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Fraud News: Separate Scams Involving Chiropractor, Attorney and Farmer

N.J. Chiropractor Gets Prison Term for Medical Fraud Ring Role A chiropractor involved in a medical fraud ring that bilked nearly $4 million overall from several insurers is now headed to prison. John Langeraap received a three-year sentence Friday. The …

Fraud News Around the Nation

Restaurant Owner Gets Prison Time for Torching Business A Leominster, Mass., man who set fire to his own restaurant to collect the insurance money has been sentenced to four years in prison. Jeffrey Cordio, who owned the West End Diner, …

Fraud News Around the Nation

Insurance Fraud, Phony Accidents Alleged in Louisiana Parish Louisiana State Police say seven people have been arrested and one is wanted in connection with an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving staged traffic crashes in Jefferson Davis Parish. A state police …

Fireman’s Fund Pays $44M to Settles Crop Insurance Fraud Charges

Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly issued insurance policies that were ineligible under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) federal crop insurance program and falsified …

5 Ohio Men Charged in Crop Insurance Fraud Case

A federal grand jury recently indicted five southeastern Ohio men on charges including theft of public money in an alleged scheme to defraud a federal crop assistance program. All five of the men from Meigs County also were indicted in …

North Carolina Men Sentenced in Crop Insurance Fraud

Two North Carolina men have been sentenced for their roles in a massive crop insurance fraud. A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced insurance agent William Larry Rogers to 9 years in prison for conspiring to make false statements, to make …