If there were a Bonnie and Clyde of insurance fraud, it justmight be Joanne and Steven Fawcett.

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Joanne, 61, and Steven, 62, were arrested for charges stemmingfrom insurance fraud on Oct. 7 in Sacramento.

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In April 2007, Joanne Fawcett claimed she was hit by a vehicleas she was walking in a parking lot, and injured her knee. Fawcettthen alleged that as a result of her injury, she could not walk upstairs or work. Fawcett's husband Steven backed up his wife'sclaims in an interview with insurance company investigators.

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The CDI investigation revealed that Mrs. Fawcett was able towalk up stairs and was employed cleaning rental properties duringthe time period she claimed to be unable to do so. Additionally,surveillance video obtained during the investigation revealed thehusband and wife pair working for a property management company.The video also shows Mrs. Fawcett walking normally and moving arefrigerator into a rental property.

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The Department of Insurance investigation revealed that JoanneFawcett has filed 24 injury claims since the mid-1990s, costinginsurance companies in excess of $450,000.

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If convicted, Mr. and Mrs. Fawcett could each face up to fiveyears in prison and thousands of dollars in fines. The SacramentoDistrict Attorney's Office is prosecuting this case.

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