Maybe it was the inflated claim of $1,500 for a stolen iPad that first caught the attention of insurance investigators. Or the report that there had been more than $116,000 in jewelry in a Louis Vuitton purse left on the backseat of the Lexus parked in Chester that was later reported stolen.

But what sealed the case against Latrell Taylor of Morton, officials say, were her claims that the jewelry came from a store that had yet to open, and that the diamonds were a gift from her then-boyfriend who was in jail when the purchase was allegedly made.

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Taylor is charged with making a false insurance claim, attempted theft, attempting to receive stolen property, forgery, and other related crimes. She was arraigned and released on $100,000 unsecured bail, the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

According to court records, just after midnight on July 5, Taylor told police she parked her Lexus on Houston Street in Chester to watch fireworks. The car was gone when she returned, and with it, a purse with a $30,900 diamond engagement ring, a $6,000 diamond bracelet, a $79,800 diamond pendant, an iPad, and $650 sunglasses.

Taylor then filed a claim with Allstate Insurance, according to police. She provided receipts for the iPad, sunglasses, and purse. She told agents the company had previously appraised the jewelry and turned over receipts for the ring and pendant telling them her fiance, Andele Johnson, bought them for her.

The receipts, from Empire Jewelers on South Street in Philadelphia, were dated June 2008 through September 2009. The store owner told police it did not open for business until 2011.

According to court documents, Johnson was incarcerated in New Jersey at the time Taylor said he was picking out her ring.

A former Rockland County cab company owner was found guilty on Tuesday of committing a $10 million insurance scam in New York City.

After a four-week trial in Manhattan federal court, a jury convicted Scott E. Sanders, 41, on seven counts of fraud and identity theft he faced in connection with a long-running scheme to obtain significantly lower insurance premiums for his livery fleet, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.

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Sanders, of Saddle River, N.J., faces a maximum of 120 years in prison for mail and wire fraud; a mandatory two years for aggravated identity theft; and a $1.5 million fine.

Sanders, who could not be reached for comment on Wednesday, will remain free on $2 million bail. The judge in the case, Lewis A. Kaplan, set sentencing for July 9.

Between 2005 and 2010, prosecutors said, Sanders filed fraudulent insurance applications with the New York Automobile Insurance Plan, claiming his cabs were stored and operated outside New York City, where premiums are cheaper.

Prosecutors said Sanders listed other people as the presidents and owners of his company in an attempt to conceal his identity. In addition, he helped other fleet owners use the the same illegal tactics to cheat insurance companies.

It is not Sanders’ first conviction for insurance fraud.

He and his father, Dean Sanders, owned and operated numerous taxi companies in Rockland County in the 1990s, when they were both hit with federal racketeering charges.

In 1996, the younger Sanders was sentenced to 41 months in prison after admitting his role in a $3.9 million scheme. His father was also sentenced to time in prison.

Both men eventually forfeited more than $1 million in cash, cars — including five Mercedes-Benzes, a Land Rover and a 1921 Ford — and property in Nyack, Manhattan, Florida and upstate New York.

A Katonah insurance agent was arrested on a grand larceny charge, accused of collecting $62,000 in commissions after he sold phony policies to more than 400 people, officials with the New York State Department of Financial Services said Wednesday.

Norman J. Michaels Jr., 61, wooed clients in the New York City region with promises of cheaper health care coverage by enrolling them in plans offered by Schenectady-based MVP Health Care that were available through the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, according to state officials.

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As part of the scam, Robert R. Robinson, 59, a former chamber of commerce president, created a phony membership category that allowed the downstate residents to be enrolled with MVP, said a statement from the state Department of Financial Services. However, the individuals were ineligible to be enrolled in the upstate health care program, as they did not reside in the company’s coverage area.

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MVP, which paid nearly $1 million in health care costs associated with the victims, became aware of the scam in late 2010 after noticing that a large number of enrollees were from downstate, the release said. The company then quickly canceled the victims’ plans.

“If this scheme had been left uncovered, it could have led to higher premiums for people living in Otsego County,” Benjamin M. Lawsky, superintendent of financial services for the state Department of Financial Services, said in a statement. “Their premiums could have begun to reflect the health care costs of people obtaining more costly services in New York City.”

Robinson, of Oneonta, was fired from his position with the chamber after his arrest in 2011, when he was charged with insurance fraud, grand larceny, fraud and falsifying business records, according to a statement from the state Department of Financial Services. He has not yet been tried.

Michaels, who sold the coverage for roughly a year, was arrested Tuesday and charged with grand larceny, state officials said. He was arraigned in Town of Oneonta court on Tuesday and released on his own recognizance.

A message left at Michaels’ Katonah residence was not immediately returned Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for MVP said the company will continue to work with authorities as the case moves forward.