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Arizona Glass Company Owner Arrested for False Claims and Identity Theft

December 7, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

On November 30, the Arizona Department of Insurance Fraud Division arrested 20-year-old Gilbert Martinez, owner of Gilligan’s Auto Glass, on allegations of fraud schemes, insurance fraud, aggravated identity theft and theft.

According to the Department, the allegations against Martinez involve the unauthorized use of several insureds’ personal information, details of their auto insurance company and vehicle information, all taken from another glass company’s business where Martinez formerly worked.

Gilbert Martinez is alleged to have started Gilligan’s Auto Glass in June 2016 and then allegedly reported false windshield-replacement claims to an insurance company posing as the insureds. So far, the investigation

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