Two People Arrested and Charged With Bilking Insurance Companies in California

District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Catherine Gregoire, age 52, of Hercules, CA, and Adela Delores Belfrey, age 52, of Oakland, CA were arrested on April 9, 2015 and charged with conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, false and fraudulent claims, claims adjuster fraud, grand theft by false pretenses, forgery, and money laundering. In addition, Belfrey is charged with two counts of identity theft. Belfrey was arrested at her work in Pleasanton yesterday by investigators with the San Francisco District Attorney’s office, while Gregoire was simultaneously arrested by officers with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department on a plane arriving at the Oakland Airport from Los Angeles.