On December 22nd, 2017
SAN MATEO COUNTY - On December 19, 2017, Amishi Patel, 43, pleaded no contest to felony charges alleging she performed unnecessary dental work on at least eight patients in an 11-month time period beginning in April of 2014 while working part-time at a dental office in Daly City. In addition, as the court case was […]
On November 6th, 2017
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - On November 2, 2017, Hani Abujudeh, 55, of Rancho Cucamonga, the leader of an auto insurance fraud scheme, was sentenced to six years in state prison for filing more than 35 fraudulent claims, manipulating used car odometers and vehicle titles to make the vehicles appear more valuable, and using the false […]
On October 11th, 2017
BAKERSFIELD - A Bakersfield couple is accused of lying to their insurance company about who was driving their car when they were involved in an accident in order to receive money to cover the cost of the collision. Following a California Department of Insurance investigation, Parneet Kaur, 34, and her husband Sarabjit Singh, 46, surrendered […]
On February 8th, 2017
RIVERSIDE– On February 7, 2017, California Department of Insurance detectives and investigators with the Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force busted 40 people suspected of running an organized auto insurance fraud ring that netted more than a half million dollars in insurance claims payouts by 10 different insurance companies. Of the 40 suspects: Seven were arrested […]
On July 21st, 2016
LOS ANGELES - On July 18, 2016 Cristian Raul Videla, 34, of Van Nuys, was convicted on one felony count of grand theft and sentenced to five years' probation, 120 hours of community service, and ordered to pay full restitution to his five victims. Investigators with the Department of Insurance Investigation Division discovered Videla had […]
On July 13th, 2016
LOS ANGELES - A licensed insurance agent accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from his employer and his clients is now facing serious criminal charges. Suren Hovhannisyan, 27, of North Hollywood, was arrested at his home on July 6, 2016. He faces multiple felony counts of burglary, grand theft, and unauthorized use of access cards. […]
