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Pension-fraud case ends with 7-year sentence
-- Surveillance by CSLEA-member CalPERS investigators leads to one of the most severe penalties ever given
The summer fun of jet skiing and water-slide parks has come to a sobering end for a former state employee who was just handed a seven-year sentence for pension fraud, one of the most severe ever handed down.
Last December a jury convicted June Ann Lucena, a former correctional officer at Folsom State Prison, on 14 counts of faking injuries in order to qualify for workers’ compensation and state disability. More... |
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Big or small, determined Dept. of Insurance Investigators don’t discriminate against scam artists
-- 14-year prison term believed to be longest ever ordered
By recent measurements, the surrender last week of insurance agent Peter Akatrai to Downey Police is rather small beans compared with stunning sentence handed down to Carmel resident Michael Vousden of 14 years in prison and $3.8 million in restitution. The sentence is believed to be a record for an insurance scam case of this nature. More... |
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Investigation Division of Dept. of Insurance continues to wrack up big busts
-- Northridge scam comes to an end; Orange County case sets record
Don’t be fooled by the number of them. They will eventually nail scam artists, and when they do, very expensive parties come to handcuffed ends.
The Investigation Division of the California Department of Insurance is having a very big year collaring insurance agents who collect premium money and keep it for themselves, instead of forwarding it to their companies for proper indemnification of the consumer. More... |
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CAFI-member Horse Racing Board Investigators win landmark case
-- Race-fixing conviction thought to be first in the nation
It was a first for California, and it is believed to be a first for the nation -- the successful conviction of someone for fixing a horse race.
“There have been numerous previous attempts across the nation to convict someone of fixing a horse race, but in almost every single case, the prosecution had to settle for winning lesser conspiracy charges, until now,” said California Horse Racing Board Senior Special Investigator Martin J. More... |
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DOI Investigation Division nabs another one
-- Diminishing force shows no slowing of tenacity
Chalk up another one for the Investigation Division at the California Department of Insurance (DOI).
Despite facing significant recruitment and retention issues, Investigation Division Investigators, whose ranks are down 18 percent, have showed no signs of a commensurate flagging in their dogged determination to go after the scam artists preying on law-abiding Californians. More... |
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