Posts From Dan Anderson
Santa Barbara Fraudster Gets 10 Years
Joseph Mele booking photo SANTA BARBARA — 31-year-old Joseph Anthony Mele has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison after entering a no-contest plea to multiple counts of financial
Sacramento construction company owner busted for insurance fraud
William Huffman booking photo SACRAMENTO — 47-year-old William Huffman of Sacramento has been arrested on nine felony counts of workers’ comp insurance fraud and tax evasion. According to the CA
Probation Violator Goes Back to Clink
Timothy James Bennett WILLITS — On December 7th at approximately 8 P.M., CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife noticed a truck parked sideways across the road, blocking it off completely.
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,
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
Bogus claims and insurance pains: More fraudsters pulled into the light
Escalon local Peter Goncalves (41) has been arrested by Department of Insurance detectives on three felony counts of insurance fraud. He is alleged to have filed a fraudulent claim with
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
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,
$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)
Los Angeles Resident Charged on 13 Counts of Disability Fraud
LOS ANGELES — 32-year-old Troy Hodges has been arrested on 13 counts of disability fraud, according to the Fraud Division of the California Department of Insurance, and he is alleged
