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Ohio Work Comp Doc Sentenced for Running ‘Pill Mill’

Dr. Jean Zannoni has been sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay more than $7,500 in fines and restitution after pleading guilty to theft, attempted workers’ compensation fraud and telecommunications fraud, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ …

Judge: No Reduction in Fine, Restitution in Louisiana Man’s Death

A federal judge has declined to reduce the $1 million fine and $2 million in restitution he ordered paid by a Colorado company that admitted partial responsibility for the death of a Baton Rouge plant worker. Chief U.S. District Judge …

Former Georgia Insurance Agent Sentenced for Pocketing Premiums

A Macon insurance agent who took premiums from a nonprofit pleaded guilty in Bibb County Superior Court to one count of insurance fraud. Broadus W. Marshall Jr. was sentenced on Monday to 10 years of probation, 500 hours of community …

Former Louisiana Town Mayor Sentenced in Fraud Scheme

Former Ball Mayor Roy Hebron on Monday was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for his role as the “primary instigator” in the town’s fraudulent receipt of disaster-cleanup money after Hurricane Gustav in 2008. “I am truly sorry,” Hebron, …

Texas Workers’ Comp Fraud Convictions Announced

Two men, in separate cases, were sentenced on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported. Roberto Espericueta of McAllen must serve one year of probation and pay $3,500 in restitution to Texas Mutual. Carlos J. Macias-Arango (aka Carlos …

Oklahoma Woman Ordered to Repay Insurer $250,000

A federal judge has sentenced a Jones woman to 30 months in prison for embezzling $1.5 million from an Oklahoma City electric company where she worked as a bookkeeper. U.S. District Judge David Russell also on Tuesday ordered 50-year-old Lora …

Councilwoman Gets Jail Time for Insurance Fraud

A former Daly City councilwoman has been sentenced to six months in jail and supervised probation for insurance fraud. A San Mateo County Superior Court judge on Tuesday sentenced 56-year-old Margarita Gomez and ordered her to pay $64,000 in restitution …

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Ronaldo Martins of Irving, Texas, was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication and ordered to pay $2,850 in restitution to Texas Mutual Insurance Company as a result of his guilty plea on a workers’ compensation fraud-related charge. Martins reported …

California Bagel Company Owners Ordered to Pay Restitution

Posh Bagel owners Cheryl Lee, Jeffrey Ottoveggio, and Bruce Campbell, were sentenced in Santa Clara County Superior Court on unemployment insurance tax fraud and workers’ compensation insurance fraud counts, according to California State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. According to authorities, …

Washington Insurance Agents Lose Licenses and Must Repay Customers

Washington Commissioner Mike Kreidler has taken action against two insurance agents who misappropriated thousands of dollars from their clients, the state insurance department reported. Nancy M. Bishop, of Puyallup, has been barred from doing insurance business in Washington and ordered …