A Central Valley, Calif., woman has been arrested on 33 felony counts of insurance fraud including fiduciary theft, embezzlement and grand theft for bilking unsuspecting policyholders, some of them seniors, out of their premiums, the California Department of Insurance announced. …
A Lake County, Calif., insurance agent has been arrested for allegedly embezzling money from a senior client, the California Department of Insurance reported. Glenn Neasham of Hidden Valley Lakes, Calif., was arrested on December 14 An investigation conducted by the …
A Mecklenburg County insurance adjuster has been arrested for alleged embezzlement, according to Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Shaun Brown, 32, of Charlotte, has been charged with four counts of embezzlement. Investigators allege that while Brown was employed as an insurance …
A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former Montgomery insurance executive who was once a major supplier of workers compensation insurance in the Southeast. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta issued a 3-0 decision …
As more New Mexicans feel the pinch of economic hardship, insurance fraud-related crimes are on the increase, prompting investigators with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) to investigate suspected fraud. As of July 2010, IFB had …
An attorney says two women charged in the alleged embezzlement of nearly $6 million from West Des Moines, Iowa, insurer Aviva USA will plead guilty. The Des Moines Register says William Kutmus, the attorney for Phyllis Stevens, confirmed that Stevens …
Longtime insurance agent John Doak of Tulsa has defeated former Insurance Commissioner John Crawford of Oklahoma City for the Republican nomination for state insurance commissioner. In the only statewide race on the ballot, Doak kept Crawford from returning to the …
A woman accused of embezzling nearly $6 million from West Des Moines, Iowa, insurer Aviva USA will use an insanity defense. Phyllis Stevens’ attorney, William Kutmus, gave notice in court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Des Moines. Stevens …
Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John P. Crawford and insurance executive John Doak are headed for an Aug. 24 runoff election for the spot on the GOP ticket for state insurance commissioner. The winner of the runoff election will face incumbent …
Dwayne Lequire, 51, of Elgin, Ariz., was found guilty by a federal jury in Tucson, Ariz., of eight counts of embezzling insurance premiums and one count of conspiracy, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and …