{"id":458,"date":"2022-11-24T02:19:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T02:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsblurt.com\/bailagent\/?p=458"},"modified":"2022-11-24T02:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T02:20:22","slug":"department-of-insurance-investigation-leads-to-arraignment-of-orange-county-bail-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/department-of-insurance-investigation-leads-to-arraignment-of-orange-county-bail-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Insurance investigation leads to arraignment of Orange County bail agents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department of Insurance investigation leads to arraignment of Orange County bail agents<\/h1>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

News: 2022 Press Release<\/span><\/p>\n

For Release: <\/strong>November 21, 2022<\/div>\n
Media Calls Only:<\/strong> 916-492-3566<\/div>\n
Email Inquiries: <\/strong>cdipress@insurance.ca.gov<\/div>\n
Department of Insurance investigation leads to arraignment of Orange County bail agents<\/strong><\/div>\n

LOS ANGELES<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Unlicensed bail agent Jimmy Mai, 35, of Irvine, and licensed bail agent Jonathan Lahmani, 42, of Orange, were each arraigned today in Los Angeles Superior Court on one felony count of negotiating bail without a license following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance.<\/p>\n

The investigation revealed Mai, who was denied a bail license by the Department in 2017, solicited an arrestee\u2019s family members for bail services. Selling bail bonds and other forms of insurance without a license from the Department of Insurance is illegal under California law. Although the arrestee\u2019s mother informed Mai that she had secured bail services elsewhere, a Bail Bonds Direct agent still posted the bond.<\/p>\n

Mai attempted to coerce the arrestee to pay for the unauthorized bond while Lahmani attempted to get signatures on the already posted bond to legitimize the transaction. When the arrestee refused to do so, since his mother had already paid a different bail agency, Bail Bonds Direct, Mai, and Lahmani attempted to have the arrestee arrested for a violation of his bail conditions.<\/p>\n

In March 2022, the Department took legal action against Bail Bonds Direct, its owners Adi Roth and Jennifer Roth, and bail agent Jonathan Lahmani, for bail regulatory violations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Department began its investigation after receiving a complaint about Bail Bonds Direct. The Department urges any consumer considering a bail bond or other type of insurance to\u00a0check the license status<\/a>\u00a0of the seller at our website, and contact the Department\u2019s hotline at (800) 927-4357 if you have any concerns.<\/p>\n

Mai and Lahmani have each posted bail of $30,000 and are scheduled to return to court on February 9, 2023. This case is being prosecuted by the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office, Long Beach Branch.<\/p>\n

# # #<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Led by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, the California Department of Insurance is the consumer protection agency for the nation’s largest insurance marketplace and safeguards all of the state\u2019s consumers by fairly regulating the insurance industry. Under the Commissioner\u2019s direction, the Department uses its authority to protect Californians from insurance rates that are excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory, oversee insurer solvency to pay claims, set standards for agents and broker licensing, perform market conduct reviews of insurance companies, resolve consumer complaints, and investigate and prosecute insurance fraud. Consumers are urged to call 1-800-927-4357 with any questions or contact us at\u00a0www.insurance.ca.gov<\/a>\u00a0via webform or online chat. Non-media inquiries should be directed to the Consumer Hotline at 800-927-4357. Teletypewriter (TTY), please dial 800-482-4833.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Department of Insurance investigation leads to arraignment of Orange County bail agents News: 2022 Press Release For Release: November 21, 2022 Media Calls Only: 916-492-3566 Email Inquiries: cdipress@insurance.ca.gov Department of Insurance investigation leads to arraignment of Orange County bail agents LOS ANGELES\u00a0\u2014 Unlicensed bail agent Jimmy Mai, 35, of Irvine, and licensed bail agent Jonathan … Read moreDepartment of Insurance investigation leads to arraignment of Orange County bail agents<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[28,81,87],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-county-bail-bonds","tag-bail-bonds","tag-california","tag-license"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bailagentx.com\/bailbonds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}