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Regulatory / Legal

Florida Man Charged with Fraud After Claiming He was in Uber Crash

May 2, 2022

Via: Insurance Journal

A South Florida man has been charged in connection with what appears to be a new twist on auto insurance fraud. State and local authorities said that Victor Van Vickery, 33, of Delray Beach, claimed to be in a Uber […]


Regulatory / Legal

CFO sentenced for part in $33 million insurance fraud case

March 31, 2022

Via: Insurance Business

A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to 66 months in prison for her role in an insurance and loan fraud scheme worth $33 million. Erin Verespy, 50, was accused of misappropriating client healthcare funds and defrauding multiple lenders. The chief […]


Regulatory / Legal

Secretary headed to jail after $220k insurance scam

February 22, 2022

Via: Insurance Business

A Rhode Island woman is headed to federal prison for stealing insurance payments meant for the customers of the auto repair shop where she worked as an office secretary, according to the Department of Justice. Idalee Johnston, 48, devised a […]


News

California man headed to prison for unemployment insurance scam

February 16, 2022

Via: Insurance Business

A California man is headed to prison after admitting to unemployment insurance fraud to the tune of more than $170,000. Kier Jordan Parker, 25, fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits by submitting multiple unemployment claims in other people’s names and using benefits […]


News

Owner of Cosmetic Clinics in California Admits $20M Insurance Fraud

February 11, 2022

Via: Insurance Journal

The former owner of a group of health spas and clinics in Los Angeles has admitted to participating in a $20 million insurance fraud scheme involving Botox injections, laser hair removal and other procedures, federal prosecutors said. Roshanak Khadem, 54, […]


Regulatory / Legal

GEICO insurance fraud lawsuit update – subpoena issued for mayor’s chief of staff

February 4, 2022

Via: Insurance Business

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff has been issued a subpoena for documents related to a $4.5 million insurance fraud lawsuit filed by GEICO. In a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn, GEICO alleged that a […]


Regulatory / Legal

Michigan insurance agent headed to jail for scamming clients

January 31, 2022

Via: Insurance Business

A Michigan insurance agent is headed to jail for a year for scamming her clients out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the state’s attorney general. Alicia Holbrook-Bloink and her insurance firm, Holbrook Insurance Agency, pleaded guilty to […]


Regulatory / Legal

Insurance agent handed five-year prison sentence

January 18, 2022

Via: Insurance Business

An insurance agent from West Valley City, UT has been served a five-year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, after he was found guilty of orchestrating an investment fraud scheme that targeted elderly clients. Tony Scott Sellers, 62, […]


Regulatory / Legal

Jonesboro, Louisiana Fire Chief, Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested for Insurance Fraud

January 5, 2022

Via: Insurance Journal

A Jonesboro, Louisiana fire chief and a Jackson Parish sheriff’s deputy have been arrested for insurance fraud over an alleged fraudulent vehicle crash that involved two Jonesboro Fire Department vehicles. In August 2021, Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit-Monroe […]


Regulatory / Legal

New York Man Charged with Insurance Fraud in Stolen Tractor Scheme

December 27, 2021

Via: Insurance Journal

The New York State Police in Brunswick arrested 53-year-old Michael LePage of Glens Falls, New York, on December 17, 2021, for insurance fraud in the fourth degree, a class E felony, and making a false written statement, a class A […]


Regulatory / Legal

Twelve charged in $20 million “Operation Vacant Lot” insurance fraud case

December 22, 2021

Via: Insurance Business

An investigation into a Phillipsburg, NJ truck stop has uncovered a massive $20 million insurance fraud scheme, with 12 individuals charged in connection with the fraud ring. The charges cover about $2.7 million in underpaid insurance premiums for just the […]


Regulatory / Legal

Man charged with insurance fraud after “lost” Rolex found in jewelry shop

October 19, 2021

Via: Insurance Business

Time may be gold, but a Washington man might be getting more than he bargained for after he was charged for filing a false insurance claim over a luxury Rolex timepiece he claimed was “lost”. Christopher Michalke of Seattle, WA […]


Regulatory / Legal

Former Insurance Chief’s Sentencing Delayed; Could Face 10 Years

October 11, 2021

Via: Insurance Journal

Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck will have to wait a little longer to learn his fate, after his sentencing date was postponed until Tuesday. Federal prosecutors are now asking that he serve 10 years in prison and pay fines […]


Regulatory / Legal

Former NBA players indicted for alleged $4 million insurance fraud scheme

October 8, 2021

Via: Insurance Business

In what could arguably be called the greatest foul play in their professional careers, 18 former NBA players were charged in New York federal court for their alleged involvement in a massive health insurance fraud scheme. Prosecutors said that the […]


Regulatory / Legal

Former DC police employee sentenced for bribery, insurance fraud

October 7, 2021

Via: Insurance Business

A former employee with Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was sentenced to 78 days in jail for her involvement in an insurance fraud scheme, as well as in a separate $40,000 bribery scheme. Kendra Coles, 46, of Beltsville, MD, […]


Regulatory / Legal

Houston businessman ordered to pay almost $2 million for insurance fraud

September 30, 2021

Via: Insurance Business

A Houston businessman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.8 million in restitution – nearly five times the money he collected in an insurance fraud scheme. Robert Lance Kuperman, who pleaded […]


Regulatory / Legal

California Business Owner Arraigned in $2.5M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme

September 13, 2021

Via: Insurance Journal

Zachary Navo, 38, of Visalia, Calif., was arraigned yesterday on five felony counts of insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation revealed he allegedly underreported wages by over $2.5 million in an attempt to fraudulently reduce workers’ compensation […]


Regulatory / Legal

Attorneys and doctors charged with $31 million insurance fraud scheme

August 26, 2021

Via: Insurance Business

The US Justice Department has announced that two lawyers and two surgeons in New York have been indicted on mail- and wire-fraud charges, for their alleged role in a complex $31 million insurance fraud scheme involving staged accidents that spanned […]


Regulatory / Legal

Farmers Insurance agent pleads guilty to fraud charges

June 25, 2021

Via: Insurance Business

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the state Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) have announced that a local insurance agent charged with fraud and stealing from his clients has pleaded guilty. Sixty-three-year-old Charles Booker, Jr. of Muskegon, MI […]


Brokers, Regulatory / Legal

Former insurance broker accused of fraud, charged with 90 counts

April 28, 2021

Via: Insurance Business

An ex-insurance broker from Lake Forest, California has been charged with 90 counts – which include grand theft, theft from an elder, fraudulent insurance benefit claims, assisting in a false claim, making false entries in records or returns, and forgery […]