Embezzlement News

Property of Jailed Ill. Insurer Segal, Worth $22 Million, May Go to Developer

Former suburban Chicago home of a jailed insurance executive convicted of looting his company’s trust fund could be sold by the federal government to a developer of luxury homes. Michael Segal forfeited the 17-acre property in Highland Park as part …

Former W.Va. Agent Sentenced for Embezzlement

Shawn Edwin Linger, a former insurance agent in Clarksburg, W.Va. has been sentenced to one felony count of embezzlement according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Linger was sentenced July 6 to one to 10 years in prison; however, the …

Former W.Va. Agent Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

A former Montgomery, W.Va. insurance agent has pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement. Brenda G. Valentine was scheduled to go to trial in Fayette County Circuit Court June 30 on six felony counts, four of forgery and one each …

Indictments Handed Down Against 7 in Okla. Cocoa Butter Case

In Multicounty Grand Jury indictments unsealed in Oklahoma County District Court, seven people, including four town trustees, were accused of conspiring to personally profit by publicly funding a failed cocoa butter plant near Hinton, state Attorney General Drew Edmondson reported. …

Whitemore Agency Employee Arrested in N.C. for Embezzlement

Tammy Cope of Old Fort, N.C. has been arrested in McDowell County on six charges of embezzlement according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. Department of Insurance investigators allege that Cope collected more than $10,000 in insurance premiums from 30 consumers …

Court Orders Ohio Governor to Provide Insurance Fund Records

The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered Gov. Bob Taft to hand over documents related to the state’s troubled insurance fund for injured workers so it could decide whether to make them public. The ruling was a partial victory for state …

Mich. Woman Accused of Scamming $1.8 Million from Doc

A medical office clerk who claimed on federal tax forms to be a professional gambler embezzled $1.8 million from a doctor to fund a lavish lifestyle, authorities said. From 2002 to 2005, Carol Elaine Salisbury, 58, of Warren, deposited into …

Former Ohio Worker’s Comp Fund Official Expected to Enter Guilty Plea

Prosecutors say Terrence Gasper, the former chief financial officer at Ohio’s $15 billion insurance fund for injured workers, exchanged investment opportunities for money, his son’s college tuition and stays at a Florida condominium. Terrence Gasper, the first official with the …

Two W.Va. Arrests for Insurance Fraud, Workers’ Comp Forgery

Insurance agent Brenda Valentine of the Mountain State Insurance Agency Inc. has been indicted on six felony counts of insurance fraud; and Scott Saul of Pipeline Services has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation forgery, according to West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, …

Miss. Medicaid Fraud Investigations Result in One Arrest, One Guilty Plea

Attorney General Jim Hood has announced the result of two investigations in Jackson, Miss. by the Medicaid Fraud Unit of the Attorney General’s Office. On May 11, Sara Delphine Williams of Smithdale, Miss. was arrested on eight counts of embezzlement …