On November 19th, 2015
SAN BERNARDINO- On November 16, 2015, Valentino H. Douglas, 45, of Rialto, was arrested on multiple counts of felony insurance fraud after receiving more than $112,000 in workers' compensation benefits for an alleged work injury that actually occurred a month earlier while playing softball, according to California Department of Insurance detectives. While employed as a […]
On November 4th, 2015
LOS ANGELES - On October 23, 2015, Peter Lira, 53, chief executive officer of Am-Pro Prosthetics & Orthotics in Whittier, was arrested on three felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly billing Anthem Blue Cross for a $170,000 prosthetic arm knowing the patient had died and the prosthetic arm was no longer needed. Suspecting fraud, […]
On June 30th, 2014
LOS ANGELES - On June 20, 2014, Investigators with the California Department of Insurance arrested Alberto Linares, 30, and Nancy Guerrero, 29, of Los Angeles on multiple counts of filing a fraudulent claim and grand theft after allegedly staging a car collision and attempting to collect a total of $4,422 in benefits from three different […]
On May 29th, 2014
On May 22, 2014, California Department of Insurance detectives arrested a San Jacinto woman suspected of filing fraudulent claims for mileage reimbursements associated with an allegedly fraudulent workers' compensation claim. Jackie Sebastian, 60, a Postal Service mail processing clerk is facing felony insurance fraud and grand theft charges for submitting 249 false claims for mileage […]
On May 29th, 2014
We have said it before and we will say it again, there is no shortage of work for our CSLEA members in the California Department of Insurance (CDI). "It seems as if CDI investigators could work 24 hours a day, seven days a week and still have caseloads of investigations," said California Statewide Law Enforcement […]
On May 23rd, 2014
A four-year investigation into an organized ring that netted a million dollars by using 21 high-end vehicles to defraud auto loan and insurance companies has resulted in the arrest of 13 people. California Department of Insurance detectives and investigators made the arrests early Friday morning, May 23, 2014. Seventeen suspects are from the Los Angeles […]
