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 July 7th, 2016
RIVERSIDE - Former Kansas City Chiefs Wide Receiver Jeffrey Leon Webb, 34, of Indio, was arrested on multiple felony counts after he allegedly orchestrated four staged collisions resulting in a total loss of more than $139,000. "California is ground zero for staged auto collisions," said Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. "Organized crime rings are responsible for […]
On February 18th, 2016
Pocketed more than $67,000 in illegal commissions LOS ANGELES - On February 9, 2016, California Department of Insurance investigators arrested former licensed insurance agent Teresa Marie Davis, 53, of Pomona, on multiple counts of identity theft and grand theft in an alleged bogus life insurance policy scam in which she collected more than $67,000 in […]
On January 25th, 2016
LOS ANGELES- On January 21, 2016, Leroy Barnes, 29, the actor who portrayed a dancing hamster in Kia car commercials pleaded no contest to insurance fraud, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. This was a California Department of Insurance investigation that resulted in Barnes' arrest back in 2014. Barnes received state […]
On August 18th, 2014
Jacob Richard Bonzer, 27, formerly of Lake Forest, California was arrested in Chicago August 13, 2014 on 96 felony counts including grand theft, forgery and denial of benefits. Bonzer is accused of using numerous schemes for his own financial gain, based on a joint investigation between the California Department of Insurance, the Orange County District […]
