Palos Verdes company to pay state fine over Angora fire scam
SACRAMENTO (AP) ” A Palos Verdes company and its operators will pay $200,000 in fines for posing as insurance claims adjusters after the Angora fire in South Lake Tahoe last summer.
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner says Paramount Disaster Recovery also agreed to pay the state $75,000 in litigation costs.
Steve Slepcevic, 39, of Palos Verdes, and Matthew Todd, 48, and Charlie
Rose, 43, both of Redondo Beach, were ordered to cease and desist operations
in August.
Poizner’s office said they acted as certified public insurance adjusters and
signed contracts with Tahoe-area fire victims.
Some agreed to have Paramount perform any needed repair work, or pay as much
as 20 percent of any insurance settlement if the homeowners used another
company.
The Paramount operators were not licensed by the state.
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