California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the no contest plea for insurance broker Alicia Lavendier, 44, for one count of grand theft and one count of insurance premium theft. Lavendier pled no contest on April 21, 2006. The conviction was …
Shawn Edwin Linger, of Fairmont, W.Va. has pleaded guilty to one felony count of embezzlement, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Linger admitted to taking more than $18,000 in premium payments made to his employer, Jim Lively Insurance, Inc. …
Donald Paul Hardwick, 43, of Fresno, Calif., has been charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud, theft of insurance funds and grand theft by embezzlement, stemming from investigations conducted by the California Department of Insurance Investigation Division and the …
Douglas County, Neb.’s insurance company reimbursed the county for most of the $121,593 the former head of the Treasurer’s motor vehicle division embezzled. The county board on accepted a $101,593 payment from its insurance provider to replace the money Fred …
Ray Wersching, once the kicker with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League, and a former Farmers Insurance agent, has been charged with insurance fraud, tax evasion, and the hiring of a convicted felon to handle the insurance …
Kim Holland, appointed by Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry as state insurance commissioner a year ago, formally announced Feb. 23 that she will run for a full four-year term. Her announcement came two days after her predecessor, Carroll Fisher, was sentenced …
A former Bartlesville, Okla., firefighter received a five-year prison term for embezzling $166,653 from the firefighters union insurance fund to use to pay for gambling, the Associated Press reported. Washington County prosecutors had charged Lloyd Douglas Lay, 39, with embezzlement …
Officials aren’t sure whether Oklahoma taxpayers will have to pay for uninsured weapons that are missing from a famous state gun museum. The J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum is covered by insurance but the gun collection is not. “I …
An insurance company owner at times gave conflicting testimony on Feb. 7 about a $1,000 contribution to former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, the Oklahoman and the Associated Press reported. Mississippi insurance company owner Johnny Morgan at first told jurors …
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and former Gov. Frank Keating have been listed as defense witnesses for Carroll Fisher, the former state insurance commissioner, the Oklahoman and the Associated Press reported. Both have been critical of Fisher, who quit in 2004. …