Four Bay Area residents have been arrested on multiple counts of grand theft and insurance fraud among other charges.
Investigators allege that Elisa Guillermo, a billing clerk for Fremont
Compensation Insurance Company, allegedly issued more than $700,000 in claim checks to a non-existent vendor created by Guillermo.
Over a two-year period between 1999 and 2000, Guillermo issued workers’ compensation claim checks to the phony vendor named Parkside PT. According to investigators, Guillermo, her husband, Lorenzo, and friends allegedly cashed the claim checks.
The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office charged Elisa Guillermo, Lorenzo Guillermo, Juliet Armstrong and Arthur Armstrong, Jr. with various counts including: grand theft, workers’ comp insurance fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and revenue and tax code violations.
Topics Fraud Workers' Compensation
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