Gregory White, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, reported that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against John D. Chiappetta, 60, of Richmond Heights, Ohio, charging him with two counts of embezzlement from a health care …
As they head into tax season, accountants are being reminded that well over half of claims against accountants come from client tax work. Findings from a claims study conducted by CAMICO Mutual Insurance Company, which specializes in professional liability coverage …
An Oklahoma judge recently denied a motion to move the trial of former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher out of Oklahoma City. Fisher’s attorney, Robert L. Wyatt IV, had argued in court filings that the trial should be moved to …
An Oklahoma County judge has set a Dec. 19 hearing to decide whether former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher’s pending trial should be moved out of the county, the Associated Press reported. District Judge Susan Caswell agreed to consider a change …
Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, who’s facing charges of embezzlement and perjury, wants a judge to move his trial out of Oklahoma County, according to the Associated Press and the Oklahoman. Fisher’s attorney, Robert L. Wyatt IV, argues in …
A former Bartlesville, Okla., firefighter who is a member of the Bartlesville Professional Firefighters Association is accused of embezzling $166,653 from the firefighters insurance fund, the Associated Press reported. Lloyd Douglas Lay, 39, was arrested on 35 complaints of forgery, …
A former insurance agent was arraigned last week in the United States District Court in San Francisco after being indicted by a federal grand jury on 10 counts – including insurance fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. The California Department …
Reversing a summary judgment by a district court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently decided that The Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation, based in New Orleans, is entitled to recover the entire amount of long-term embezzlement losses discovered …
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s office reported that a former employee of Gore’s Southlake Insurance Agency has been charged with multiple violations of the state’s computer crimes act and embezzlement. According to Attorney General Drew Edmondson, Sabrina Diane Sands, 27, was …
Insurance agent Dorsey R. Ash of the Ash Insurance Agency Inc. in Bridgeport, W.V. has agreed to plead guilty to one count of embezzlement, a felony; and one count of conducting a fraudulent scheme, also a felony, according to an …