Fraud Roundup

More Than Just a Gambling Problem

Last month, John Blanton Breland of Lodi surrendered to an investigator with the San Joaquin District Attorney’s Office. The 52-year-old...

Unfair Claims Practices Uncovered

DCBS fined Minnesota-based Fortis Benefits Insurance Co. $20,000 for several violations of Oregon laws and administrative rules. The fine was...

Bull Riding Doesn’t Pay

A Redding man who rode bulls in his spare time was arrested for workers’ compensation fraud. The man, 29-year-old Robert...

Their Deep Pockets Had Holes

Following a nine-month investigation, Mostafa Behesti, 43, and Rahimi Morteza, 59, owners of Castello Inc., along with bookkeeper Emma Luz...

Guilty as Charged

On July 10, Victor Cortez, 38, of Escondido, was sentenced to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to...

Framing a Case of Possible Fraud

The owners of a building framing company in Riverside pleaded innocent to charges of defrauding the state and three insurance...

Working Hard, Hardly Working

William Elmer Carson of Fresno was recently arrested on insurance fraud charges. CDI fraud investigators discovered that the 54-year-old man...

He Knee-ded to Tell the Truth

Jorge Benitez of Huntington Beach was arrested on June 9 on workers’ compensation fraud charges. According to CDI fraud investigators,...

His Past Comes Back to Haunt Him

On June 5, Santiago Arteaga Ramirez was arrested on insurance fraud charges. CDI fraud investigators discovered that the 34-year-old man...

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