West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced that Kelly Cain pleaded guilty earlier this month to one felony count and one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud. Cain, 27, of Shinnston, admitted June 14 that she provided fraudulent narcotic prescriptions …
Oregon Fines Former Marsh Executive The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has fined a former executive of insurance broker Marsh USA Inc. for her role in overcharging public entities for insurance coverage. Debora A. Leopold-Hutchins, who was fined …
Oregon Fines Former Marsh Executive The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has fined a former executive of insurance broker Marsh USA Inc. for her role in overcharging public entities for insurance coverage. Debora A. Leopold-Hutchins, who was fined …
Florida officials arrested 27 people in an ongoing investigation dubbed “Operation TGIF” because of staged accidents the group perpetrated on Fridays. The ‘staged accident’ ring billed auto insurers more than $300,000 in fraudulent Personal Injury Protection claims, according to the …
Florida officials arrested 26 individuals throughout the state on charges of using fraudulent identification to gain employment. The arrests, which began Monday and continued through Thursday, stem from a joint investigation by the Department of Financial Services and the Department …
Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has revoked the license of a south Florida agent and permanently banned him from the insurance business in Florida for using his insurance license to exploit elderly Jewish Floridians. Leighton David Applefeld, 66, owned …
The former owner and president of an insurance company has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison after he was convicted on forgery charges. Jay Morris Specter, 51, of Columbia, S.C., was convicted in January on …
Four New Yorkers defrauded a health insurance company by making false claims for brain operations, sometimes for the same person on multiple occasions, authorities said. One 36-year-old Manhattan man even claimed nine brain surgeries for himself, along with his wife …
Andrea R. Renquest pleaded guilty in Harrison County, W. Va. to one felony count and one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud. Renquest, 23, of Clarksburg, W. Va., admitted May 29 that she obtained a controlled substance by misrepresentation, a felony, …
Hawaii producer’s license revoked Hawaii State Insurance Commissioner J. P. Schmidt revoked the insurance producer license of Amy Pohaiokalani Fernandez (aka Amy Pohaiokalani Waikiki and Pohai Waikiki) and fined her $20,000. Commissioner Schmidt charged Fernandez with stealing $11,737 in premium …
