Insurance fraud

July 6, 2007 -- TRENTON – New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced today that seven people have been charged in separate indictments with stealing $82,143 from New Jersey’s unemployment insurance fund.

The indictments resulted from cooperative investigations by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Division of Criminal Justice - Major Crimes Bureau.    » read more »

July 2, 2007 -- Reno, NV – Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced today the sentencing of Richard Johnson of Incline Village on charges of insurance fraud. Johnson is the owner of Ritch’s Body Shop in Incline Village.    » read more »

BALTIMORE, MD (June 27, 2007) - Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that Jerry M. Culpepper, 57, former insurance agent and former owner of the Culpepper Insurance Agency located in the 6700 block of Belair Road, pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to felony insurance fraud. Judge John Grason Turnbull, II sentenced Culpepper to probation before judgment and supervised probation for a period of two years and ordered him to pay $13, 456.00 in restitution.    » read more »

June 26, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced today that an Essex County man has been sentenced for his role in an insurance fraud scheme.    » read more »

NYPA Deputy Counsel to resign and pay more than $34,000 in fines and restitution for claiming benefits for ineligible ex-spouse

Jun 25, 2007 -- ALBANY, NY (June 25, 2007) – New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and state Inspector General Kristine Hamann today announced the guilty plea and resignation of New York Power Authority’s Deputy Counsel Carmine J. Clemente, who stole over $21,000 from the state and his insurance carrier by continuing to claim his ex-wife on his policy even though they divorced more than seven years ago.    » read more »

June 12, 2007 -- HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Insurance Fraud Section have filed criminal charges against a Schuylkill County police officer accused of submitting a false insurance claim.

Corbett identified the defendant as Shannon A. Tietsworth, 31, of 522 East Main Street, Hegins. Tietsworth is a police officer with the Hegins Township Police Department.    » read more »

June 14, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Warren County man has pleaded guilty today for his role in a disability insurance fraud.

According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown, Mark A. Matyas, 36, of Hardwick, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge John Purcell in Warren County to a criminal accusation which charged him with third-degree insurance fraud.    » read more »

June 12, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey First Assistant Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Burlington County woman was charged today in two separate state grand jury indictments with running a criminal prescription drug ring and filing fraudulent insurance claims. Two other county residents were indicted on related charges.    » read more »

Fugitive Defendant Apprehended in Dominican Republic

June 11, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Long Branch podiatrist pleaded guilty today for billing Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield more than $200,000 for medical services he never rendered.    » read more »

June 1, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Division of Criminal Justice Gregory A. Paw announced that a Middlesex County auto body shop owner was sentenced to state prison today for his role in an insurance fraud scheme.    » read more »

June 1, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte and Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny announced today the indictments of Scott Baldwin and Joseph C. Arcidiacono for Insurance Fraud, under RSA 638:20. Both defendants are charged with providing false documentation in support of their insurance claims. Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte said: “Insurance fraud increases the cost of insurance for New Hampshire consumers. My Office will continue to actively investigate and vigorously prosecute insurance fraud cases.”    » read more »

Separate schemes defrauded state Medicaid system of more than $200,000

May 23, 2007 -- RIO GRANDE CITY – Three Starr County medical suppliers pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from the state’s Medicaid system. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) investigated the two separate cases, which were prosecuted in cooperation with the Starr County District Attorney’s Office.    » read more »

Doctor Stole Over $2 Million from Insurance Companies

May 24, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Division of Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a New York physician pleaded guilty today to defrauding insurance companies by submitting numerous false Personal Injury Protection (PIP) auto insurance claims.    » read more »

May 21, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Four family members pled guilty today to their participation in a Miami-based insurance fraud scam that diverted millions of dollars in insurance premiums, Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced. Paul Fraynd, president of Aries Insurance Company; his father, Marcos Fraynd; his brother, Saul Fraynd and sister Fannie Fraynd must pay $5.5 million in restitution to victims of their scheme.    » read more »

Fraud ring staged auto accidents to collect on insurance claims

May 18, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – A key participant in a scheme to defraud three national insurance companies has been convicted of conspiring to commit organized fraud and grand theft, Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced. Tamara Taylor, a Broward County resident, was found guilty by a Broward County jury for her participation in a staged accident ring that defrauded three major insurance companies out of more than $100,000.    » read more »