Insurance Agent Charged With Pocketing $80K in Premiums

An Arizona insurance agent was arrested last week on charges of theft and insurance fraud, accused of pocketing more than $80,000 in premiums. The Arizona Department of Insurance announced Rosita Johns' arrest on Tuesday. The case came to the Department's attention after Johns, of Buckeye, Arizona, allegedly pocketed $11,200 paid by the Las Vegas-based Burke Construction Group for a surety bond. Burke Construction Group filed a complaint with the Arizona Department of Insurance Consumer Protection Division in August of last year. In October, the Department revoked Johns' ind...