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Criminal

Mar. 13, 2010

Suspects Named in Fraud Ring

A Los Angeles attorney and three paralegals have been arrested in connection with a large fraud ring that allegedly faked automobile accidents to bilk insurance companies, authorities said.

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Los Angeles attorney and three paralegals have been arrested in connection with a large fraud ring that allegedly faked automobile accidents to bilk insurance companies, authorities said.

Attorney Vadim Schar, 40, and paralegal administrators Alex Shidlovitsky, 56, Geliya Akselrud, 67 and Michael Itkin, 50, were taken into custody along with three chiropractors early Thursday morni...

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