SANTA ANA– A Santa Ana woman was arraigned May 2, 2016, on charges she submitted a fraudulent insurance claim for more than $16,000 for a vehicle damaged in a collision she was not even in. Amezcua Alejandra Rodriguez, 40, is charged with two felony counts of insurance fraud. On May 29, 2015, Rodriguez’s relative was […]
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Two Insurance Brokers Arraigned on Embezzlement Charges
SAN FRANCISCO – Kudos to California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Members and California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigators Leanne Borden and Kristen Schriber who conducted an extensive investigation into an embezzlement case that led to the arrests of two Marin County men. According to San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, Christopher Ramos, 38, of Santa […]
Two Chiropractors & A Psychologist Arrested for Health Care Fraud
The California Department of Insurance teamed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office in a health care fraud investigation that has resulted in the arrest of two chiropractors, one in Los Angeles and the other in Bakersfield, and the pending arrest of a clinical psychologist. The three are charged […]
Insurance Detectives Arrest Los Angeles Father & Daughter For Insurance Fraud
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – California Department of Insurance (CDI) detectives are searching for a man suspected of insurance fraud after he allegedly struck a pedestrian in a staged accident. CDI detectives have already arrested the pedestrian, Brandy Riste, 22, and her father, Tony Bimbo aka Anthony Riste, 45, both of Los Angeles, on two felony […]
CSLEA Holds Police Officer Bill of Rights Class For CDI Detectives in Southern California
COMMERCE – On April 23, 2015, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Senior Legal Counsel Jim Vitko and Legal Counsel Erin Eckelman held an informational gathering for California Department of Insurance detectives interested in learning more about the Police Officer Bill of Rights and CSLEA. Twenty-seven detectives from various offices in Southern California attended. “We set […]
CDI Detectives Arrest Escalon Man For Filing Bogus Claims
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY – On April 24, 2015, California Department of Insurance detectives arrested Peter Goncalves, 41, of Escalon, on three felony counts of insurance fraud. Goncalves allegedly filed a fraudulent insurance claim with Farmers Insurance Exchange for more than $18,000 for items he claimed were stolen during a burglary. Goncalves reported to Farmers that […]
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, […]
Former Bridezilla Arrested For Felony Insurance Fraud
Viewers of the reality series “Bridezillas” know 55-year-old Anita Maxwell as the jilted bride left standing at the altar, the only “Bridezilla” to leave the show single instead of married. Now the spotlight is on Maxwell, once again, as a suspect in a workers’ compensation insurance fraud investigation conducted by California Department of Insurance (CDI) […]
CDI Detectives Conduct Statewide Auto Insurance Fraud Sweep
Call it a dramatic sweep that gets the point across, if you’re committing insurance fraud in the State of California, California Department of Insurance detectives will come knocking. During the first week of November, detectives slapped handcuffs on nearly 200 suspects accused of auto insurance fraud. The detectives teamed up with local district attorneys and […]
El Cajon insurance agent arrested for stealing premium payments
On October 15, 2014, Dawna Louise Ernster, also known as Dawna Louise Salois, 48, of El Cajon, was arrested on 14 felony counts of grand theft, 14 felony counts of failure to disclose events affecting insurance coverage and two misdemeanor counts of petty theft. Ernster was licensed as an insurance agent and specialized in selling […]
