Insurance fraud

November 30, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a state corrections officer was indicted today on charges stemming from a fictitious auto insurance identification card.    » read more »

November 26, 2007 -- HARRISBURG - A former Bucks County, Pennsylvania insurance broker has been sentenced to 11 ½ to 23 months in prison with seven years consecutive probation and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution after pleading guilty to charges of defrauding four premium finance companies and the state's bureau of unemployment compensation    » read more »

Company Received More Than $4,000,000 for Services Never Rendered

BALTIMORE, MD (November 19, 2007) - Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that Guy Anthony Bell, 44, of the 2700 block of Tallow Tree Road in Woodstock, was sentenced to 27 months in jail for his role in billing the Medicaid program for more than $4,000,000 for services that were never performed. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Albert J. Matriccani, Jr. sentenced Bell to four years in jail with all but 27 months suspended, and five years probation after his release from prison.    » read more »

Aaron R. Binder of Fresno guilty of felony theft

November 16, 2007 -- HOUSTON – A Fresno man was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree felony theft, admitting to a scheme that defrauded the Medicaid program of approximately $600,000 in taxpayer funds.    » read more »

November 16, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that two Camden City police officers were indicted today on charges of official misconduct, conspiracy and insurance fraud.    » read more »

November 14, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a former Monmouth County man has been charged with stealing $99,000 through a disability insurance fraud.    » read more »

Nov. 9, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – Four members of the same family, who owned and operated a series of Miami Durable Medicare Equipment companies and Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities have each been sentenced to 57 months in prison for Medicare fraud, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced today.    » read more »

Sigifredo Flores convicted of sexually abusing patients in his care; faces additional fraud charge

November 8, 2007 -- MCALLEN – A Hidalgo County jury today sentenced licensed professional counselor Sigifredo Flores, 52, of Progreso Lakes, to 27 years in prison for sexually assaulting patients in his care. An investigation by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) revealed that Flores sexually abused two children and two adults during counseling sessions.    » read more »

11/09/2007 -- The former claims manager for an Oklahoma insurance company pleaded guilty today to five felony counts of grand larceny by fraud, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson said.

Rhonda K. Bonnewell, 37, was charged July 19 in Oklahoma County District Court after she allegedly wrote more than $12,000 in checks for insurance claims and then used those checks to pay personal debts. Bonnewell is the former claims manager for the Oklahoma Restaurant Group Self Insurance Association.    » read more »

November 7, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte and Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny announced today the conviction of Kim Falle for the crime of Insurance Fraud, relative to an automobile insurance claim.    » read more »

November 5, 2007 -- Lee Cash and Joey O’Kelly pled guilty today to charges arising out of a Ponzi scheme operated by the two men that focused on defrauding elderly individuals who thought they were purchasing insurance policies and securities. The two men entered guilty pleas before Judge Horace Johnson today in Walton Superior Court after charges were brought by Attorney General Thurbert Baker and Alcovy District Attorney Ken Wynne.    » read more »

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 5, 2007) – A Fayette County resident who worked as a claims supervisor has been charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly filing false insurance claims in the names of clients and using the money to pay closing costs and mortgage payments on his home.    » read more »

October 30, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a New Jersey woman has earned a $3,750 reward for reporting the fraudulent billing practices of a Plainsboro dentist. The presentation of the reward was one of many events marking October as “Insurance Fraud Awareness Month.”    » read more »

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 30, 2007) – Three Jefferson County, Kentucky residents were indicted Oct. 23 on insurance fraud charges after allegedly filing inaccurate payroll data with a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, resulting in an underpayment of more than $268,000 in premiums.    » read more »

October 25, 2007 -- CHESTER - A Delaware man was arrested today for setting fire to his 2003 BMW in an alleged attempt to collect more than $47,000 in insurance money to pay off his vehicle.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett identified the defendant as Lewis Strand, 41, of 4 Little Circle, Middletown, Delaware.10-25-07 Lewis Strand PIC

"Fraudulent claims are a driving force behind the increased cost of insurance," Corbett said. "My office is committed to prosecuting any and all individuals who knowingly swindle insurance companies out of money."    » read more »