SINCE 1994 WITH SCA Sacramento Claims Association News Network LIONS GATE HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER At McClellan Park 3410 Westover Street, Sacramento, CA 95652 @ Thursday October 29, 2015 4:30 PM ~ 7:00 PM Capitol Garage 1500 K Street Sacramento 2 Parking Garages and a street parking lot are close by the venue. Choose Your Sponsorship or ticket options at: www.SacramentoClaims.org October 8, 2015 Business Luncheon & Board Election Thursday
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SINCE 1994 WITH SCASacramento Claims Association News Network
LIONS GATE HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER
At McClellan Park 3410 Westover Street, Sacramento, CA 95652
What You Need To Know About
Ladder Safety
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SCA AUTUMN MIXER ~eat, DRINK & BE SCARY!
Thursday October 29, 2015 4:30 PM ~ 7:00 PM
Capitol Garage 1500 K Street Sacramento2 Parking Garages and a street parking lot are close by the venue.
Choose Your Sponsorship or ticket options at: www.SacramentoClaims.org
October 8, 2015Business Luncheon & Board Election
Thursday
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President Vice President Secretary TreasurerYour 2015 SCA Executive Staff
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2015 SCA President Steve Moore, PE, CASpBarrish Pelham & Associates, Inc.
California drought stubbornly clings on despite the rumors of El Niño and a wet winter. Although the actual weather changes may be subtle for California, I am looking forward to the jaw dropping and awe inspiring
changes happening in the SCA! As I write this month’s message, we will be holding our annual elections for SCA Board of Director positions! With any new Board members comes new ideas, perspectives, and energy. It’s always amazing to witness how the energy from just one new person can revitalize and positively charge a group! After we take care of very important business at the October lun-cheon, its back to education for our members at the next education seminar on Thursday, November 12, 2015, at the Lions Gate Hotel. Social Media/Cyber Investigations and Geolocation in the Real World will be our 2.0 CEU, DOI certified, presentation for the November luncheon. This will be a very informative 2 hour education seminar presented by Garrett McGinn of DigiStream. This will be the fourth and final education seminar for the year, so make sure to register well ahead of time on our website at www.sacramentoclaims.org to save your spot! Informational fliers and email blasts will be sent out after the October luncheon. I’m really looking forward to this one! We are also excited to announce a special Autumn SCA social event! “Eat, Drink & Be Scary”, a hosted cocktail mixer, will be held Thurs-day, October 29th at the Capitol Garage - 1500 K Street in downtown Sacramento. You’ll find details to sponsor and attend on page 7. As usual, I hope to see and talk to all of you at all the October and November SCA events!
Message from 2015 SCA President Steve Moore, PE, CASp
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Last Call for Nominations For2016 SCA Board MembersNominations are now open for those interested in serving on the Sacramento Claims Association Board of Directors. Elections for members to fill vacancies will be held at the October 8, 2015 Luncheon meeting, Term of service will begin officially in January 2016, following a three-month opportunity for newly elected board members to shadow the current board. Each candidate must be a current member in good standing, and able to commit to a three-year term of service. Executive Staff/Board Officers are elected by the new board each year. All board members are expected to actively participate in the decision-making and committee service working toward the ongoing better-ment of the Sacramento Claims Association. Nominees will be given an opportunity to address the general membership prior to balloting at the October 8th luncheon.Submit your name for consideration with any Executive Staff Member or apply online by way of the online submission form. Go to: www.SacramentoClaims.org.
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Early Bird Membership Drive for 2016 Is On!T h e S a c r a m e n t o Claims Association Membership Commit-tee is pleased to an-nounce the Early Bird Membership Drive launch for 2016! As of October 1st, current members may
renew at a discount, and new members who join for 2016 will receive membership privileges for the remainder of 2015.Annual membership dues provide a significant financial support to the organization. And, a strong membership helps to keep a non-profit like SCA viable and alive. Without all of us together there would be no SCA. “This organization could not maintain the strong standing we enjoy today without the support of all our members,” stated SCA President Steve Moore.
The organization has worked diligently to continue to provide programs and events of interest and value to claims adjusters. “We continue to encourage the carrier claims people and inde-pendent adjusters to participate, and to attend and become more involved,” Moore added. “The Sacramento Claims Association is always committed to maintaining a high degree of professional courtesy within our ranks.” In addition to the organization actively taking measures to con-tinue to raise its standing within the community at large, the association has been building on its sphere of local charitable causes to support.The SCA Board has opted to continue to offer annual FREE Memberships to insurance carrier adjusters (with an optional suggested $10 donation going to the charitable fund). Comple-tion and submission of a simple membership application now allows all such claims people the benefits of membership. See page 15, or
Sign up or renew now at www.SacramentoClaims.org.
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Barrish Pelham & associates, inc.Sacramento, California (916) 418-9100Truckee, California (530) 562-4266
4:30 PM ~ 7:00 PMCapitol Garage 1500 K Street Sacramento
2 Parking Garages and a street parking lot are close by the venue.
Choose Your Sponsorship or ticket options at: www.SacramentoClaims.org
Additional Sponsorship Opportunities- $250 for the Cocktail Napkin Sponsor - Includes 2 tickets to the event (sponsor to provide their logo’d napkins)- $200 Mixer Sponsor - Includes 1 ticket to the eventSCA / Tami Umland will create Table Top Signs for each sponsor and sponsors are allowed to bring a stand up banner.- $35.00 for Individual Tickets
THANK YOU to our APPETIZER SPONSOR!
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Fair Claims Practices Recertification at Sept SCABy Bryan Harrison, Association News Network, Inc.
Prompt attention and response to claims as they arise, and throughout the process, is the most basic ele-ment to effectively adhering to the mandated California Department of Insurance “Fair Claims Settlement Practices Act” regulations. Recertification for insurance claims adjusters of Regulations 790-790.15 was the mission of the September 10, 2015 SCA extended luncheon CE course.“Communication is the key,” said guest speaker Jennifer Acheson. Acheson tag-teamed with fellow attorney Ron Forni, both of the law firm Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley, PC, for a two-hour instructive seminar that earned attendees two-hours’ continuing eduction credit, as well as their annual required recertification of the regs.The crowd, while small in terms of usual SCA numbers, was sophisticated into their collective knowledge of the subject matter. Questions and comments had more to do with intricacies of specific claims processes and examples than just an overview of the how-to’s of proper claims handling.Acheson, who is also a newly certified mediator, gave some good perspective to the trends moving more in that direction. Mr. Forni focused on some great depth of insight with regard to the responsibilities of adhering to the regs, as well.
Guest speaker, Jennifer Acheson and Rob Forni, of the San Francisco office of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley, PC
First-timer, Shawn M. Krogh, of Krogh & Decker, LLP was the lucnky 505/0 Raffle winner.
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For payment by cash or check at the door, please make your reservation now with SCA Board Member April Wilkinson: [email protected] or 916-410-0865
3 Free to carrier personnel (donations to the SCA Charitable Fund in lieu of fee appreciated)3 $20 Independent Insurance Adjusters3 $32 Association Members w/Reservations made by 9/9/15 3 $45 guests and after 9/9/15Secure your spot at: www.SacramentoClaims.org
Nominations for 2016 SCA Board MembersAnnual SCA election of new board members will be held at the October 8, 2015 meeting. We look forward to the addition of several new members to the board of Directors. Nominations and/or volunteer nominees are being ac-cepted at this time. A commitment to working to further the growth and professionalism of the Sacramento Claims Association, and the Property & Casualty Insurance Claims profession is a must.
Nominees must maintain dedication to: 3 working as a member of a team; 3 working as part of one or more committees; 3 and a commitment to a high ethical standard are all prerequisite. Please complete and submit this form and/or contact a current board member to be considered.
At McClellan Park 3410 Westover Street, Sacramento, CA 95652
October 8, 2015
What You Need To Know About
Ladder Safety
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Business Luncheon & Board ElectionThursday
Andy BullCH Bull & Company
Join the Sacramento Claims Association October 8, 2015, as we welcome Mr. Andy Bull, of CH Bull & Company - best known as "The Ladder Guy", as our guest speaker.Ladders are consistently ranked in the top 10 OSHA violations and are one of the most common tools used on a day to day basis. Most of us have been climbing ladders our whole life. Go to a park and count the ladders in a park. They are for little kids not for professionals. It is because we have been climbing ladders our whole life Andy believes it is one reason why there are so many accidents and fatalities each year. We get complacent, lazy and say "what could possible go wrong, I’ve been doing this my whole life."This presentation will cover the word/acronym CLIMB. Choose, Look at, Insure a safe set up, Moving with and on the ladder and Be a ladder safety expert. In this class Andy will show more energy and
compassion for ladder safety using a num-ber of actual ladders, a power point and personal stories to get across a message of ladder safety that won’t soon be forgotten.Andy Bull has been working at CH Bull Co. full time since February 1978. He worked as a youth minister in the Lutheran Church for almost 5 years before coming back to the family business. CH Bull is an 83 year old distribution company started by Andy’s grandfather Charles Henry Bull in 1930. With years focused on hydraulic jacking systems, hoist and small crane systems, high reach access, and specialty heat exchange sys-tems CH Bull saw the need to start a new division call Safety Solutions. CH Bull has been selling the Genie line since 1969. Andy speaks to 100’s of people every month sharing his passion for Safety Solu-tions with the goal of getting all of your employees home each night to the people that love and care about them.
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This will be a very informative 2 hour education seminar presented by Garrett McGinn and Stephen Roper, of DigiStream. Cyber investigations have evolved dramatically over the past two years. This session utilizes case studies in order to highlight the efficacy of the next generation of social media search methods, in-cluding geotagging, hash tagging and graph searching subjects. In addition, geosocial data allows investigators the ability to supply property and casualty adjusters, in particular, with eyewitness
Investigative Technology: Social Media and Geolocation in the Real World at November 12 SCA Luncheon
accounts of large accidents, as well as the ability to contact the witnesses in order to further an investigation. These investiga-tions can pinpoint information previously outside the reach of the general population. Case studies involve an analysis of incidents occurring in both industrial and public entities. The audience will take away information on how to properly launch an investigation, how to uncover and verify the subject’s online identity, as well as how to preserve and authenticate information in court.
The Sacramento Claims Association is pleased to present our fourth continuing education seminar of 2015, Social Media/Cyber Investigations and Geolocation in the Real World at the November 12th meeting. This will be a 2.0 CEU, DOI certified, presentation in an extended luncheon format.
Garrett Mc-Ginn is the Direc tor of DigiStream’s Intell igence Division, and has over nine years of expe-rience in the private investigative industry. He is a licensed Califor-nia Private Investigator as well as an Associate Certified Fraud Examiner. He holds a Masters Degree in TransAtlantic Relations from the Uniwersytet Jagielloński in Kraków, Poland, and a Bach-elor’s Degree in International Relations from the University of California, Davis. Mr. McGinn trained in advanced surveillance tactics in the United Kingdom, achieving a Level III Advanced Award in Foot & Mobile Surveil-lance in 2007. He has headed the Intelligence Division since 2012, developing cutting edge services in the fight against fraud. Prior to his employment with DigiStream in 2006, Mr. McGinn was a Re-search Analyst for Glass, Lewis & Co., an institutional investment advisory firm.
Stephen Roper is the Desktop Op-erations Manager in DigiStream’s Intelligence Division. Prior to that time he was the Division’s Lead Investigative Analyst. Ste-phen has completed over 1,000 digital investigations and com-prehensive background checks across the United States, including pre-employment screenings for public agencies. Additionally, he researches and develops new investigative techniques capable of improving the staff’s abilities to uncover notable online content. Prior to DigiStream, Stephen was a reporter for the Shenzhen Daily in Shenzhen, China as well as an instructor at the prestigious Bao’an Zhong Xue Academy. He graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a double major in English and Media Writing.
Garrett McGinn and Stephen Roper, of Digigstream
For payment by cash or check at the door, please make your reservation now with SCA Board Member April Wilkinson: [email protected] or 916-410-0865
3 Free to carrier personnel (donations to the SCA Charitable Fund in lieu of fee appreciated)3 $20 Independent Insurance Adjusters3 $32 Association Members w/Reservations made by 9/9/15 3 $45 guests and after 9/9/15Secure your spot at: www.SacramentoClaims.org
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CONTRACTORS - GENERAL/RESTORATION - CONTINUEDJP GALLAGHER CONSTRUCTION, INC. - Jack Gallagher (916) 722-06236380 Tupelo Dr., # 8 [email protected] • Mobile (916) 846-0623Citrus Heights, CA 95621 www.jpgallagherconst.com • Fax (916) 722-0624HALDEMAN CONSTRUCTION - Jason HaldemanP.O. Box 4244 www.hcbuilders.com • (530) 885.8085 Auburn, CA, 95604 [email protected] • Fax (530) 885.8985LAWTON CONSTRUCTION - Brett LawtonP. O. Box 6026 www.LawtonConstruction.com • (916) 434-9280Auburn, CA 95604 Fax (916) 434-2590MARK SCOTT CONSTRUCTION, INC.Residential & Commercial msconstruction.com • Pl. Hill: (925) 944-050224 Hour Em ServiceFairfield:(707)804-8880•Stockton:(209)982-0502PROBILT CONSTRUCTION - Roger Kolb3770 West Pacific Ave. [email protected] • (916) 455-1782Sacramento, CA 95820 Fax (916) 455-1783WINGARD CONSTRUCTION - Nichole Norton 24 Hr. Em (800) 232-7150One-Call Contractor for all your Lodi office: (209) 368-2464reconstruction needs [email protected] • Concord: (925) 689-9322CONTRACTORS - MICROBIAL REMEDIATIONALLIANCE ENVIRONMENTAL - Ed Work1250 Campbell Avenue www.alliance-enviro.com•(408)830-9700San Jose, CA 95126 [email protected]•Fax(408)980-9746AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Barry Metcalf/George Platt8440 Elder Creek Road [email protected] • (916) 388-2440Sacramento, CA 95828 Fax (916) 388-2445BELFOR USA - Grant Cody3132 Dwight Rd Ste 300 (916) 399-1865 • Fax (916) 399-9388Elk Grove, CA 95758 [email protected] BUILDRITE Wind, Water, Fire, Mold - 24 Hours (800) 870-0030Sacramento, Yuba City, Chico & Redding www.CRBR.comP.W. STEPHENS ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. - Jason Kettlehut3278 Swetzer Road www.pwstephensinc.com • (916) 790-4119Loomis, CA 95650 [email protected] SCENE/FATALITY CLEAN-UPCLEANRITE BUILDRITE Wind, Water, Fire, Mold - 24 Hours (800) 870-0030Sacramento, Yuba City, Chico & Redding www.CRBR.comENGINEERS - FORENSICBARRISH PELHAM & ASSOCIATES, INC. - Lisa Esquivel3001 E Street [email protected] • (916) 418-9100Sacramento, CA 95816 www.Barrish.com • Fax (916) 400-4874COMPLERE ENGINEERING GROUP, INC. - Gene Wilkins, P.E.Fire C&O, Property Liability, Thermography, Structural4230 Kiernan Av., Suite 210 [email protected] • (209) 545-8165Modesto, CA 95356 www.complere.com • Fax (209) 545-8170HAAG ENGINEERING COMPANY - Barbara LarsonLeaders in [email protected] • (949) 861-8847Forensic Engineering www.haagengineering.com • Fax (949) 861-8683I-ENG-A® OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA A Division of Pauli Engineering, Inc www.pauliengineering.com • (559) 237-4408Cause & Origin Investigations, Plans for building reconstruction.OCONNOR ENGINEERING - Michael O’Connor/Chuck Thomas 1172 National Dr. Ste 100 (916) 640-0640 Sacramento, CA 95834 www.OConnor-Engineering.comENVIRONMENTAL - TESTING & CONSULTINGSIERRA ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING & CONSULTING, INC. - Chris Hintz P. O. Box 1563 www.SierraEnviro.com•(209)366-3684Woodbridge, CA 95258 Fax (866-612-8294
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONERNEST A. LONG ADR - Ernie Long2630 J Street 916-442-6739 • Fax 916-4424107Sacramento CA 95816 [email protected] - DEFENSENAGELEY, MEREDITH & MILLER, INC. - Greg Meredith/Jim Keowen8801 Folsom Boulevard Suite 172 (916) 386-8282 • Fax (916) 386-8952Sacramento, CA 95826 [email protected] SCOTT - Lindsay A. Goulding350 University Avenue, Suite 200 www.porterscott.com • 916.929.1481 ext. 470 Sacramento, CA 95825 [email protected] • Fax: (916) 927-3706CONTRACTORS-ASBESTOS/LEAD/MOLD REMEDIATIONA-1 REMEDIATION - David Brooks4270 Pell Drive [email protected] • (916) 568-7624Sacramento, CA 95838 www.A1remediation.com • Fax (916) 568-7639ALLIANCE ENVIRONMENTAL - Ed Work1250 Campbell Avenue www.alliance-enviro.com•(408)830-9700San Jose, CA 95126 [email protected]•Fax(408)980-9746AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Barry Metcalf/George Platt8440 Elder Creek Road [email protected] • (916) 388-2440Sacramento, CA 95828 Fax (916) 388-2445CLEANRITE BUILDRITE Wind, Water, Fire, Mold - 24 Hours (800) 870-0030Sacramento, Yuba City, Chico & Redding www.CRBR.comJM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. - John Moore & the JM TeamPO Box 2189 www.jmenvironmental.net • (916) 726-0304Granite Bay, CA 95746-2189 Fax (916) 726-0340LAWTON CONSTRUCTION - Brett LawtonP. O. Box 6026 www.LawtonConstruction.com • (916) 434-9280Auburn, CA 95604 866-990-5150 •Fax (916) 434-2590P.W. STEPHENS ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. - Jason Kettlehut3278 Swetzer Road www.pwstephensinc.com • (916) 790-4119Loomis, CA 95650 [email protected] ENVIRONMENTAL – Blake Roath Mold, Asbestos, Lead & General Demolition5037 College Oak Drive, Suite C [email protected] (916) 256-3899Sacramento, CA 95841 www.selectenvironmental.org Fax (916) 486-1357CONTRACTORS - ELECTRICALTUCKNOTT ELECTRIC CO. - Robert A. Tucknott6850 Regional St. Suite 110 [email protected] • (925) 931-0800Dublin, CA 94568 www.Tucknott.com • Fax (925) 931-0817CONTRACTORS - GENERAL/RESTORATIONB LINE CONSTRUCTION - Mike Baker430 Lea Way (916) 476-0808Sacramento, CA 95815 [email protected] USA - Grant Cody3132 Dwight Rd Ste 300 (916) 399-1865 • Fax (916) 399-9388Elk Grove, CA 95758 [email protected] BUILDRITE Wind, Water, Fire, Mold - 24 Hours (800) 870-0030Sacramento, Yuba City, Chico & Redding www.CRBR.comDH CONSTRUCTION - Ken Daley/Robert King4324 Orange Grove Ave. www.DHfirerestoration.com • (916) 481-3297Sacramento, CA 95841 [email protected] & COMPANY CONSTRUCTION - Jeff Black9857 Horn Rd [email protected] • (916) 366-5695Sacramento, CA 95827 Fax (916) 361-9043
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2015 Schedule of Events
www.sacramentoclaims.orgOctober 8th Business Lunch - 12pm-1pm “CLIMB” with Andy Bull - Ladder Safety! Andy Bull - CH Bull & Company Plus, our annual SCA Board Elections & FOOD DRIVE!October 29th Autumn Social Mixer - 4:30-7pm Eat, Drink & Be Scary! @ Capitol Garage 1500 K Street, downtown Sacramento - see pg 7
November 12th - Educational SeminarEducational Seminar - 12pm-2pm Social Media & Geolocation in the Real World
- plus FOOD DRIVE!Garrett McGill & Stephen Roper - Digistream
December 10th - Holiday LuncheonAnnual Charities/Donations - 12pm-1pm
Please bring non-perishable food items to the October & November SCA meetings to add to the collection to be donated to the Sacramento Food Bank.
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Six sentenced in multi-million dollar scam targeting Verizon Wireless
spirators had phones sent to their homes and hotels. Detectives identified Louis Lovett, 31, of Sacramento, as the mastermind behind the scheme. The fraudulent claims totaled approximately $636,000. According to detectives, there is no indication that consumer identities or personal account information was stolen or used by suspects."As the department noted, we have no indication that any per-sonal account information was stolen or any customers harmed. We take the protection and pri-vacy of our customers' accounts very seriously and congratulate the insurance commissioner and the district attorney for their handling of this case," a Verizon spokesperson said.Court ordered restitution of $636,265 was ordered to be paid to Asurion, the mobile protection insurance company that was defrauded.The DOI further reports that “As the mastermind behind the crime, Lovett was ordered to repay the entire fraud loss amount, but all individuals are held responsible for ensuring the restitution is paid. In effect, the remaining five suspects were ordered restitution based on the agreed upon amount of their ap-portioned responsibility.”
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Department of Insu-arnce reported August 6, 2015 that six individuals involved in a mobile phone insurance scam have been sentenced on felony fraud charges after filing more than 1,300 claims for stolen and damaged phones totaling more than half a million dollars. The convicted scammers, in-cluding some Verizon Wireless employees, were arrested by DOI detectives and Los Angeles Police Department officers in May 2013."Insurance fraud is an expensive drain on the state's economy, totaling billions of dollars an-nually. The cost of these scams is passed along to consumers through higher insurance rates," said Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. "Thanks to the su-perior work of department detec-tives and aggressive prosecution by the district attorney, we were able to shut down their criminal enterprise."Through the course of the inves-tigation, detectives discovered at least three Verizon employees accessed consumer account in-formation to identify customers with high-end phones and file insurance claims for what they claimed were damaged or stolen phones. The replacement phones were shipped to the conspirators' homes. Three additional co-con-
This case was prosecuted by the Sacramento District Attorney's Office. All six individuals plead-ed no contest to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud. The sentencing information for each is as follows:Louis Lovett, 31; sentenced on 07/17/15 to 10 years in County Jail (6 years in custody and 4 years probation); ordered to pay $636,265 in restitution.Aleta Pinkney, 33; sentenced on 07/17/15 to 3 years in County Jail and 18 months probation; ordered to pay $102,000 in restitution.Nicholas Brown, 27; sentenced on 05/29/15 to 2 years in County Jail; ordered to pay $217,000 in restitution.Antonio Miller, 26; sentenced on 05/29/15 to 2 years in County Jail; ordered to pay $164,000 in restitution.Anthony Stanford, 26; sen-tenced on 07/17/15 to 364 days in County Jail and 5 years for-mal probation; ordered to pay $57,000 in restitution.Adi Qalivutu, 23; sentenced on 07/15/15 to 364 days in County Jail and 5 years formal proba-tion; ordered to pay $57,000 in restitution. According to detectives, there is no indication that consumer identities or personal account
information was stolen or used by suspects. Booking photos may be viewed at: http://bit.ly/10ITviP. Case background: In Decem-ber of 2010 Asurion Insurance Services reported a suspected insurance fraud ring. The scam involved using personal infor-mation to receive replacement mobile phones based on false in-surance claims. Three employees of a major mobile phone carrier accessed confidential customer information, specifically target-ing customers with high value cell phones and insurance poli-cies. Accomplices then used the stolen information to file more than 1,900 fraudulent insurance claims, with a total provable loss valued at $636,265.Stanford and Brown may have been living in Southern Califor-nia prior to their conviction.Qalivutu may have been living in Yolo County prior to conviction.Lovett, Pinkney, Miller, Stanford and Qalivutu were arrested by the Department of Insurance on May 16, 2013 in Sacramento.Brown was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department on May 17, 2013 in Van Nuys.Conspirators filed hundreds of fraudulent claims for damaged and stolen high-end phones.
Chris was born December 4, 1969 and was raised in Lodi, California. After graduating from Lodi High's class of 1988, Chris worked in the environmental industry for the last 24 years. In 2008 Chris established Sierra Environmental Testing and Consulting, Inc.Anybody that knew him well knows what a generous, kind hearted, intelligent and adventurist man he was. Not only generous in the industry but most of all with his family and friends. Chris was
never seen without at least one of his five huskies. He had a great love for the outdoors, whether it was off-roading and camping at Pismo Beach or off riding in the Sierra's with friends and family. Chris is survived by his Wife An-gela, Daughter Ava Marie and Son Anthony Miller. Mom, Ardylee McCurdy (Phil), Dad, Douglas Hintz (Ann), Sister, Kim Schopp (Bob), Niece & Nephew, Brett & Morgan Schopp, Uncles and Aunts, Tom ( Marcia) Hintz, Tom
(Cindy) Dockter, Step Brother, Bryan (Kim) Potter, Step Sister, Rebecca (Sushil) Yadav.Preceded in death by Grandpar-ents, Herb & Ada Dockter and Al & Irene Hintz.At this time there will be no me-morial service.Chris will be deeply missed but will forever live in the hearts of his family and friends.Published in Lodi News-Sentinel from Sept. 19 to Sept. 26, 2015
In MemoriamChristopher Troy HintzDecember 4,1969 - September 13, 2015
Christopher Troy Hintz (Henry), 45, suddenly passed away on September 13, 2015 in an off-road accident at the place he cherished the most, “Snowflower Camp Ground” in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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Please identify your appropriate SCA Membership Levelo Carrier Adjuster Membership - No Charge - Suggested donation of $10 or more to SCA Charitable fund appreciated Associate Members - non-adjusterso Individual Membership - $50.00 o Corporate Membership* (unlimited) - $200.00
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Who May Join SCA? Membership in the Sacramento Claims Association is limited to those individuals and companies whose primary business is the provision of goods and services directly to insurance carriers. Eli-gibility to join the SCA is limited to those individuals and companies who meet this criteria. As a general policy, Public Adjusters and their agents are not allowed to join the SCA. The Board of Directors will entertain requests for individual exceptions to this policy, however such requests for an exception must be submitted in writing to the SCA. The determination of whether an exception to this policy will be granted is at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the SCA. If you have any questions about this membership policy, please contact the SCA Board of Directors in writ-ing as soon as possible.”
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