A South Texas physician who pleaded guilty in a $1.4 million health care billing scam has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. A federal judge in Corpus Christi on Friday sentenced 48-year-old Dr. Roque Joel Ramirez of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …