Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced today the arrests of three individuals allegedly involved in a five-person conspiracy that resulted in a vehicle owned by one of the conspirators driven to Mexico where it was "chopped" (i.e., taken apart so that its parts can be used or sold separately).
Southern California trio arrested for international auto insurance fraud; two more suspects remain at large
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