California Department of Insurance (CDI) fraud investigators arrested five Sacramento-area residents Thursday, May 16, for allegedly taking part in a million dollar mobile phone insurance scheme. Three of the five suspects worked for a major mobile phone carrier and accessed confidential customer information. According to investigators, the employees targeted customers with high value cell phones […]
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CSLEA Member Wenifred Smith: A Diligent Detective Who Discovered A Family Of Fraudulent Moms
When California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) member and California Department of Insurance (CDI) Detective Wenifred Smith found a box of insurance claim forms dropped on his desk by private insurance companies that suspected fraud, he went to work. For two and a-half years he fact-checked, interviewed and investigated. Never, in his tedious, complex investigation, […]
A CDI Investigation: $6 Million Scam Ripping-Off Seniors in 10 states
Who would not give a high-five to our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) after learning of this bust? CDI investigators led the way in a lengthy and complex investigation that resulted in the arrest of a husband and wife accused of selling in-home […]
Counterfeit Workers’ Comp Insurance Bust
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested three suspects in a counterfeit workers’ compensation insurance case that defrauded hundreds of victims in 19 states with losses of more than $700,000. “Our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are investigators with the California Department of Insurance and the Employee Development Department (EDD) were committed […]
CDI Investigators: San Mateo Businesswoman Sentenced
When an insurance company suspected the owner of Genesis Building Services, a San Mateo pest and janitorial services company, was under-reporting her payroll to the tune of $10 million dollars, that insurance company went straight to our CSLEA members who are investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI). As a result of their investigation, […]
Eight Handcuffed For Staging Car Wrecks
Thanks to a tip, followed by some intense investigative work by our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI), eight Los Angeles area suspects were arrested on felony charges and now face prison time. The charges allege fraudulent insurance claims, two staged automobile accidents and […]
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 […]
Convicted Financial Planner Gets Six-Plus Years In State Prison
Steal retirement funds from anyone, let alone elderly victims, and our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI ) and Franchise Tax Board (FTB) are going to do their part to see that you are locked up. On Thursday, December 27, 2012 a judge sentenced […]
Staged Crash Wrecked By Our CDI Investigators
They couldn’t stop the wreck between a U-Haul truck and a car but our California Department of Insurance (CDI) detectives sure did put the brakes on the suspected insurance fraud that followed. “This appears to be a staged auto collision involving four people back in December of last year,” said California Statewide Law Enforcement Association […]
