Fraud Roundup

Hollywood fire sparks fraud charges

Hollywood, Calif., residents Juan Ortiz, 44, and Joseph Lewellen, 67, were charged with first-degree murder, arson, and insurance fraud due...

Broker-agent fined $100,000

The California Department of Insurance (CDI) recently issued an Order of Monetary Penalty and Reprimand ordering broker-agent Bonding & Insurance...

Divorce leads to insurance fraud arrest

Investigators from CDI’s Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested 33 year-old Jamel Hassan Nichols for insur-ance fraud. The investigation began...

Wash. couple charged with fraud

A Washington couple faces an excess of criminal charges, including the alleged falsification of payroll records to avoid paying workers’...

A heck of a deal

Mohamad Maita, 30, turned himself in to authorities after a warrant for his arrest was issued for five felony counts...

Friends in low places

Investigators from the California Department of Insurance Fraud Division served a warrant for arrest on Ali Saeed Echtibi of Fresno...

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