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June 8, 2007

Insurance Adjuster Pleads in Fraud Case

VAN NUYS – An insurance adjuster pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and fraud in the theft of nearly $50,000 from a Woodland Hills company, the District Attorney’s office announced.

Deputy District Attorney Loren Naiman said Jacinto Antonio Barrientos, 35, was immediately sentenced to a year in county jail as a condition of five years of probation. He also was ordered to pay Unitrin Insurance Co. of Woodland Hills $45,199 in restitution.

The same sentence was imposed by Judge Michael Kellogg in the case of co-defendant Lisa Ann Hiersekorn, 40. She pleaded no contest to conspiracy and insurance fraud.

Naiman said Barrientos added Hiersekorn’s name to claims and split the checks with her when they came in. The defendants were charged in mid-May. Each has remained in custody since their arrests after the case was filed.

Barrientos worked for the insurance company and lived in the San Fernando Valley. Hiersekorn lived in Orange County.

The case was investigated by the California Department of Insurance and presented to the District Attorney’s Auto Insurance Fraud Division for filing.

Naiman said the crimes occurred between June 2005 and July 2006.

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