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Vallejo Woman Arrested for Staged Carjacking in $60K Insurance Fraud Scheme

Officials traced $60,000 in swap-meet merchandise to a Merced storage unit, prompting charges of felony fraud, conspiracy and filing a false report.

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The Madera County Sheriff's Office recovered merchandise that was reported stolen by a Vallejo woman who they said staged a carjacking as part of an insurance fraud scheme.
The Madera County Sheriff's Office recovered merchandise that was reported stolen by a Vallejo woman who they said staged a carjacking as part of an insurance fraud scheme.

Overview

  • On May 23, Martha Gutierrez DeRomero reported that two masked men at knifepoint had stolen her Chevrolet van in Madera County.
  • Madera and Merced County sheriff’s offices and the CHP coordinated a search that located the abandoned van off Sandy Mush Road in Merced County.
  • Detectives recovered the merchandise from a Merced storage facility and concluded that DeRomero and her boyfriend orchestrated the incident.
  • DeRomero, 57, is booked in Madera County Jail on charges of felony insurance fraud, conspiracy and filing a false police report.
  • Her boyfriend, Alfredo Delezma, has been implicated in the scheme but has not yet faced formal charges.