People v. Meneses

A jury convicted defendant Rolando S. Meneses of multiple crimes related to his participation in a scheme to defraud insurance companies. Defendant was accused of buying stolen police accident reports, using information from those reports to contact accident victims, referring the victims to attorneys and chiropractors (for which defendant collected fees), and encouraging the victims to inflate their insurance claims by receiving unnecessary medical treatment. A jury convicted defendant of stealing public records (Gov. Code, § 6200); referring business for purpose of insurance fraud (and attempting the same) (Pen. Code, §§ 549, 664); making false or fraudulent insurance claims (Pen. Code, § 550, subd. (b)(2)); receiving a referral fee in connection with an insurance claim (Ins. Code, § 750); and conspiring to steal public records and to commit insurance fraud (Pen. Code, § 182, subd. (a)(1)). The court stayed sentence on the conspiracy counts (Pen. Code, § 654) and sentenced defendant to an aggregate prison term of five years. We affirm the judgment.