La Habra- Hector Porrata, George Martinez, Cara Cruz, and Rene Montes of Orange County plead guilty to insurance fraud. It is alleged that the group was able to fraudulently obtain $1.4 million for AIG insurance company. The group worked at a claims-adjusting company. The scam involved liens that doctors and hospitals put on workers compensation insurance claim to make sure they are paid. The suspects are facing charges like grand theft, insurance fraud and conspiracy.
Crimes like insurance fraud, grand theft, identity theft, credit card and embezzlement are called "white collar crimes". Grand theft is defined in the California Penal code 487. Grand theft has occurred when the money or property that has been taken amounts to more than $400. Insurance fraud is defined in Penal code section 550(a). It states that the making of fraudulent claims as knowingly present or cause to be presented any false or fraudulent claim for the payment of a loss or injury, including payment of a loss or injury under a contract of insurance . These crimes are considered felonies which mean long prison sentences, restitution, and fines.
Being charged with a white collar crime is serious in Orange County. It is imperative to a person who is facing charges like grand theft to retain an experienced Orange County white collar criminal defense attorney. To help you defend your white collar crime charge.
How can a Orange County white collar criminal defense attorney or a Newport beach white collar criminal defense lawyer help you defend your white collar crime charge?
At the Law Office of Michael Guisit we have been successful in representing clients in their white collar crime charges all over Orange County, Los Angeles County, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Beverly Hills and other cities in Southern California.
If you or a loved one is facing a white collar crime charge like grand theft or a felony or misdemeanor charge like assault, battery, domestic violence, theft crime, sex crime charge or a drug crime charge like possession of an uncontrolled substance call our highly qualified Santa Ana criminal defense attorney today. Contact our office at (714) 530-9690 or visit our website at www.topcalifornia lawyer.com.
