A Pulaski County employee was arrested Tuesday morning on 153 charges of theft and fraud after being accused of pilfering nearly $250,000 from the county’s vehicle insurance provider since 2008.
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Outsmarting white-collar crime is a major goal for commercial lines’ carriers who want their customers to reduce risk, but with the right guidance and training, it may not be as difficult as it seems. The typical organization loses five percent of its annual revenue to fraud.
An Independence woman was sentenced to 3½ years in prison without parole for an arson and insurance fraud scheme. Tina Shonk was also ordered Tuesday to pay $242,717 in restitution to her victims and $62,364 to the government.
An Asheville man found guilty of intentionally causing 12 car wrecks was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday. The court also ordered the man, Byron Fulghum, 27, to pay $45,363.08 in restitution to insurance companies and victims.
A Bridgeport man who was supposedly rendered unable to work as a state judicial marshal due to on-the-job injuries was arrested today and charged illegally collecting Workers’ Compensation benefits after he was seen working a security job at a Stamford bar.
Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Tuesday announced an 18-year prison sentence for LaTroy Staglin after he was convicted of 9 felony counts of submitting a false claim for insurance.
As two criminal cases became public this week, the Justice Department today announced three cases in which additional defendants have pleaded guilty to federal charges for participating in a long-running health care fraud scheme that illegally referred thousands of patients for spinal surgeries and generated nearly $600 million in fraudulent billings over an eight-year period.
48-year-old Elizabeth Louise Brown of Canyon County, a former claims adjuster, has pleaded guilty to two counts of insurance fraud with white collar crime enhancement for her scheme to defraud her employer out of more than $289,000.
A massive case of insurance fraud spearheaded by a chiropractor has ensnared seven defendants named in a pair of indictments. Riverside County prosecutors allege that $98 million was fraudulently billed to 18 insurance companies.
A Santa Barbara police officer was charged with four felonies related to worker’s compensation insurance fraud, allegedly committed while employed at the department, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.
Two doctors from Mexico pleaded guilty in connection with a conspiracy to commit wire fraud that resulted in nearly $3 million in insurance claim payouts, according to a news release.
The smoke and sirens were déjà vu for the Soomair family. Exactly six years after their transmission shop in New York went up in flames, their new shop off East Colonial Drive in Orlando did the same, records show.
