Four people are accused in Cass County District Court of destroying BMW and Mercedes Benz sedans in order to reap insurance checks in a case that holds a lesson or two for would-be scammers. Such as: If you’re going to punch holes and bang dents in your car, try to vary the pattern a bit.
A city restaurant owner was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison Friday in an arson and insurance fraud case, Schenectady County prosecutors said. Zabeeda Permaul, 55, was convicted by a jury March 11 after a two-week trial of first-degree arson and two insurance fraud charges.
Far from a victimless crime perpetuated against bloated corporations, insurance fraud reaches into the lives of everyday citizens. It costs the industry more than $50 billion each year. Not million—billion.
French startup Shift Technology just raised a $10 million Series A round from Accel, with existing investors Elaia Partners and Iris Capital also participating. Shift Technology uses big data and machine learning to detect patterns of fraudulent insurance claims.
An Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) group counselor sentenced today for defrauding over $30,000 from the County of Orange by making fraudulent statements relating to his workers’ compensation claim.
A Jefferson Parish grand jury indicted 13 men accused of running a large-scale auto theft ring with the help of an unnamed former elected official. The group operated for seven years, targeting mostly the East and West Banks of Jefferson Parish and was responsible for about 32 percent of the vehicle thefts in the parish, according to court records.
In one of the largest arrest operations in Fresno history, detectives from the California Department of Insurance fanned out across the valley and southland areas to arrest more than two dozen people on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly staging auto collisions to scam more than four insurance companies out of tens of thousands of dollars.
A fully engulfed house fire back in January has now been determined an arson and fraud case. The residence belonging to Samuel Taylor and Justin Taylor was heavily damaged in the blaze. Jones County Sheriff’s Fire Investigator Scott Gable investigated the scene where he determined the residence was barely furnished before the fire.
Suzie Kim had a hunch that something was wrong. Janitors from her Los Angeles cleaning company flocked to many of the same medical providers for work injuries over and over again.
While drawing workers’ compensation and claiming he was reliant on a wheelchair, the Broward Sheriff’s deputy appeared to be able-bodied when an investigation company captured him on surveillance video driving, running errands and shopping at a mall, records show.
A 58-year-old Hatfield Borough man is facing three felony criminal counts for alleged insurance fraud after Montgomery County authorities said he was seen playing drums with his band despite claiming he could barely lift his arms after a purported injury for which he was receiving regular worker’s compensation payments, court documents indicate.
A new group in Mississippi trying to reduce metal theft from agriculture operations in that state and in neighboring Louisiana and Arkansas. Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says his office is creating a Mississippi Delta Agricultural Theft Task Force.
A decorated veteran Metro officer is facing several felonies after authorities said he set fire to a trailer and four-wheeler in order to collect insurance money, according to the Nevada attorney general’s office.
