Ron Wells, a developer and architect whose decadeslong work in Spokane includes renovations of numerous historic buildings, was indicted Wednesday in federal court for allegedly staging a car crash in an attempt to defraud insurance companies.
A 56-year-old chiropractor has pleaded guilty for his role in a massive workers’ compensation insurance fraud and conspiracy scheme, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced today.
A woman convicted of setting fire to her Kane home in 2014 has been sentenced to state prison. Holly Lynn Gausman, 44, of Grampian in Clearfield County was sentenced to serve between 27 months and 84 months in state prison.
With a plot that echoes a well-known Hollywood masterpiece, a trial began Tuesday for a Florida woman accused of helping orchestrate the death of her husband in order to secure a massive insurance payout.
Firefighters die in a burning building. … A mother poisons her infant for life insurance. … A sober home plies addicts with drugs for bogus rehab claims. Welcome to the Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame, home of America’s nine most-brazen insurance scammers of last year.
An office manager for a medical practice was convicted Thursday for a workers’ compensation kickback scheme that defrauded insurance companies of more than $22 million, the San Diego District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
A new artificial intelligence system can now help insurers and the police identify fake robbery claims. Developed by researchers from Cardiff University and the Charles III University of Madrid, the AI system “VeriPol” utilizes automatic text analysis and machine learning to identify false statements.
A clinic owner, a doctor and an attorney are among those charged in connection with a $1 million insurance scam, New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood has announced.
The holidays were fast approaching when the owner of a west suburban attorney referral service texted a Chicago police officer in December 2016 asking to step up the pace of their bribery scheme, according to federal authorities.
A Milton woman is charged with fraud/making a false insurance claim and theft by deception for trying to collect insurance by lying about a vehicle fire.
The man Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton hired earlier this year to be its chief nursing officer allegedly murdered his wife, a successful lawyer with a $1 million life insurance policy, in attempt to collect large sums of money that would allow him to continue living a luxurious lifestyle, which included expensive cars and multiple mistresses, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Florida.
Two years ago, a Vestal man allegedly faked a report about a diamond ring that had gone missing and received more than $28,000 for the insurance claim.
