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A former insurance adjuster who received gifts
in exchange for repair referrals and falsified estimates and quotes was ordered Friday to serve
90 days in jail, perform
200 of community service and pay more than $13,000 in restitution to his former employer.
The sentencing conditions were part of a four-year term of deferral handed down by state Circuit Judge Todd Eddins at a sentencing hearing for DTRIC Insurance Co. adjuster Lance Oishi.
Oishi pleaded no contest to four counts of second-
degree theft for offenses committed in 2014. Each Class C felony count carried maximum sentences of up to five years in jail.
According to a release issued Friday, Oishi accepted money, gift cards and other valuables from body shops Mapunapuna Auto, O’Sung Auto, Tommy’s Auto and Ohana Pacific Auto. Oishi also wrote estimates and quotes for new parts when the companies he worked with instead used uncertified or used parts.
“The sentence holds Oishi accountable for taking advantage of his position,” Insurance Fraud Administrator Colleen Chun said in the release. “He used his status as an adjuster to engage others into his fraudulent scheme which involved repeated acts to steal from DTRIC over a lengthy period of time.”