Insurance fraud in California is getting more attention not onlyfrom the police departments, but also from specialized task forces.The more in-depth investigations only make those trying to get awaywith fraudulent claims look more foolish, as one couple inCalifornia found out.

Fresno residents Parmjit Kaur, and Amarjit Singh reported theirbig rig stolen to the local police department on Dec. 23, 2008.After filing the claim, the couple received not only the $40,000 inpayouts, but also the attention of California's Auto InsuranceFraud Task Force. The investigation resulted in the arrests of bothKaur and Singh, after the task force found that their vehicle wasnever parked in the location from which police were told it wasstolen.

After staging a theft, providing false information to police,and filing a fraudulent claim, Kaur and Singh were both chargedwith felony insurance fraud on June 5.

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