Following a combined two-and-a-half-year investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division and Investigation Bureau, two Sacramento residents were arrested on charges of insurance fraud.
Charles Edward Dunbar, 66, and his son Christopher Freeman Dunbar, 43, were arrested after surrendering to authorities on one felony count each of insurance fraud and booked into the Sacramento County Jail. Bail was set at $15,000 each, and if convicted, both could face up to five years in state prison and/or a maximum fine of $50,000.
On Nov. 25, 1998, investigators received an anonymous letter authored by a former employee of Dunbar & Associates Insurance Services. The letter indicated that Dunbar & Associates had engaged in a number of fraudulent and illegal activities, which included allegedly padding premiums, embezzlement and forgery.
