LOS ANGELES- On March 19, 2015, detectives from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested Los Angeles Doctor Glenn Neil Ledesma, 63, owner of California Dermatology Center, Inc. and his adopted son and CEO, Jonathan Ledesma, 49. Both are charged with multiple felony counts of health care disability fraud. The two men allegedly collected disability […]
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San Diego Woman Busted For Auto Insurance Fraud
SAN DIEGO- One thing California Department of Insurance detectives don’t take kindly to is when uninsured drivers purchase insurance policies immediately following a car accident they have been involved in and then file a claim for repairs. That’s what detectives busted Tamickeua Jones, 30, of San Diego for. She was was arrested February 3, […]
CDI Detectives & CSLB Investigators Protect Wildfire Victims
Following the devastating wildfires that ripped through the California communities of Oakhurst and Weed, detectives and investigators from the Department of Insurance and the Contractors State License Board went in to the burn areas working to protect residents from scam artists and unscrupulous businesses that target disaster victims. “Unfortunately, disasters can bring out the worst […]
Fullerton Insurance Agent Sentenced To Five Years
A Fullerton insurance agent is paying the price for his role in a highly organized and sophisticated Ponzi scheme that bilked more than a million dollars from at least 18 victims, most of them Latino senior citizens. Michael Zuno Zuniga, 43, of Fullerton, was sentenced to five years in Los Angeles County Jail and ordered […]
Five Arrested In Staged Car Theft
It is often referred to as the “give-up” insurance fraud scheme, but our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) didn’t fall for it. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today that five Sacramento area suspects were arrested and each charged with a felony count of […]
