Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced the arrest of two insurance agents, and a third individual, for their alleged involvement in an insurance agent license testing fraud scheme in Miami.
According to an official statement from Patronis’ office, Rainer Miguel Salas and his son Rainer Alexander Salas, a licensed Florida insurance agent, and receptionist Karla Lit Peralta Ceballos, also a licensed Florida insurance agent, allegedly accepted payments and facilitated the fraudulent acquisition of approximately five Florida insurance agents’ licenses by taking licensing exams on behalf of other individuals.
“Florida’s insurance agents and agencies are held to the highest professional standards and are crucial to guiding consumers through the insurance landscape and supporting them during critical times like filing claims following disasters,” Patronis said. “It’s reprehensible that this father and son duo facilitated cheating on the state insurance exam just to make a quick buck. Such fraudulent behavior undermines the trust and integrity expected of our state’s licensed insurance agents. In Florida, we fight fraud in all forms and I thank our fraud detectives, the Bureau of Agent Investigations, and the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office for their diligence in apprehending these perpetrators and bringing them to justice.”