Change

Jo Blackmore of Van Nuys was arrested on workers’ comp fraud. The 55-year-old real estate agent continued to work while receiving disability benefits. According to CDI fraud investigators, on April 28, 1998, Blackmore filed a workers’ comp claim with State …

Taking a Bite Out of Fraud

Thanks to the Arizona Department of Insurance Fraud Unit, the Department of Public Safety, the Phoenix Police Department, and the help of a forensic odontologist, a 30-year-old Phoenix man with a broken front tooth who is suspected of staging numerous …

Timing is Everything

The Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) revoked the individual and corporate insurance agent licenses of Eugene P. Hamilton of Portland for defrauding an insurer and other violations of the Oregon Insurance Code. On July 12, 1997, an 18-year-old …

No License, No Joke

The Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) revoked Brian K. Dusenberry’s insurance agent license for violations of the Oregon Insurance Code. DCBS also revoked the firm license of Fairway Insurance Agency, Dusenberry’s Woodburn agency. According to an investigation by …

Flea Markets are No Place to Buy (or Sell) Insurance

Nevada’s Division of Insurance (DOI) state officials uncovered a scam in which flea marketers in Clark County were selling proof-of-auto insurance cards for $100 a piece. According to Betty Baker, insurance counsel and hearing officer for the Nevada DOI, the …

Rock Star Singing the Blues

Larry Ollison, a former member of the rock band The Platters, pled guilty of one felony count of insurance fraud. According to CDI fraud investigators, the 50-year-old Stockton man filed roughly 22 false claims with Republic Western Insurance between February …

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