Trail Of Suspicious Claims Leads To Arson, Insurance Fraud Charges

A Winnetka man who owned a dental office building in Corona that was ravaged by a 2014 fire has pleaded not guilty to several insurance fraud charges plus grand theft, after an investigation outlined a series of suspicious claims for the building. Armen Shaant Megerdichian, 51, was arrested at his arraignment on 13 felony counts Monday, April 2, and was ordered held in lieu of $600,000 bail. That is the the same amount Megerdichian had been paid out in a series of questionable claims on the troubled dental practice building on East Parkridge Avenue near Joy Street in Corona, Corona Fire Department Investigator Xente Baker wrote in an arrest warrant declaration filed in the Riverside County Superior Court case.