Florida Public Adjuster Sentenced in $14M Insurance Fraud Plot

July 24, 2018

Corrupt public adjuster Jorge Fausto Espinosa recruited dozens of homeowners via his firm, Nationwide Adjusters, in an insurance fraud plot where he inflated insurance claims to the tune of $14 million.

Espinosa paid marketers to lure homeowners with free kitchens and remodeling jobs if they allowed him to manufacture damage to their homes. He earned around 30% of the insurance payouts he lined up for the homeowners. Espinosa earned payouts of more than $317,000 at times.

Insurers were pushed to pay overblown insurance payouts from claims resulting from rigged fires to water damaged. Espinosa hit at least 14 insurers with more than 50 inflated claims. He was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for racketeering and insurance fraud among many other charges.

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