February 23, 2004
New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Camden County man, previously sentenced to 10 years in state prison for stealing more than $140,000 in Sept. 11 survivor benefits, has admitted committing additional frauds, including staging automobile accidents to …
February 23, 2004
Monterey County Sheriff’s Department arrested five businesses in one of the largest undercover insurance fraud sting operations in the history of Monterey County. Arrested were: 40-year-old David Alan Long, owner of California Automotive Tire in Salinas; 36-year-old Ossie Luis, owner …
February 9, 2004
Nev. Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that District Judge Donald M. Mosley sentenced Purificacion Lobitos, age 56, to a maximum term of 32 months with a minimum term of 12 months in the Nevada Department of Corrections, for one count …
February 9, 2004
Two Southland men were sentenced to federal prison for their convictions on charges related to a scheme in which one embezzled money from his employer and funneled it to members of his softball team. Angel Uribe, 33, of Ontario, Calif., …
January 26, 2004
The Illinois Department of Insurance fined Minnesota-based Federal Mutual Insurance Co. $30,000 and issued a stipulation and consent order for insurance code violations and/or improper claims practices cited in a department market-conduct examination.
January 26, 2004
The Kansas Insurance Department (KID), in cooperation with Sheridan County Attorney Mike Haas and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, has filed felony charges against a Selden, Kan., insurance agent. An investigation by the KID Fraud Unit led to charges against …
January 26, 2004
A Mandan, N.D., man was ordered to pay $54,679 in restitution to Workforce Safety & Insurance after pleading guilty to fraud in South Central District Court Dec. 16, according to a statement released by the North Dakota Department of Insurance. …
January 26, 2004
The Office of Georgia’s Insurance and Industrial Loan Commissioner has ordered the CEO of a chain of small loan companies to appear before Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine at a hearing to defend what the order alleges is an unlicensed lending …
January 26, 2004
Florida State Fire Marshal and insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services have arrested a local homeowner for allegedly burning her home to collect insurance proceeds. Investigators said Gari Ann Lowery-Helton, 37, formerly of Cantonment, committed arson, setting …
January 26, 2004
Nine owners or employees of California auto repair shops were arrested and charged recently with auto insurance fraud following a lengthy investigation by a multi-agency task force headed by the District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation, District Attorney Steve Cooley announced. …