Newport Beach Attorney Arrested for $310,000 Insurance Fraud Scheme

Orange, Calif. — Moses Luna, 73, of Newport Beach, was arrested yesterday on 20 felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly billing 20 separate insurance companies for translation and interpreting services to collect over $310,000 in undeserved workers’ compensation fees.

An investigation by the Department of Insurance and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office found Luna, a workers’ compensation attorney, created Adelante Interpreting, Inc., a translation and interpreting company, and then fraudulently billed 20 separate insurance carriers for translation and interpreting services.

Read the full California Department of Insurance press release.  NICB assisted with this investigation.