Denver Police Officer Arrested on Suspicion of Insurance Fraud Involving False Theft Report

A Denver Police Department officer, Zurisadai Beltran, has been arrested on suspicion of committing insurance fraud by filing a false police report and insurance claim, as per a news release by the agency. Officials stated that Beltran alleged her car was stolen following a hit-and-run crash that occurred in 2022. As reported by

The Denver Post

, the arrest came after a tip-off to the National Insurance Crime Bureau which suggested Beltran’s report of auto theft was deceptive and was made after someone she knew was involved in the crash with her vehicle on April 16, 2022.

Further unmasking the case, an affidavit detailed that instead of reporting the actual drivers of her car for the hit-and-run incident, Beltran Rodriguez contacted the police dispatch and falsely reported her vehicle as stolen. Through this fabricated narrative, a substantial insurance claim amounting to $30,074.71 was processed, as

9News

revealed. Adding to the intrigue, the deceit was brought to light by an ex-boyfriend of Beltran who notified insurance investigators about the fraudulent scheme.

In a turn of developments, it was ascertained that the fraudulent activities occurred before Beltran’s hiring at the Denver Police Department, which took place in May 2023. KDVR reported that Beltran, who was within her probationary period at the time of her arrest, has since been dismissed from her duties at the department. As stated by

KDVR

, “The incident happened before Beltran was hired by the department in 2023. She was still within a probationary period and the department terminated her employment.”

The course of the investigation illuminated that after the fabricated auto theft was reported to police, an insurance claim was filed that ultimately funneled a payout to the lienholder of the vehicle. This development, built on the contrived narrative of theft, has led to Beltran’s current predicament with charges of attempting to influence a public servant and insurance fraud. While the details of the case continue to unravel, the Denver Police Department is seemingly contending with the consequences of having an officer accused of such misleading and illegal conduct within its ranks.

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