The fall season in Pennsylvania not only brings with it changing foliage and apple cider, but also the increased chances that drivers are more likely to encounter deer.
There is no lack of cases involving arsonists setting fire to buildings and vehicles to defraud their insurance companies. The 2015 Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame includes two shocking arsons. Fortunately, many such crimes are uncovered by well-trained fire investigators.
There can be no question that, as new technologies emerge, they present both opportunities and challenges to litigation, particularly in the insurance fraud arena.
“I live my life to cheat insurance companies. My high every day is to cheat insurance companies.” So went the mantra of body-shop owner and reputed Philadelphia mob associate Ron Galati.
"In this case, I’m not sure that there ever was a crash," Ryan James, with the Arkansas Insurance Department, said. As U-Haul locations across Central Arkansas load up their trucks for law abiding customers, the Arkansas Insurance Department is unloading a conviction on a woman they say hitched onto a U-Haul for insurance fraud.<br />
Jose Manuel Villa, 60, of San Clemente, a former licensed public adjuster, was arrested today at his home in San Clemente on multiple felony counts of embezzlement, grand theft, and forgery after allegedly cashing claim checks with counterfeit endorsement seals and stealing a total of $400,000 from fire victims in the Los Angeles area.
Julia Calipo has been found guilty on all eight charges for setting her east Erie home on fire in 2015 to collect insurance money. The judge also revoked Calipo’s bond and issued a warrant for her arrest.
A man who defrauded State Farm Insurance of $19,553 in a claim stemming from an alleged burglary pleaded guilty to a felony Monday in Niagara County Court.
Whenever Doris Maxey backs out of a parking spot, she honks her horn as a warning. “I am very cautious,” Maxey, 90, said. “I honk, and I look and look, because I don’t want to run over my postman.”
Steve Morang just couldn’t stand it. After reading my column about the deception committed by both Volkswagen and Wells Fargo WFC +1.56% against their customers, he simply had to reach out by email to register his outrage.
When fires devastated luxury homes in Fairfield and Westchester counties, a Chubb Corp. insurance adjuster was there to assess damages and start the restoration process. But Chubb did not know that its own adjuster was colluding with a contractor he hired to estimate repair costs.
Tina Diakos pleaded not guilty last week to an indictment charging her with the March fire that leveled Jerzeez the Diner in Vernon. Diakos’ boyfriend, and co-owner of the diner, also pleaded not guilty to the indictment charging him with conspiracy to to burn down the restaurant.
Michigan House members returned to work this week to decide whether they’ll give the state’s motorists a break on their highest-in-the-nation auto insurance premiums.
A Waterbury woman was arrested today and charged with illegally collecting $22,000 in Workers’ Compensation benefits.<br />ROSAURA RODRIGUEZ, age 51, of 161 Prospect Street, Waterbury, was arrested by Inspectors from the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney on an arrest warrant charging her with one count of Fraudulent Claim or Receipt of Benefits.
