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Insurance

Oct. 23, 2010

Lawyers Accused of Post-Fires Fraud

Fear and greed. That's what helped fuel millions of dollars in fraudulent claims being paid out following a series of California wildfires, according to a lawsuit filed by the Farmers Insurance Group.

By Pat Broderick

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Fear and greed. That's what helped fuel millions of dollars in fraudulent claims paid out following a series of California wildfires as far back as 2003, according to a lawsuit filed by the Farmers Insurance Group.

At the heart of the lawsuit, unsealed earlier this week, are defendants Glenn Sims, a Los Angeles insurance damage consultant billed as "the ringleader of the insu...

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