October 5, 2022
An investigation by the California Department of Insurance resulted in the arrest last week of Rene Carlos Aguero, 71, and Gustavo Adolfo Lopez, 56, for allegedly submitting fraudulent vocational training vouchers for workers’ compensation claims and failing to provide the …
August 19, 2022
Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was arrested in relation to a scheme that involved him allegedly stealing multiple victims’ identities and using them to open a fraudulent insurance agency. The victims’ identities were …
August 15, 2022
Branden Heywood, 30, of Chino, California was arraigned on 39 felony counts of insurance fraud after an investigation found he allegedly acted as the leader of a “paper collision” ring to collect more than $80,000 in insurance payouts. Accidents in …
July 18, 2022
The Surplus Line Association of California board voted to drop the association’s stamping fee to 0.18%. Effective Jan. 1, 2023, the stamping fee will adjust downward from its current 0.25% level that took effect on Jan. 1, 2020. The stamping …
July 12, 2022
Q’Orianka Kilcher, 32, of North Hollywood, has been charged with two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. An investigation by the California Department of Insurance reportedly found Kilcher allegedly broke the law in collecting more than $90,000 in disability …
June 28, 2022
The California Department of Insurance is taking legal action against Go Maps Inc., and its insurance underwriter, Topa Insurance Co., after an investigation found the app-based insurance seller mishandled consumer claims for more than two dozen drivers. Under the orders …
May 18, 2022
Three California business owners were arraigned for insurance fraud this week after an investigation reportedly showed they illegally conspired to lower workers’ compensation premiums. Troy Williams, 49, of Angels Camp, Nanci Morman, 68, of Somerset, and John Allison, 63, of …
April 20, 2022
Former California insurance agent Marc Leigh Miles, 71, formerly of Irvine, and currently residing in Eagle, Idaho, was arraigned on nine felony counts of grand theft, insurance fraud, and forgery after allegedly stealing $48,500 in premiums and a fraudulent claim …
April 14, 2022
Formerly licensed insurance agent David Lance Hall, 64, of Bakersfield, California, was arraigned this week in Kern County Superior Court on six felony counts of theft and misappropriations of fiduciary funds after allegedly stealing money from his clients that was …
April 11, 2022
Adan Deniz, 43, a contractor from Santa Clarita, California, was arraigned today on 21 felony counts of forgery, theft by false pretense, and workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly creating fraudulent certificates to secure jobs and underreporting payroll by over …