Owners of One of the Largest Towing Businesses in Southern California Arrested in Nearly 6 Million Dollar Fraud Scheme

LOS ANGELES — Brothers and tow company owners, Mark Hassan, 46, of Corona Del Mar, and Ahmed Hassan, 35 of Walnut, were arrested today on multiple counts of felony insurance fraud after allegedly underreporting employee payroll and paying portions of employees’ wages in cash to defraud workers’ compensation insurance companies out of nearly 6 million dollars of insurance premiums.

The California Department of Insurance launched an investigation after receiving two fraud referrals from an insurance company alleging that Mark Hassan, owner of Hadley Tow, underreported his company’s payroll.  The Department’s investigation expanded when it received a third fraud referral alleging his brother Ahmed Hassan, owner of California Heights Tow, filed a fraudulent employee injury claim against his insurance policy for a Hadley Tow employee.

Read the entire press release. California Department of Insurance, March 11, 2026

NICB assisted the investigation.