A Greek shipowner orchestrated a plan for men posing as pirates to attack and set fire to his tanker, in an elaborate fraud to seek $77 million in insurance money, a London judge found. In 2011, Marios Iliopoulos lured the …
Shannon Navejas, special investigator 2 with Mercury Insurance, shares how a claim for a 2000 collector edition Ferrari valued at $188,000 went up in smoke as a result of a thorough investigation which included the use of background checks, a …
A Long Island, N.Y., woman has admitted she fraudulently collected over $18,000 in Superstorm Sandy disaster relief funds. Jena Sowinski pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of filing a fraudulent claim with FEMA. She told the court she was “very …
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Orleans says a 27-year-old man has pleaded guilty in connection with a fraudulent claim following the 2010 BP oil spill. Jordan A. Sanchez of New Orleans pleaded guilty to mail fraud on Thursday. Prosecutors …
A federal judge has agreed to postpone a sentencing hearing for a woman who pleaded guilty to submitting a fraudulent claim for money from BP’s oil spill compensation fund. Rokeisha Barrios was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, but U.S. District …