Ventura County District Attorney Gregory Totten announced that Norma Fonseca (DOB 12/16/63), of Camarillo , pled guilty to a felony violation of Penal Code section 550(a) (4), auto insurance fraud.Fonseca was sentenced to 60 days in the Ventura County Jail and placed on three years probation. She will be required to pay restitution to Infinity Insurance Company in the amount of $13,745.60.
According to detectives from the Ventura County Auto Theft Task Force, on Sept. 15, 2007, Fonseca reported to police that her 2002 Honda Accord was stolen outside of her residence. Later that same day, she filed a claim for her ‘stolen vehicle' with her insurance company, Infinity Insurance. Infinity subsequently settled the claim with the lien holder on Fonseca's vehicle, CSC Logic, in the amount of $12,691.60.
On Dec. 17, 2007, Oxnard police officers responded to an unrelated call at GT Auto Electric repair shop in Oxnard . Salvador Castillo is the owner of GT Auto Electric and a friend of Fonseca. While at the location, officers reportedly discovered Fonseca's vehicle inside Castillo's repair shop.
Additional investigation revealed Fonseca reportedly conspired with Castillo to hide her vehicle in his shop so that she could report her car as stolen and collect insurance money.
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