TUCSON, Ariz. – Victoria Totten, the 72-year-old licensed insurance agent from Green Valley, has been locked up for 21 months after being caught red-handed in a brazen elderly fraud scheme. The sentence was handed down on Tuesday by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps.
For years, Totten has preyed on her elderly clients, collecting exorbitant insurance premiums under false pretenses. She deceived her clients into believing they needed to pre-pay for lower rates, only to misuse the funds for personal gain. The fraud was so cunning that Totten even used a P.O. box to ensure correspondence went directly to her.
Instead of forwarding the premiums to the insurance companies as promised, Totten misappropriated large sums for herself and other clients’ premiums. In a final twist, she attempted to cover her tracks by using her own address on insurance paperwork, ensuring communication from insurance companies bypassed the actual policyholders.
The U.S. Secret Service launched an investigation that led to Totten’s downfall, with the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, Tucson, taking over prosecution. The court ordered Totten to pay a total of $114,781 in restitution for her crimes.
CASE NUMBER: CR-23-00282-JGZ
RELEASE NUMBER: 2024-066_Totten
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Key Facts
- State: Arizona
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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