On July 17th, 2015
SAN JOSE - A major insurance scam ring was busted July 16, 2015 when 33 suspects, most of them from San Jose, were charged with felony insurance fraud. The suspects are accused of intentionally crashing older cars into each other and collecting insurance money. The staged collision scam resulted in insurance pay outs of about […]
LOS ANGELES- On March 19, 2015, detectives from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested Los Angeles Doctor Glenn Neil Ledesma, 63, owner of California Dermatology Center, Inc. and his adopted son and CEO, Jonathan Ledesma, 49. Both are charged with multiple felony counts of health care disability fraud. The two men allegedly collected disability […]
On March 18th, 2015
LOS ANGELES– Two Playa del Rey therapists were arrested March 17, 2015 for health insurance fraud after allegedly billing Anthem Blue Cross for services amounting to $3.5 million that were never provided. Steven Orenstein, 57, a marriage and family therapist and Erin Kayem, 42, a licensed speech therapist, were arrested and charged with insurance fraud, […]
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 February 4th, 2015
RIVERSIDE -An Upland man and former insurance agent has pleaded guilty in a multi-million dollar rip-off scheme in which he used client accounts to secure illegal loans. Derek Richard Brewart, 53, a former licensed insurance agent and owner of Hamilton Brewart Insurance Agency (HBIA) in Upland, pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud and tax charges […]
On September 23rd, 2014
Following the devastating wildfires that ripped through the California communities of Oakhurst and Weed, detectives and investigators from the Department of Insurance and the Contractors State License Board went in to the burn areas working to protect residents from scam artists and unscrupulous businesses that target disaster victims. "Unfortunately, disasters can bring out the worst […]
