Oxnard Woman Pleads Guilty to Auto Insurance Fraud

VENTURA, Calif. – The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced today that on October 2, 2023, Natasha Monique Villegas (DOB 03/19/84), of Oxnard, pled guilty to one count of felony automobile insurance fraud. 

On March 13, 2020, Villegas was involved in a traffic collision, and she was uninsured at the time of the collision. The following day, she purchased a policy from Esurance. Villegas failed to disclose at that time she had been involved in a traffic collision the day before. On March 20, 2020, Villegas filed a claim on Esurance, alleging that she had been in an accident on March 19.  An investigation revealed that Villegas reported a false date of the traffic collision to Esurance to have the insurance company pay the cost of damages sustained in the March 13 accident. 

Read the full press release.  Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, October 3, 2023

NICB assisted the investigation.