December 5, 2005
A former Beverly Hills, Calif., insurance broker has been arrested and charged with one count of grand theft after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigation Division. CDI Investigators arrested Gregory Starrett Williams, 53. If convicted, he …
December 4, 2005
A San Diego County Superior Court has sentenced Valley Center, Calif., businessman John Presley to three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $37,669 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund, which insures his business. Presley, 55, is …
November 21, 2005
Brian, Brad and Dean Shecht-man, cousins who allegedly swindled more than 1,200 elderly victims out of millions of dollars in a bait-and-switch insurance scheme are in the limelight again as details surface about a plea-bargain in which they received light …
November 21, 2005
Workers’ compensation fraud is one of a handful of charges being leveled by the Florida State Attorney’s Office against Amir H. Khimani, owner of the Crossroads Motor Lodge in Lakeland, Fla. Killings, arson and price-gouging charges had been filed against …
November 21, 2005
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced Richard Custer Jr. was sentenced Oct. 12 on one felony charge of making a false statement to the Workers’ Compensation Commission. Custer, of Marshall County, attested on an application for coverage filed …
November 21, 2005
Three Mississippi residents have been accused of making false claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Hur-ricane Katrina relief funds. Dunn Lampton, U.S. Attorney for the southern district of Mississippi, told the Meridian Daily News that Bryan Michael Beets …
November 21, 2005
Three suspects have been arrested following an 11-month investigation by the California Department of Insurance of an auto insurance fraud ring that targeted car rental and insurance companies for fraudulent automobile damage claims. On Oct. 6, 2005, a 75-count complaint …
November 21, 2005
A Metropolitan Transportation Authori-ty (MTA) bus driver has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation insurance fraud after an investigation by the California Depart-ment of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division. Renee Terri Henderson, 40, of Marina Del Rey, Calif., was found to have …
November 21, 2005
The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has reported it has successfully prosecuted a man for auto insurance fraud. Kahala resident Roque Lindow pleaded guilty to three cases of insurance fraud and one case involving firearm charges. …
November 20, 2005
Brian, Brad and Dean Shecht-man, cousins who allegedly swindled more than 1,200 elderly victims out of millions of dollars in a bait-and-switch insurance scheme are in the limelight again as details surface about a plea-bargain in which they received light …