North Carolina Department of Insurance officials arrested a Tarboro insurance agent on charges of embezzlement last month. Insurance Commissioner Jim Long said William “Billy” Michael Whitley, 51, of 4959 McKendree Church Rd. in Tarboro was arrested at the Edgecombe County …
A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty last week to embezzling more than $400,000 from an insurance company and using the money to buy expensive sports cards, sports memorabilia and vehicles. Richard Slonchka, of Kennedy Township, was a claims adjuster with Universal …
A judge ordered former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher released from jail on Mar. 5, but took away his privilege to work under terms of an appeal bond. Oklahoma County Judge Kenneth Watson mandated that Fisher not leave his house …
Margaret Corey Humphrey, 49, of Kinston, N.C., was arrested on two charges of obtaining property by false pretense and three charges of embezzlement by an insurance agent. Humphrey, who officials said has surrendered her insurance agent license, is accused of …
An Espanola, N.M., insurance agent accused of bilking clients out of thousands of dollars has been put on probation for three years and ordered to perform 300 hours of community service. Dennis O’Brien pleaded no contest Nov. 22 to charges …
Imagine public adjustor being caught red-handed on an insurance agent’s digital camera causing damage to a home that was supposedly a result of a storm. This scenario involves just one of the criminals highlighted on 2006’s Top 10 Pennsylvania Insurance …
The Ohio state’s scandal-plagued fund for injured workers failed to aggressively investigate allegations of kickbacks and other schemes by managed care providers, The (Toledo) Blade reported recently. Since 2004, the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has led 30 investigations, the newspaper …
An Oklahoma County judge has moved the latest trial of former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher. District Judge Susan Caswell agreed to delay the tax-charge proceeding after meeting with prosecutors and defense attorneys. The jury trial set to begin Dec. …
The owner of a Locust Grove, Okla., insurance agency was accused of illegally taking almost $6,500 in insurance premium payments, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson said. Leslie Lewis Kern was charged Nov. 2 in Mayes County District Court with eight …
A federal judge this week approved the sale of a suburban estate that belonged to a jailed insurance executive after a building company and preservationists agreed on how to develop the historic property. The Chicago judge okayed the $17.6 million …