In 2018, state Department of Insurance officials found Ms. Morales had submitted 78 false insurance claims for services that were never performed, allowing her to collect over $46,000.
Ms. Morales was charged with 45 felonies, including identity theft, forgery, insurance fraud and grand theft. She was sentenced to a year in jail and five years on probation, and the court ordered her to pay back $43,987.70 in restitution.
She was arrested Aug. 5 for not paying back the restitution and is being held at a county jail without bail.
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