CHP Comes Through, Lawyer Sentenced for 1M Dollar Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
filed in Insurance News, Scammers Exposed on Dec.12, 2008
A CHP sergeant deciphered the ledger book of a Sherman Oaks lawyer under suspicion for insurance fraud. It was key to breaking a longtime, 1 million dollar insurance fraud ring. The ledger was owned by Hamid Taghizadeh, a 46 year old lawyer.
He’s charged with over 80 counts of felony, from fraudulent and falsified claims to insurance fraud, personal property grand theft and a host of other counts, including tax fraud.
The ring was cracked when a California Highway Patrol officer pulled over someone they thought was staging traffic accidents. There are several other people involved in the case; read this for more info.
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