The Pennsylvania Insurance Department collected a record of nearly $18 million in fines and $13.4 million in restitution in 2012. The collections were from enforcement and market conduct actions, as well as 10 multi-state examinations where Pennsylvania was a lead …
The Department of Financial Regulation says the Hartford Financial Services Group has agreed to pay more than $81,000 in restitution to Vermont customers whose auto insurance claims were improperly evaluated. The department said Tuesday that it had determined that the …
A 16-year-old serial burglar who targeted Hutchinson, Kan., churches has been ordered to apologize in person to the six congregations he victimized. The apologies were part of the sentence Reno County District Judge Tim Chambers imposed Friday against Joshua Hickey, …
Jerry Buffington, 69, and Cynthia Russell, 47, have pled guilty in Kern County Superior Court to one count each of workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud and eight counts each of tax evasion and were ordered to pay restitution to California’s …
A Pittsburgh-area physician has agreed to repay two insurance companies $700,000 for covering powerful narcotic painkillers that he pleaded guilty to overprescribing to dozens of patients. McMurray physician Oliver Herndon pleaded guilty in May and is will be sentenced Sept. …
A recalcitrant drunken driver must pay $68 to replace pants that a Boise police officer ripped during a foot chase, but the Idaho Court of Appeals ruled the man doesn’t have to fork over another $1,089 for damage to a …
A judge in Nashville, Tenn., has found three Memphis attorneys in contempt of court and ordered them to repay nearly $670,000 to people who thought they were buying insurance. The Tennessean reported Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle ruled attorneys …
A former Picayune, Miss., woman has been ordered to serve nine months in prison and to repay $20,666.18 for double-dipping on disaster housing assistance after Hurricane Katrina. The Sun Herald reports Stephanie Ordogne was sentenced Wednesday on a guilty plea …
A man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 12 years is getting a $195,000 settlement from the city of Jackson, Miss. The Clarion-Ledger reports Cedric Willis had sued the city and four police officers, alleging that their misconduct led to his …
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 …