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Fifteen people were charged Thursday with felony fraud for allegedly filing bogus claims for help after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the phony claims were worth more than $300,000 combined. …

A federal judge has sentenced a former Wells Fargo Third Party Administrators employee to six months in prison for fabricating insurance claims for corporate clients. Pamela Carpenter, of Charleston, had pleaded guilty to wire-fraud charges stemming from her creating 28 …