Alex Sink, Florida's chief financial officer, recently announced that 10 people are facing felony fraud charges. The individuals are suspected of submitting $300,000 in fraudulent hurricane claims to their homeowners' insurance companies

So far, eight arrests have been made in the investigation by the Florida Department of Financial Services' Division of Insurance Fraud.

Victor Hernandez, Catherine Abrignani, Martin H. Katz, Brian Friedman, Ridel Valido, Judith Davis, Tim Adams, and Scott Olsen have been arrested. Wilson Uvo and Joseph Castranova were charged, but have not been arrested yet.

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