Clues Led To Arson, Insurance Fraud Charges Against Auto Shop Owner
A DuBois man accused of torching his auto repair shop last year in hopes of cashing in on the insurance payment remains in jail, his charges bound to a higher court.
June 29, 2017
Fraud
Property
Pennsylvania
Ex-Insys Employee Pleads Guilty In U.S. Opioid Drug Probe
A former employee of Insys Therapeutics Inc pleaded guilty on Monday to having conspired to defraud insurers into paying for an expensive fentanyl-based drug that is at the heart of an investigation into the company.
June 20, 2017
Fraud
Litigation
Massachusetts
Conspirators Guilty Of Staging Nearly 50 Crashes In Connecticut
A federal jury in New Haven has found two Norwich residents guilty of fraud and conspiracy offenses related to their staging of car accidents to defraud automobile insurance companies.
June 19, 2017
Auto
Fraud
Liability
Connecticut
Electronics Damage Claim Leads To Insurance Fraud Charges
A Cecil Township man was arraigned Thursday on charges filed by a special agent with the state attorney generals office for allegedly making a false insurance claim last August.
June 19, 2017
Fraud
Pennsylvania
Crop Fraud Farmers In Six-Figure Settlement
Julian Rigby, a Bacon County farmer, and Jasper Allen and Benjamin Swain, his sons-in-law, have agreed to pay the federal government $675,000 to settle a suit accusing them of creating false crop insurance claims.
June 16, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Fraud
Georgia
Citing Fraud, Florida Insurers Raise Property Insurance Rates
Although a major hurricane hasnt unleashed its full fury on Florida in more than a decade, property insurance rates are climbing statewide because of another kind of storm claims abuse.
June 8, 2017
Fraud
Florida
Woman Receives Four-Year-Sentence in $7 Million Fraud Case
A suburban Chicago woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding Illinois out of nearly $7 million in unemployment benefits. The U.S. attorneys office says 54-year-old Letitia Garcia of Round Lake Beach helped hundreds of people prepare and file unemployment insurance claims that contained false information.
June 7, 2017
Fraud
Illinois
Ringleader Of Staged Accident Group Pleads Guilty
A ringleader of a group that allegedly staged wrecks and accompanying injuries in Harrison, Marion and Taylor counties to get insurance payouts has pleaded guilty.
May 30, 2017
Auto
Fraud
Liability
West Virginia
Illinois Farmer, Sentenced For Fraud, Overinsured & Burned Machinery
A Quincy man, convicted for his role in a fire that destroyed two pieces of farm equipment in 2014, has been sentenced to five months in federal prison.
May 24, 2017
Fraud
Illinois
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Joins NICB Fraud-Fighting Partnership
Today, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) announced the addition of LexisNexis Risk Solutions to the NICB Strategic Partner network of companies that work together to combat fraud.
May 23, 2017
Fraud
Defendants Owe $130M Restitution In Insurance Fraud Case
A federal judge has ordered 15 people to pay more than $130 million in restitution for their roles in a massive insurance fraud that was based in South Florida.
May 17, 2017
Fraud
Life & Health
Florida
Rehab Mogul Will Stand Trial In $176M Fraud Case
Self-titled “Rehab Mogul” Christopher Bathum will stand trial on charges of fraudulently billing companies $176 million, one of the largest criminal cases against an addiction facility in state history, a judge ruled Tuesday.
May 10, 2017
Fraud
Life & Health
California
Insurers File Racketeering Lawsuits To Counter No-Fault Schemes In Michigan
Fed up with no-fault fraud, auto insurance giants Allstate and State Farm have, in recent years, brought racketeering lawsuits against a handful of metro Detroit medical clinics, MRI centers and doctors.
May 9, 2017
Fraud
Liability
Litigation
Michigan
Social Networking Site Reveals Workers Compensation Fraud
Most professionals use LinkedIn to showcase their experience, stay connected in the business community and perhaps land that dream job one day. For Kandice M. Klink Jones of Columbus, it didnt work out so well.
May 9, 2017
Fraud
Workers' Compensation
Ohio
Veteran Police Officer Indicted By Feds In Insurance Scheme
A Homer police officer with a history of questionable behavior has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges he defrauded an insurance company through a bogus claim.
May 4, 2017
Auto
Fraud
Louisiana



