Grand Jury Indicts Quake Firm Official
The president of an engineering firm that performed work for Allstate Insurance Co. after the 1994 Northridge earthquake has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, officials said Friday.
LeAndre Drake Davis, 36, of San Jose, was named Thursday in a 21-count indictment that accuses him on five counts of money laundering, six counts of mail fraud and 10 counts of misappropriating insurance funds, U.S. Atty. Alejandro N. Mayorkas said.
Davis is scheduled to be arraigned on the federal charges Nov. 8.
Davis’ attorney, Edward M. Robinson, declined to comment, saying he had not had time to review the indictment.
Davis was president of Shadowbrook Design Group, which was retained by Allstate to prepare engineering reports to assist the insurance company in adjusting claims for damage filed by policyholders.
Federal prosecutors allege that the reports Davis prepared contained false and misleading information. They say the documents were prepared with either no inspections or inadequate inspections of policyholders’ properties. Davis also submitted false and inflated claims for payment to Allstate, prosecutors allege.
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