Business
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June 26, 1988
California
State insurance investigators arrested Sorina Claudine Vernon, 39, of Diamond Bar, for allegedly bilking two insurance companies out of $144,000 in claims for a fictitious sister purportedly killed in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.
March 26, 1987
State insurance investigators arrested a Diamond Bar woman Wednesday for allegedly bilking $144,000 from two insurance companies for claims against a non-existent sister purportedly killed in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, officials said.
A former Spring Valley woman was arrested Wednesday in Los Angeles County on suspicion of bilking two insurance companies of $144,000 by claiming that a non-existent sister was killed in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, officials said.
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