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Man Who Crashed Stolen Yacht to Pay $1.3M

A Wyoming man who stole a luxury yacht and ran it aground in Northern California has been sentenced to time served and ordered to pay $1.38 million in restitution. The San Mateo County Times reports 62-year-old Leslie Alan Gardner must …

Missouri Couple Sentenced for Fraud Involving Health Clinic

A Kansas City couple has been ordered to pay $660,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to health care and tax fraud involving a clinic they operated in Kansas City. Seventy-six-year-old Carol Ann Ryser and 68-year-old Michael Earl Ryser operated Health …

Kansas Man Sentenced on Insurance Fraud Charges, Ordered to Repay $47,685

A Sharon Springs attorney and former insurance agent has been ordered to repay $47,685 and will serve 18 months probation after pleading guilty to forgery, failing to forward an insurance premium, theft by deception and false impersonation, Kansas Attorney General …

Former Insurance Agent Ordered to Make Restitution

State regulators say a former McMinnville, Ore., insurance agent has been ordered to reimburse seven clients for $46,000 in premiums he kept instead of forwarding to insurers. The state Department of Consumer and Business Services said Wednesday its Insurance Division …

Maine Town Can Replace 1 of 3 Destroyed Cruisers

Saco’s police chief says insurance money will only cover the cost of replacing one of the town’s three police cruisers totaled when a Massachusetts woman rammed them during a chase in July. Chief Bradley Paul told the city council Monday …

Police Told to Pay for Sony Warehouse Damaged in London Riot

London police must repay the insurers of a warehouse that held Sony Corp. goods, damaged in riots that spread through the city in the summer of 2011, a judge ruled. Judge Julian Flaux said the attack on a building in …

Kentucky Man Repays Ohio City $14,000 for Working While Receiving Workers’ Comp

A Brooksville, Ky. man pleaded guilty to theft and has been sentenced in connection with working while receiving workers’ comp benefits from the city of Cincinnati. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) assisted Cincinnati, a self-insured employer, with its …

Texas Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Michael Shane Schmidt of Mineral Wells, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Schmidt to one year of deferred adjudication and ordered him to pay $2,649 …

Facebook Photos Reveal Ohio Man Fraudulently Collecting Workers’ Comp

Michael Mallory pleaded guilty in Franklin Common Pleas Court to workers’ compensation fraud after relocating and posting on Facebook photos of his work for an Arizona employer. Mallory was ordered to pay BWC $7,644.08 in restitution and investigative costs to …

Pilfered Pachyderm Statue Returned to Alabama Restaurant

Dan Robinson’s restaurant, T Burger, sits just off Paul W. Bryant Drive and isn’t immediately visible to someone traveling down that busy thoroughfare. He mounted a 250-pound aluminum elephant on the roof hoping to grab the attention of potential customers. …