“It is unfortunate that there is such a large number of people who commit, and think they can get away with, insurance fraud.  As the California Department of Insurance has demonstrated time and again, it employs hardworking investigators and detectives who know what it takes to identify, arrest, and convict those who illegally take what isn’t theirs.” –  CSLEA President Alan Barcelona

VENTURA, Calif. – On November 1, 2022, Steven Franklin Gordon, 68, of Camarillo, pled guilty in Ventura County Superior Court to nine counts of felony grand theft and admitted a special allegation of taking more than $500,000 in a nearly $2 million insurance fraud case.

Gordon, an insurance agent, stole more than $1.8 million from three clients between September 2014 and November 2020. He was arrested on August 21, 2021.

The years-long fraud investigation was led by the California Department of Insurance.

Sentencing is scheduled for December 28, 2022.