An Ohio woman pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud and attempted theft Nov. 5 in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Rose Marinescu was sentenced on both charges, which are first-degree misdemeanors. This follows her 2011 conviction in Rocky River …
Prosecutors say a , N.Y., landlord has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in connection with a 2010 fire that killed five people. The Brooklyn district attorney’s office said Monday that landlord Vasilios Gerazounis will be sentenced to one to …
An Ohio man was ordered to pay more than $31,000 in restitution to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Shannon Watson was sentenced Sept. 19 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas on one count of workers’ compensation fraud, …
A New Mexico woman is suing a hospital and its parent company after hackers accessed personal information belonging to her and more than 4 million other patients, the Albuquerque Journal reported Saturday. Attorneys for Briana Brito said they were seeking …
A Travis County district court sentenced Raj Dhingra of Houston for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to an announcement by Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Dhingra was sentenced to deferred adjudication and ordered to pay $39,800 in restitution to Texas Mutual. …
Two former financial executives of a beach resort on Florida’s Gulf coast were sentenced to three years in prison for embezzlement. Former Tradewinds Islands Resorts CFO Sam Baage and former technology director Harold William James were each sentenced to three …
Columbus, Ohio, roofer Terrance J. King, owner of Home Improvement Terrance King, which also did work in the Dayton area, has been sentenced to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay $241,000 in restitution. In November 2013, King pleaded …
Lacey Rae Moore pleaded guilty to starting the fire that resulted in the complete destruction of the North Building of the Forest Place Apartments on University Avenue in Little Rock, according to an announcement by Christopher R. Thyer, United States …
A Ohio man was ordered to pay more than $19,000 in workers’ compensation restitution in connection with working while receiving workplace injury benefits. Patrick Woods, formerly of Chillicothe (Ross County), pleaded guilty June 5 in Ross County Court of Common …
A retired Buffalo, N.Y., police officer will avoid jail but must pay back $6,400 after inflating a car insurance claim. U.S. Attorney William Hochul says 49-year-old Johnnie Fritz was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in home confinement for his conviction …