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Georgia Spends $200K a Year on Indicted Insurance Chief

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia taxpayers are spending nearly $200,000 a year in salary and benefits for an insurance commissioner who’s been suspended for nearly two years. When Insurance Commissioner John King presented his budget to lawmakers last week, it included …

N.C. Political Donor Gets 7 Years In Prison, Hayes Probation

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A major political donor convicted of attempting to bribe a North Carolina elected official to secure preferential regulatory treatment for his insurance business was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison. Billionaire businessman Greg E. …

4 Poultry Plant Execs Indicted After 2019 Immigration Raid

JACKSON, Miss. — Four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants have been indicted on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and the acting …

Pilgrim’s Pride CEO Indicted Over Alleged U.S. Chicken Price-Fixing

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO — The chief executive of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp, a major U.S. poultry company, was indicted along with three other current and former industry executives on charges of seeking to fix the price of chickens, the Justice Department said on …

Former Florida Surplus Lines Association Leader Indicted

A former executive director and past president of the Florida Surplus Lines Association (FSLA) has been indicted for allegedly embezzling an estimated $130,000 in association funds. Roger Gobler has been charged with 11 counts of mail fraud and five counts …

Arizona Man Posing as an Attorney in Insurance Scam Indicted

A Red Rock man who allegedly posed as an attorney in an insurance scam has been indicted by an Arizona grand jury for fraud, theft and forgery. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced Friday that 41-year-old Victor Paul Vasquez will …

Missouri Couple Indicted for 2001 Fire That Killed Son

A St. Louis, Mo., man and his ex-wife face federal indictment for allegedly burning down their home in 2001, a blaze that killed their 15-year-old son. The indictments of 53-year-old Steven Henry Kemper and 55-year-old Sandra Kay Bryant were announced …

Texas Website Operator Indicted for Streaming Copyrighted Sporting Events

The operator of a website that allegedly streamed live, copyrighted sporting events on the Internet illegally was indicted on Oct. 22, 2011, for criminal infringement of a copyright. According to the indictment, between 2005 and Jan. 31, 2011, Bryan McCarthy, …

Pennsylvania Men Charged with Damaging South Jersey Homes to Collect Insurance

Two Pennsylvania men and a construction company have been charged for their alleged roles in an insurance fraud scheme that targeted homes purportedly damaged by hail, announced Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Division of Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. …