Yuma Contractor Convicted of Insurance Fraud, United States Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, December 19, 2022

PHOENIX, Ariz. – On Tuesday, Isrrael Millan, III, 40, of Yuma, Arizona, was found guilty by a federal jury on one count of Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, eight counts of Wire Fraud, two counts of Mail Fraud, and four counts of Money Laundering. Sentencing is scheduled for February 21, 2023, before Senior United States District Judge Roslyn O. Silver.  

Millan’s charges were related to several insurance fraud schemes that occurred in Yuma, Arizona, between 2018 and 2020. The schemes included staging vehicle accidents, as well as deliberately flooding residences and then submitting fraudulent claims to insurance companies related to those incidents. One of the incidents occurred in the early morning of June 2, 2019, when two individuals recruited by Millan purposefully crashed a U-Haul moving truck into the Sunshine Market and Liquor Convenience Store in Yuma. 

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NICB assisted the investigation.