Florida authorities arrested a young Cuban woman living in the city of Hialeah accused of having committed fraud against a car insurance company, obtaining thousands of dollars in exchange.
According to local media America TeVéthe Cuban newcomer to the United States was identified as Lisandra Santana Herrero, 22 years old, who now faces 13 charges related to the accusation.
The young woman appeared in court on Monday, April 1, where Judge Mindy S. Glazer charged her with six counts of insurance fraud, participation in an organized fraud scheme and another six counts of third-degree grand theft.
These allegations come after several months of investigation by the Department of Financial Services, Investigative and Forensic Services Division of Insurer Direct General.
The aforementioned media indicates that the young woman would have committed this insurance fraud by presenting false and fraudulent documentation to the insurance company, stating that she was in an accident and needed to pay medical expenses for treatments that she never received.
The report indicates that this claim to the insurer is related to a car accident that occurred at the intersection of Northwest 72nd Avenue and 68th Street in Miami, in October 2023.
Said investigation revealed that the damage to the vehicle reported by Santana did not match the alleged circumstances of the accident, and it was determined that the Cuban was not even inside some of the vehicles that collided that day, this despite the fact that she claimed to have suffered physical damage that required medical treatment.
The young woman’s case seems to be getting complicated, since the judge in charge of the process informed her during her court appearance that the Cuban woman also had an order to be sent to the immigration department.
At the moment, Santana’s immigration status has not been revealed, but it is possible that she faces the possibility of being returned to the Island due to the charges against her. For now, the young woman is free on bail after a company assumed the imposed amount of $65,000.
