South Dakota Woman Sentenced for Role in Bar Arson Case A Pollock, S.D., woman has been sentenced to serve two months behind bars for her role in a conspiracy to burn down a Herreid business. Authorities say 21-year-old Cheyenne Wolski …
Kentucky attorney charged with defrauding insurance clients A Kentucky attorney is facing charges in federal court that he defrauded clients out of their insurance settlements for $550,000. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Louisville says James Grant King allegedly committed aggravated …
The former nanny of Pittsburgh Penguins player Chris Kunitz was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison for setting fire to her rental residence and then filing fraudulent insurance claims for the contents. The public defender for Andrea Forsythe, …
A judge sentenced an Indianapolis man to more than two life sentences in prison on Friday for his role in a 2012 house explosion that killed two people and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes. Bob Leonard was convicted last …
Three people including the father of French train hero Spencer Stone have been indicted in a scheme to set fire to commercial buildings in Sacramento, Calif., in order to collect insurance money. The indictment unsealed Friday says that Jamal Shehadeh, …
The Bucks County coroner says the death of a , Pa.,man charged with his wife in an alleged multimillion-dollar insurance scam was a suicide. Dr. Joseph Campbell said an autopsy Friday showed Tom French died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound …
A family’s luxurious suburban lifestyle has been financed by more than $20 million in fraudulent insurance claims amid a series of mansion fires and repeated reports of jewelry theft, authorities said Thursday. An investigation began after a 2013 fire at …
Authorities say the owner of a Phoenix, Ariz., auto body shop is accused of staging car accidents and collecting on fraudulent insurance claims. Arizona Department of Insurance investigators say 33-year-old Guillermo “Willie” Altamirano allegedly staged crashes to collect at least …
Authorities in Monmouth County have accused a psychologist of submitting approximately 120 fraudulent insurance claims totaling more than $15,000. Prosecutors have charged 62-year-old Edward Merski of Old Bridge with healthcare claims fraud, insurance fraud, theft by deception and witness tampering. …
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against an Aberdeen, S.D., man accused of filing false crop insurance claims. However, 53-year-old Nicholas Berbos has been fined $250,000 for attempting to bribe a witness. Authorities say Berbos offered extra employment benefits to a …