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Ohio Man Ordered to Repay More Than $26K in Workers’ Comp Benefits

A former Ohio man was ordered to pay more than $26,000 in workers’ compensation restitution. David Delvecchio pleaded guilty April 29 in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony, after the Ohio …

Montana Man Sentenced for Construction Fraud

A Montana man has been sentenced to over eight years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $6.5 million in restitution for taking millions of dollars in down payments on steel buildings he never completed. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy …

Oklahoma AG Secures $42,158 Restitution for Home Repair Fraud

After a four-year pursuit, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office says it has secured $42,158 in restitution from a Texas man for Oklahoma victims of home repair fraud. The office said Thursday that Randy Leroy Madewell of Danbury, Texas, was charged …

Ex-Iowa Town Clerk Guilty of Embezzlement Ordered to Pay Insurer

A former clerk for a northeastern Iowa town has been given 21 months in prison for embezzling more than $81,500 in public funds. Former Masonville clerk Christine King was sentenced in federal court in Cedar Rapids on Monday. She’d pleaded …

Ohio Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud

A Ohio man was ordered to pay more than $2,000 in connection with working while receiving workplace injury benefits. Shannon Rager pleaded guilty June 26 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a …

Former Arkansas Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Premium Finance-Related Fraud

A Mount Ida, Ark., man has pleaded guilty to money laundering and wire fraud and prosecutors say he’ll serve five years in prison followed by supervised release and must pay back more than $7 million in restitution. But federal prosecutors …

BP Seeks Restitution for Erroneous Gulf Oil Spill Payments

BP Plc has asked a U.S. judge to direct what it called a “vast number” of businesses to repay hundreds of millions of dollars it says were wrongly awarded as compensation on claims stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico …

Tennessee Counties Reported $563,000 in Unrecovered Cash Shortages

A Tennessee State Comptroller’s report has found that the amount of money stolen from Tennessee counties outpaced the amount recovered in fiscal year 2013. The Tennessean reports counties began the last fiscal year with more than $563,000 in unrecovered cash …

Tampa Clinic Owner Sentenced for Insurance Fraud

Dailin Rojas Perez entered a plea agreement and was sentenced to 24 months house arrest because of her involvement in a major insurance fraud scheme at a Tampa accident clinic, according to an announcement by Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff …

Ohio Man Must Pay $9K in Restitution of Workers’ Comp Benefits

A Ohio man was ordered to repay more than $9,000 in connection with working while receiving workplace injury benefits. Jack Barker pleaded guilty April 21 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to one count of workers’ compensation fraud and …