California husband Alireza Shojaei, wife Koukab Shojaei and Toronto son Mohammad Shojaei charged in connection to $1 million fraud investigation

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On February 11, 2013, the U.S. Marshals Service arrested a 44-year-old man and his wife, a 41-year-old woman, in Los Angeles, California, in connection with a fraud investigation in Toronto.

On February 11, 2013, the Toronto Police Service arrested a 20-year-old man, their son, in Toronto, in connection with the same investigation.

On Thursday, July 25, 2013, the man and a woman were extradited from Los Angeles, California, to Toronto.

It is alleged that:

– the accused, the 44-year-old man, purchased several life insurance policies totalling $3.525 million while living in the Toronto area

– the beneficiary of the man’s life insurance policies was his wife

– in 2008, the man and his wife travelled to Iran from Toronto

– his wife falsely claimed her husband died of a heart attack while in Iran

– the man’s wife and her son initiated the death-claims process with each of the insurance companies to receive the benefits of his life insurance policy

– the insurance companies settled an insurance payout with the woman

– the insurance companies lost $1.01 million, and the money has not been recovered

Alireza Shojaei, 44, and his wife, Koukab Shojaei, 41, of Mission Viejo, California, have each been charged with:

1) four counts of Fraud Over

Koukab Shojaei, 41, has also been charged with:

1) nine counts of Uttering a Forged Document

Mohammad Shojaei, 20, has been charged with:

– four counts of Uttering a Forged Document
– four counts of Fraud Over

They were scheduled to appear in court at College Park, on Friday, July 26, 2013, room 501, at 10 a.m.

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