Third Conspirator Convicted in Family-Run Check Cashing Fraud Scheme January 4, 2024 By Jim Sams A third conspirator has been sentenced to prison for her participation in a Florida check-cashing scheme that used shell companies...
Georgia Man Charged with Depriving Liberty Mutual of $9M in Workers’ Comp Premiums January 3, 2024 By Insurance Journal staff Georgia authorities last week announced the arrest of a contractor charged with underreporting payroll and defrauding Liberty Mutual Insurance Co....
Insurance Broker in Menendez Case Allegedly Got Senator’s Help With Fraud Charge September 27, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The defendants in the corruption case involving U.S. Senator Robert Menendez include a former New Jersey insurance broker who was...
N.Y. Contractor Sentenced to 6 Mos. for Work Comp Premium Fraud Scheme September 20, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff A drywall contractor has been sentenced to six months in jail for defrauding the New York State Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Feds Tell Banks to Be on Alert for Payroll, Work Comp Premium Fraud Schemes September 13, 2023 By Jim Sams A US Treasury Department unit that investigates financial crimes has directed banks to send alerts when they come across suspicious...
NJ Court Orders Retrial to Allocate Liability in Premium Fraud Case February 17, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson There will be a jury retrial on allocation of liability in a New Jersey workers’ compensation premium fraud case won...
Owners of SoCal Chicken Processing Plant Charged With Work Comp Premium Fraud January 31, 2022 Wei Wen Wu, 54, and Feng Wen Lam, 49, both of Arcadia, California, were charged with 43 felony counts of...
Contractor Charged with Fraud, Accused of Lowballing Payroll March 22, 2019 The owner of a Revere, Mass.-based contracting company has been indicted in connection with a workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme,...
Texas Construction Firm Owners Sentenced for Premium Fraud September 25, 2014 A Travis County district court sentenced Anthony Stokes and Mario Williams of Little Elm, Texas for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges,...
Texas Employer Indicted for Premium Fraud April 16, 2014 A Travis County grand jury indicted G&M Construction and Glenda Gail Miller Howell on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to...