A Florida man who worked for a now-defunct southern New Jersey construction company has admitted his role in a scheme in which he purposely damaged homes he claimed had been hit by hail. New Jersey authorities announced Monday that 34-year-old …
Federal authorities say six defendants in an insurance fraud scheme have pleaded guilty. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley says the defendants entered their pleas Monday before U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. in Shreveport. Finley says the members of …
A man who ran for Congress and Detroit mayor is going to trial on fraud charges related to the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Duane Montgomery claimed his boat engine was damaged by tar balls from …
A South Florida man is facing a potentially lengthy prison sentence after a jury convicted him of attempting to defraud the BP oil spill claims fund out of $1.2 million. A jury on Tuesday convicted 32-year-old Jean Mari Lindor of …
The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Unit recovered more than $20 million from fraudulent Medicaid claims filed by service providers and drug companies in 2012. Attorney General Jon Bruning said Monday the funds will be used to reimburse Medicaid …
Federal prosecutors say a 26-year-old Russian man and accomplices staged at least a dozen Anchorage, Alaska, car crashes and collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages over two years. The Anchorage Daily News reports Rustem Mukhametshin was arrested Wednesday …
Three Tampa, Fla., clinic employees were arrested on charges of insurance fraud and patient brokering stemming from a personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme, announced Florida chief financial officer Jeff Atwater said. Danilo Ardian Gonzalez-Alfonso, 37, clinic manager; Lydia Merlo-Fernandez, …
A New Orleans, La., woman has pleaded guilty to making a fraudulent claim for money from the $20 billion compensation fund that BP PLC established in the aftermath of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Twenty-five-year-old Natasha …
Florida lawmakers have been frustrated trying to resolve insurance issues on many fronts in recent years. One of the most troublesome has been the growth of fraudulent claims for drivers who have personal injury protection insurance. Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty …
A man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for setting fire to his home and an attached business in rural western Pennsylvania. Fifty-six-year-old William Russell, of Waterman, was sentenced Monday by a federal judge in Pittsburgh. He …