Finger lickin’ not so good insurance fraud

Three people in Stockton, California, were sentenced this week for insurance fraud and arson for cooking up an elaborate scheme to collect insurance money on fires they intentionally set by leaving chicken to fry on a stove. Twice. 

Tyler Chen, Kim Chen and Ha Nguyen pleaded guilty to their crimes and were given sentences between one and 13 years for their roles in the scheme that included adding home furnishings — washer, dryer, couch — found by a roadside to the homes they had set fire to in order to collect more insurance money, ABC 10 in Stockton reported on Wednesday.

The investigation was launched when an adjustor started seeing similarities in the claims filed by the fraudsters. The three were also linked to insurance claims that involved water damage to property in warehouses that were damaged in fires.