Three Toronto-area rehabilitation clinics have been convicted of auto insurance offenses resulting from co-operative investigations involving the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO), the Insurance Bureau of Canada, multiple insurers and police. The prosecutions have resulted in maximum fines of …
A Long Island, N.Y., doctor has been acquitted of participating in a $275 million scheme to defraud no-fault auto insurers. Joseph Vitoulis had been accused of acting as the straw owner of a medical clinic. He allegedly ordered phony treatments …
Auto insurance fraud is a crime that costs everyone, AAA Michigan reports. Surprisingly, one in six Michigan residents knows someone who has committed insurance fraud, according to a new statewide poll. Whenever someone files a false stolen vehicle claim, damages …
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the arrest of Orlando Robles-Santana, 40, for allegedly claiming he was carjacked and then filing a fraudulent insurance claim for reimbursement of the car’s value. “Auto insurance fraud drives up rates for all …
The owner of a now defunct chiropractic clinic in Bryan, Texas, has pleaded guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, according to an announcement by United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. …
An Andover lawyer, a North Andover chiropractor and one of his employees have been convicted of participating in a scheme to defraud auto insurers out of $130,000. A jury on Monday convicted attorney James Hyde and Dr. Michael Kaplan of …