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Sacramento

Brother and Sister pair up on Workers’ Comp and Employment fraud

SACRAMENTO – 37-year-old Michael George Mello and his sister, 38-year-old Mary Catherine Rodriguez (also known as Mary Mello) are the owners of the Green Valley Landscaping Services company. They have

California

Phantom Insurance Broker Gets Jail Time for Scam

SANTA CLARA – The District Attorney’s Office for Santa Clara County is reporting that a former insurance broker, who was stealing insurance money from clients, was recently sentenced to six months

Los Angeles

Grand Theft Shenanigans

LOS ANGELES — Last month, 36-year-old Yesenia Oquendo of La Puente got pinched for grand theft in stealing insurance premium payments. As of yesterday, she’s been ordered to pay restitution,

Los Angeles San Diego

More insurance fraud and whatnot

LOS ANGELES — 32-year-old Jason Kwon of Santa Fe Springs and 32-year-old David Chang of Burbank are in hot water. The two face 41 felony counts of insurance fraud, grand

Los Angeles San Diego

Insurance fraudsters outed in Los Angeles, San Diego

LOS ANGELES — Constance Gail Fortune (61) has been arraigned in Los Angeles Superior Court, charged with three felony counts of grand theft and one of financial elder abuse. She

Santa Clara

District Attorney reports arrest of suspects in vehicle collision scam

A pair of suspected scam artists, who were described as “nomadic” by the District Attorney’s office, have now been charged with defrauding drivers and insurance companies after they were found to

Contra Costa Los Angeles San Diego

CA Department of Insurance uncovers more fraudsters

It’s been quite the year for insurance fraud so far, with the latest series of arrests making their way from the Bay Area clear down to San Diego. In Concord,

Los Angeles

$3.5 Million Insurance Fraud Sends Two California Therapists to the Big House

LOS ANGELES — Two therapists have been arrested on multiple counts of felony health insurance fraud. Marriage and family therapist Steven Orenstein (57) and licensed speech therapist Erin Kayem (42)

Santa Clara

Fraud claim eyed by two independent adjusters

29-year-old Ahmad Amin appeared in Dept 23 on 11/04/14. Amin faces 2 counts of PC 550 (a)(1), presenting false or fraudulent insurance claim, in order to help another person benefit

Santa Clara

False Insurance claim lands female hit-and-run driver in jail

SANTA CLARA COUNTY – 33-year-old Ruby Naranjo Moreno of Morgan Hill and 36-year-old Jessica Delicia Castaneda of Los Banos were charged with fraud on Nov 27, 2013 in Santa Clara