A preliminary hearing for former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher has been moved to Feb. 19 in Tulsa County District Court. Fisher is charged with filing a false state tax return for 1999 by underreporting his income by $4,688. The …
A judge in Tulsa is calling off former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher’s tax-evasion trial that was to start Feb. 11. Associate District Judge Dana Kuehn says Fisher must have another preliminary hearing to determine if there is enough evidence …
North Carolina officials arrested a Linwood, N.C., insurance agent charging her with with five counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent and three counts of providing false statements on an insurance application. Melissa Faye Crotts, 38, was processed at the …
A former Sioux Falls insurance agent convicted of embezzling money from two clients in nursing homes has been sent to prison for 20 years. Paul Wentzlaff, 46, pleaded guilty in September to embezzlement and insurance fraud involving $160,000. He said …
Louisiana’s insurer of last resort may have illegally spent more than $1 million in public money on trips to Bermuda, fishing excursions, other travel, meals and entertainment, a state audit has found. The insurer’s former head, Terry Lisotta, may have …
Sioux Falls. S.D. insurance agent Paul Wentzlaff is accused of stealing from two elderly clients and has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and fraud. He could face up to 20 years in prison. Don Srstka, a special assistant attorney general, said …
Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher surrendered to authorities at the Oklahoma County jail to begin a three-year prison term in a campaign-corruption case. Fisher arrived at the jail with his attorney, Robert Wyatt, and declined comment. Fisher, 67, has …
Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher on Sept. 7 lost his appeal on a conviction for perjury and embezzlement. He now faces the possibility of three years in prison. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled unanimously in upholding Fisher’s …
The Mississippi Auditor’s Office presented Jackson County Circuit Clerk Joe Martin this week with a $100,000 insurance check to cover part of what an employee embezzled three years ago. Martin’s deputy clerks are covered by a bond in case of …
Robert Henning, 56, a former life insurance agent residing in Auburn, Calif., has been arrested for a $20,000 grand theft and embezzlement scam. According to California Department of Insurance investigators, Henning sold his victim a $20,000 certificate of deposit investment. …