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Mississippi High Court Upholds Insurance Scheme Conviction

The Mississippi Supreme Court declined Thursday to hear an appeal from Eric Jerome Boone, who is serving a five-year sentence on charges that he converted insurance premium payments to his personal use. Prosecutors say Boone, a former insurance agent in …

Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Sentenced for Embezzlement

A former insurance agent in Creek County has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for embezzling premium payments from elderly clients, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Donna Laverne Parrick, 50, pleaded guilty to six counts of embezzlement and also …

Former North Carolina Insurance Agent Arrested

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of former insurance agent James Howard Ellington. He was charged with 10 counts of obtaining property by false pretense. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that Ellington, while working as an insurance agent, …

Former West Virginia Insurance Agent Admits Role in Arson

A federal prosecutor says a former insurance agent has admitted to his role in an arson scheme in Logan, W.Va. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says 44-year-old William Janey Thompson pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aiding and abetting arson and a …

Kansas Man Sentenced on Insurance Fraud Charges, Ordered to Repay $47,685

A Sharon Springs attorney and former insurance agent has been ordered to repay $47,685 and will serve 18 months probation after pleading guilty to forgery, failing to forward an insurance premium, theft by deception and false impersonation, Kansas Attorney General …

Former Insurance Agent Ordered to Make Restitution

State regulators say a former McMinnville, Ore., insurance agent has been ordered to reimburse seven clients for $46,000 in premiums he kept instead of forwarding to insurers. The state Department of Consumer and Business Services said Wednesday its Insurance Division …

Ex-Insurance Agent Indicted on Mail Fraud Counts

A former Marshalltown, Iowa, insurance agent has been indicted on federal mail fraud charges after being accused of defrauding customers for nearly a decade. The Marshalltown Times-Republican reports that 65-year-old William Arthur Thiede was charged with five counts of mail …

Former North Dakota Insurance Agent Sent to Prison

A former Fargo, N.D., insurance agent has been sentenced to three years in prison and five years on supervised probation for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from three women. Fifty-seven-year-old Jeffrey Neppl was accused of using client money to …