A veteran SFPD police officer was arrested and is facing charges in a fraud scheme that was in tens of thousands in payouts, officials said.
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A veteran police officer was arrested in a fraud scheme that in tens of thousands in payouts, officials said.
Adam Eatia, a 15-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Departmentwas booked , June 24 on various charges including grand theft by false pretenses, insurance fraud and identity theft, SFPD announced Monday, June 27.
Information for Eatia’s lawyer was not immediately available, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office told McClatchy News.
Eatia began his scheme after he and a fellow police officer bought a 2018 Ford Mustang in spring 2018, according to a release from the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. The fellow officer insured the car with Mercury Insurance under his own name. Eatia’s name did not appear on the policy.
In July 2018, Eatia was in a car accident, according to the release. He did not tell the insurance company he was the primary driver and instead claimed he only occasionally drove the car.
Mercury ultimately canceled the policy because Eatia was not authorized to drive the car. But they “still paid over $6,000 in claims for the accident,” which included the cost of a rental car for Eatia, the release said.
Eatia then insured the car through Allstate Insurance Company in March 2019, the release said. Eatia used his fellow officer’s name on the policy without his consent.
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