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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Yelena Gruy, from Federal Way, joined Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s insurance fraud most wanted list after she failed to appear at her arraignment.

Gruy faces a felony charge for filing a false insurance claim. A warrant was issued for her arrest on Oct. 17, 2024, after an investigation by Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit and charges filed by the King County Prosecutor's Office.

Gruy, according to the investigation, caused a three-car collision on southbound Interstate 5 near the South Center Mall. She had started a policy with Progressive…

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Saleem Robinson, of Seattle, was found guilty of two felonies after his “crash and buy” scam was investigated by Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigation Unit (CIU).  

The King County Prosecutors Office worked to review, charge, and successfully prosecute the case. On September 17, 2024, Robinson was sentenced to 11 days incarceration with one day of credit for time served after being found guilty of filing a fraudulent insurance claim and attempted theft in the first degree. The sentence will be served by electronic home…

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Bryan Caraway, originally from Richland, Wash., joined Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s insurance fraud most wanted list after he failed to appear for his pre-trial hearing in Benton County Superior Court. Caraway faces several felony charges and a warrant was issued for his arrest on October 3, 2024. 

If you have information that may lead to the arrest of Bryan Caraway, please contact your local law enforcement agency or contact Kreidler's Criminal Investigations Unit (CIU).

Caraway, a professional fighter, was…

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is considering a change to the state’s recently adopted premium change transparency rule. 

The change would be specific to Phase 2 of the rule — the automatic inclusion of reasons for premium increases in policy renewals — and would move the timing of that action from June 2027 to June 2029.  

Phase 1, which went into effect this June, requires insurance companies to disclose to policyholders why their premiums had gone up when asked by the consumer. 

“This transparency rule is…