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Garamendi Seeks 'Blackmail' Probe

California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has asked state and federal officials to investigate his allegations that an insurance industry representative threatened blackmail to halt his regulat

By Steven Tuckey | Updated on May 10, 2006

California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has asked state and federal officials to investigate his allegations that an insurance industry representative threatened blackmail to halt his regulatory reform initiative.

In a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California and the California Attorney General’s office, the commissioner sought an immediate probe of this “extremely disturbing threat.”

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