Overview
- Police Officer III Peter Mastrocinque and Police Officer II Nicole Grant were taken into custody Friday after surrendering to LAPD investigators.
- They were booked, released, and placed on administrative leave as criminal and departmental investigations proceed.
- Prosecutors charged both with insurance fraud and making a false statement in an insurance application tied to alleged claims filed in 2020 and 2021.
- Authorities say their applications were flagged during a broader review of potentially fraudulent unemployment benefits, and investigators found probable cause they received payments.
- The amounts at issue have not been disclosed, and the filings come two weeks after a separate workers’ compensation fraud charge against another LAPD officer.