In February 2018, Officers with California Freeway Patrol performed an investigation right into a collision that occurred on Interstate 80 in Yolo County. All through the course of their investigation, it was decided the at-fault driver supplied false info relating to his true identification.
CHP decided the true identification of the driving force who precipitated the collision had been Lovepreet Randhawa. Lovepreet and his spouse Parwinder subsequently filed a declare with Mercury Insurance coverage for the damages sustained to their car. The DA’s Workplace believed the Randhawa’s dedicated insurance coverage fraud after they reported the identification theft sufferer had been the particular person working their car when in actual fact, Lovepreet had been the driving force on the time of the collision.
On Feb. 18, Parwinder Randhawa was sentenced to a misdemeanor violation of submitting a fraudulent auto insurance coverage declare and was positioned on one-year probation.
On March 4, Lovepreet Randhawa was ordered to serve a break up sentence of two years in an area jail. Lovepreet and Parwinder Randhawa have been ordered to pay over $40,000 in restitution.
In case you suspect somebody is committing Auto Insurance coverage Fraud please contact the DA’s Fraud Hotline telephone quantity at (855) 496-5632. Reviews of suspected fraud can be made on-line at www.yoloda.org. The District Legal professional’s Workplace additionally has a Fraud Reporting E-mail Tackle: [email protected].