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Ex-Insurance Adjuster Pleads Guilty

A former insurance claims adjuster faces sentencing in May after admitting to filing false insurance claims to divert more than $400,000 to himself. Thirty-three-year-old Brian Behl of St. Louis County pleaded guilty Friday to mail fraud. He worked for Allianz …

2 Florida Mothers Get Prison for Staging Car Wrecks

Two South Florida mothers have been sentenced to prison for their roles in staging car accidents to commit fraud on insurers. Federal prosecutors said Monday that 42-year-old Ana Ovando of West Palm Beach was sentenced to more than six years …

3 Convicted in California for Phony Car Insurance Claims

Three people have been convicted of filing more than $60,000 in false insurance claims related to an auto accident they staged in a Garden Grove, Calif., intersection. Orange County prosecutors say Phuong Nhu Nguyen of Westminster was sentenced Thursday to …

Utah Officials Say Energy Giant Falsified $25M in Claims

Petroleum giant ConocoPhillips filed $25 million in false insurance claims over 14 years for cleanup of leaky underground storage tanks, a state lawsuit charged. The lawsuit filed Monday in 3rd District Court accused the Houston-based multinational company of double-dipping on …

South Dakota School Secretary Caught in Insurance Fraud

A secretary at South Dakota school who forged insurance paperwork to make false insurance claims for her son was ordered to pay $8,000 in fines and restitution. A prosecutor says Bernadette Soesbe altered chiropractic claim forms that had been filled …