Release Date: February 14, 2008

Contact:

Kevin Drescher, Senior Deputy District Attorney

(805) 662-1726

District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that David Glen Snader (DOB 12/18/84) of Camarillo has been charged with felony auto insurance fraud.

According to detectives from the Ventura County Auto Theft Task Force, on September 28, 2007, Snader reported to the Oxnard Police Department that his 2000 Lincoln Sedan was stolen after he parked it across the street from his friend's residence the previous night. Two days later, he filed a claim for his "stolen vehicle" with his insurance company, Esurance.

One week early however, a Ventura County Sheriff's deputy located the defendant's vehicle abandoned in Camarillo parking lot. The abandoned car was then towed to a nearby tow lot. The car was still in the tow lot when Snader claimed he last drove it. Additional investigation revealed that Snader had conspired with an unknown accomplice to get rid of his vehicle so that Snader could report his car as "stolen" and collect insurance money from Esurance.

Snader is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, February 15, 2008, at 9:00 p.m. in courtroom 12 of the Ventura County Superior Court. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in state prison and up to $50,000 in fines.

Auto insurance fraud is not a victimless crime. It affects every law abiding insured driver in California . Automobile insurance fraud costs the United States insurance industry $2 billion annually and each consumer about $200 to $300 annually for each vehicle insured in California . The District Attorney's Office is committed to vigorous prosecution of all those who choose to victimize the public in this manner.