January 22, 2014
A Texas lawyer being sued by oil giant BP over allegations that he falsely claimed to represent thousands of deckhands who lost money in the 2010 Gulf oil spill has asked a federal court to delay the lawsuit while a …
December 16, 2013
Attorney General Jim Hood says three Biloxi, Miss., residents have been arrested and charged with insurance fraud. Hood’s Friday news release said 47-year-old Rosemary Henderson, 38-year-old Lavon Donnell Cherry and 30-year-old Johnny Lewis were arrested Thursday by investigators with the …
November 8, 2013
Amnesty International accuses Nigeria’s biggest petroleum producer, Shell, of manipulating oil spill investigations and documents in cases where the rights group says the company has wrongly reported on the cause and volume of pollution devastating the Niger Delta and made …
November 8, 2013
A northwest Iowa business owner has been charged with filing false claims with the U.S. Postal Service on insurance meant to cover damage to shipped packages. A document filed Monday in U.S. District Court charges Jed Dykstra, of Sibley, with …
November 6, 2013
A northern New Jersey chiropractor has admitted he improperly received more than $89,000 by having his staff submit false documentation to insurance companies. Joseph Salomone of Nutley pleaded guilty Monday to health care claims fraud. He faces four years in …
October 16, 2013
A South Texas physician has been indicted as part of a criminal complaint that contends he fraudulently billed for more than $1.4 million. Prosecutors said Monday that Dr. Roque Joel Ramirez submitted claims for patients who had previously died. He’s …
October 16, 2013
A Kansas City couple has been ordered to pay $660,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to health care and tax fraud involving a clinic they operated in Kansas City. Seventy-six-year-old Carol Ann Ryser and 68-year-old Michael Earl Ryser operated Health …
September 17, 2013
Yarden Lee Bracero, 39, a former Allstate employee in Jacksonville was convicted for diverting claims payments for her own personal use, according to an announcement by Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. Bracero pled guilty to one count of scheme …
September 11, 2013
A 49-year-old New Iberia woman will spend the next 18 months in federal prison for submitting fraudulent damage claims to federal officials after hurricanes in 2005 and 2008 and receiving more than $24,000. U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley says Valerie Benjamin …
July 24, 2013
Lance Armstrong, the former champion cyclist, asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming he defrauded the U.S. by using banned substances in violation of his team’s contract with the U.S. Postal Service. Armstrong, in papers submitted yesterday in …