October 17, 2005
A San Diego County Superior Court judge has sentenced Kevin Vint, 50, of Del Mar, Calif., to three years formal probation for conspiracy to commit workers’ compensation insurance fraud and payroll tax evasion. Vint was ordered to pay restitution of …
October 17, 2005
The managing co-owner in The Leavitt Group’s Albuquerque office has been dismissed for reported misrepresentations made in proposals to 20 current or former clients over a six-year period. The misrepresentations were made in annual insurance renewal proposals, in which a …
October 17, 2005
The California Department of Insur-ance (CDI) has arrested three suspects–Richard Contreras, 41, his wife Jun Nigh Contreras Carrasco, 42, of Fontana, Calif., and Robert Bird, 65, of La Quinta, Calif.–for insurance fraud, grand theft, conspiracy and labor code violations for …
October 17, 2005
S.D. Farm Couple Pleads Guilty to $1.3 Million Scheme: A Rapid City, S.D. couple has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government out of more than $1.3 million in farm benefits. Connie S. Finneman, …
October 17, 2005
Former Agent Accused of Taking $92,000 Joel Berg, the former owner of J.B. Williams & Co. in Weston, Fla., and Seacoast Marine Insurance Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, was arrested for allegedly misappropriating more than $92,000 in insurance premiums from more …
October 17, 2005
Man Fined For Workers’ Comp Fraud A San Diego County Superior Court judge has sentenced Kevin Vint, 50, of Del Mar, Calif., to three years formal probation for conspiracy to commit workers’ compensation insurance fraud and payroll tax evasion. Vint …
October 17, 2005
A Rapid City, S.D. couple has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government out of more than $1.3 million in farm benefits. Connie S. Finneman, 46, and David M. Finneman, 50, were both indicted …
October 17, 2005
The owners of the former MedBack chiropractic clinics in Toledo and Northwest Ohio have entered into plea agreements in federal court for a conspiracy and money-laundering scheme to defraud $4.8 million from federal and private insurers. Chiropractor Paul M. Neumann, …
October 17, 2005
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has filed a request to join a whistleblower lawsuit against AmeriGroup Illinois that accuses the insurer of defrauding Medicaid, the government health plan for the poor, as means of boosting profit. The case centers on former …
October 3, 2005
The Prosecutor’s Office has charged five St. Petersburg residents with filing false claims and defrauding two car insurance companies after a May 2004 two-car wreck in Pinellas Park, Fla. Zlatan Ramic, Alija Boskovic, Safet Beganovic, Ferida Beganovic and Izet Beganovic …