LOS ANGELES – Palmdale insurance agents Matthew Evans, 33, and Crystal Ezeb, 30, were arraigned today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, on 11 felony counts each of identity theft, grand theft, and attempted grand theft after stealing identities of other insurance agents to gain over $125,000 in unearned commissions.
The California Department of Insurance began an investigation after having received complaints from two insurance companies stating that three licensed insurance agents, not including Evans or Ezeb, submitted dozens of fraudulent life insurance applications in order to obtain commission payments from the insurance companies.
The investigation revealed Evans and Ezeb, of M&C Agency Corp., stole the identities of those three agents and one other agent to submit the fraudulent insurance applications. They submitted these false applications in order to collect advanced commissions that they did not actually earn. The Department has initiated administrative actions seeking to revoke Evans and Ezeb’s insurance licenses. They are both scheduled to return to court on July 15, 2022. The case is being prosecuted by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Source: California Department of Insurance
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