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’...

Friends in low places

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

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...

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