A New Orleans attorney who represented professional athletes in their workers’ compensation claims has pleaded guilty to defrauding clients out of more than $462,000. Sixty-seven-year-old Robert Hackett faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine …
A former dentist in the U.S. has pleaded guilty to fraud for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals. Michael Clair will be sentenced next Monday after pleading guilty last week in a Massachusetts court to …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported today that Marvin Solano, of Houston, pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Travis County district court ordered Solano to pay $140,038 to Texas Mutual, pay a fine of $1,000, serve 10 years of …
A Florida man who pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter in a Christmas 2007 car crash is now suing the family of one of the three people killed. The lawsuit filed by 38-year-old David Belniak of Spring Hill claims the crash …
A South Dakota sheriff’s deputy has pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft by deception for submitting fraudulent applications to an insurer. The Mitchell Daily Republic reports that Rob Hotchkiss of Delmont entered his plea Wednesday. It relates to …
A 38-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to helping her mother burn down several buildings in a small western Maine town owned by a man her mom had a falling out with. Lisa Thurston, of Gilead, pleaded guilty to arson Tuesday …
A southern New Jersey man has become the fourth person to plead guilty in a botched attempt to sink a fishing boat to collect insurance. Erik James of Goshen, Cape May County, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to destroy the …
A former Vermont fire captain has pleaded guilty to setting his wife’s home on fire to get enough insurance money for a medical procedure to allow her to become pregnant. Ralph Brown pleaded guilty to second-degree arson last week and …
A southern Illinois grain elevator operator has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges. The Belleville News-Democrat reports 47-year-old John Kniepmann of Breese in Clinton County pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud Monday in U.S. District Court in East …
A tug operator consumed by a family emergency pleaded guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter for a fatal crash with a duck boat filled with tourists, an accident he acknowledged was caused largely by his continuous use of a cellphone and …