A mother and daughter duo from California have talked themselves into the center of a fraud investigation and now face charges in connection with a car fire.

Henrietta Brice, 53, was pulled over on December 29, 2009 while driving her 2004 Buick Rendezvous. According to the deputy that stopped her, Brice essentially let him know that he wouldn't catch her driving that car anymore because she was going to call her insurance company to get herself a new car.

As it turns out, she made good on that statement. Brice was on the phone with her insurance company, Unitrin Direct, on December 31 because her car had been found abandoned and burning in a field the day before.

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