On May 19th, 2015
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 […]
On April 28th, 2015
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 […]
On April 27th, 2015
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 […]
On April 1st, 2015
LOS ANGELES- A licensed insurance broker-agent was arrested on three felony counts of grand theft for stealing more than $100,000 from a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) program and more than $400,000 from other programs that his employer, DACM Project Management, aka Dugan &Associates, managed. Arthur Cade, 60, was the employee who controlled funds […]
On February 5th, 2015
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, […]
On December 12th, 2014
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) […]
