State insurance commissioners are vowing to crack down on unauthorized health insurance plans with a campaign to educate consumers about illegal sales. In its recent meeting in New York City, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) finalized plans for …
A Hyannis man has been found guilty and sentenced to jail for working as a laborer while collecting $7,000 in workers’ compensation benefits, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced. Mark Gomes of Hyannis, was found guilty on one count of workers’ …
Joey Buttafuoco, whose 17-year-old lover became known as the “Long Island Lolita” after shooting his wife in the face, has been sentenced to a year in jail for auto insurance fraud. Buttafuoco, 48, pleaded guilty to a single felony count …
A Rhode Island man has been indicted on charges he allegedly worked as a used car broker while claiming to be injured and collecting $160,000 in total disability benefits, according to Mass. Attorney General Tom Reilly. Thomas Fratantuono Sr., of …
Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Tye Fortuna, 31, of Big Fork, Mont., was sentenced recently by Judge Michael R. Griffin in the Carson City District Courthouse after pleading guilty to felony insurance fraud. Tye Fortuna previously was a Carson …
State Compensation Insurance Fund will collect $800,000 in restitution from two former owners of a San Diego County-based construction company. The award followed their guilty plea on felony workers’ compensation insurance fraud and tax evasion charges in San Diego County …
A five-year undercover investigation into a staged auto collision ring came to a conclusion recently with the sentencing of the final attorney implicated by the joint efforts of the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division and the Federal Bureau …
Two Vancouver, Wash.-area construction companies and a Port Angeles contractor are the first to lose their registration as a result of action taken by the Wash. Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) for failure to pay workers’ compensation premiums. The …
The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed an appellate court decision and reconfirmed that deceptive advertising cannot be the proximate cause of damages under the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act (ICFA) unless it actually deceives the plaintiff. The judgment came in the …
A Toledo man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for committing workers’ compensation fraud, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. William Douglas was sentenced to 30 days jail time, two years community control, court costs and …
