New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the arrests of five individuals for their alleged roles staging automobile accidents in Nassau and Suffolk counties to fraudulently receive insurance payouts totaling more than $100,000. The defendants, including alleged ringleader Jean …
The ringleader of an automobile insurance fraud scheme in which dozens of New York City residents claimed they lived at fictional addresses in western Massachusetts has pleaded guilty in a deal she hopes will help her avoid deportation. Lefen Chen …
A task force established by Secretary of State Ruth Johnson is recommending proposals to crack down on auto insurance fraud. One proposal outlined Wednesday is for the Legislature to create an authority to attack and prosecute fraudulent auto insurance activity. …
Two Bryan, Texas, men have been sentenced for their roles in a scheme that authorities say defrauded insurance companies of more than $3 million. Earlie Dickerson, a former office manager, was sentenced in Houston federal court to 14 years in …
21st Century Insurance, a group of insurers which are a part of the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey against two medical doctors and their professional organizations alleging that they …
A North Carolina man was arrested and charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, according to an announcement by Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that Antonio …
A former police officer has been sentenced to serve 10 days of weekend imprisonment and three years of supervised probation in an auto insurance fraud case, according to Sanford C. Coats, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Clinton …
Recently, members of a Florida ring accused of staging fires and floods to make fraudulent home insurance claims were arrested. The suspects are accused of bilking homeowners insurers out of $7 million. Paul Bermingham, executive director of Xchanging Claims Services, …
Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed a multipronged approach to combating auto insurance fraud. The initiative is outlined in the 2014–2015 Executive Budget released yesterday. “The Governor’s proposal to crack down on auto fraud appears to have great promise,” Ellen Melchionni, …
A Newark, N.J., police officer who had his sport utility vehicle set on fire and then filed a false insurance claim has been spared a prison term. Essex County prosecutors say 41-year-old Johnathan Taylor was sentenced Monday to serve three …