On August 23rd, 2017
By CSLEA Member James Potts LOS ANGELES - On August 11-13, 2017, four detectives and two detective sergeants from the California Department of Insurance Fraud Division competed in the 2017 World Police and Fire Games dodgeball tournament. There were a total of 21 teams that competed. The Fraud Division record was 7-15. Even though […]
On August 29th, 2016
BENICIA - In an effort to keep California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members updated and to meet their needs, CSLEA membership representatives routinely travel to worksites to hold discussions and answer questions. "We can email, we can talk on the phone - but there is no replacing sitting down in the same room and […]
On May 12th, 2016
FRESNO - On May 10, 2016, detectives from the California Department of Insurance arrested 15 suspects on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly staging auto collisions to scam more than four insurance companies out of tens of thousands of dollars. Additional arrests are expected. "Insurance detectives investigating this case have 28 suspects […]
On June 25th, 2015
MARTINEZ- Not too many law-abiding citizens take kindly to cheats who scam insurance companies, jacking up premiums for everyone else. Nor do detectives with the California Department of Insurance (CDI). On June 23, 2015, CDI detectives arrested seven people in California and Washington for allegedly conspiring to defraud eight insurance companies. The group is accused […]
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 11th, 2014
LOS ANGELES — On April 8, 2014, Wayne Lu, 53 of Torrance was arrested on charges of alleged workers’ compensation fraud associated with an injury received during his employment with the U.S. Postal Service. Detectives from the California Department of Insurance (CDI), with the assistance of U.S. Postal Inspectors, arrested Lu in Manhattan Beach […]
