Texas Department of Insurance Fraud Unit opened investigations into more than 550 insurance fraud cases in 2013. More than $10.3 million in insurance fraud was identified in criminal cases referred for prosecution in 2013, the department said. Court-ordered restitution for …
A Travis County court sentenced Melody Tendayi of Austin, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported earlier this week. The court sentenced Tendayi to five years’ deferred adjudication and 150 community service hours. It also ordered …
A Ohio woman was ordered to repay more than $32,000 in connection with working while collecting workplace injury benefits. Laura Brown pleaded guilty April 9 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony. “Ms. …
A Ohio man was ordered to pay more than $30,000 in restitution for working while collecting workplace injury benefits. Dale Richards pleaded guilty March 12 to workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony, after an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of …
A Ohio man was ordered to pay more than $5,000 in restitution for working while collecting workplace injury benefits. Investigators with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation caught Daniel Verlinger on camera as they posed as customers of his shoe …
Travis County district courts sentenced two men, in separate cases, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The men collected a combined $9,928 in benefits they were not entitled to, according to an announcement by Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Jose Rodrigo Ramirez-Valdez …
A former Nampa City Council member has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and 12 years of supervised probation for insurance fraud. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports that terms of the sentence given to Bob Schmidt on Tuesday in 3rd …
A 54-year-old Dolores man who started a wildfire that prompted evacuations in southwest Colorado has been banned from ever using fire again. The Cortez Journal reports Roger Stratton was sentenced Thursday to five years of supervised probation that bars him …
New York officials say they’ve reached a settlement with Markel Insurance Co. that will result in $2.75 million in restitution to college students who were overcharged for insurance. The Attorney General’s office and Department of Financial Services say the health, …
An Ohio man was sentenced and repaid more than $19,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. Harry Livingston pleaded guilty Oct. 31 to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree …