A federal judge has ordered jailed Ala. outdoorsman Edmond H. “Eddie” Smith IV to pay more than $1 million to an insurance firm that accused him of filing a bogus post-Hurricane Katrina damage claim for a riverfront mansion near Mobile. …
A Massachusetts contractor has been arrested on a felony fraud charge related to Hurricane Katrina recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Daryle Arthur Jager, 47, of Somerville, Mass., is accused of taking $7,000 from a Diamondhead woman, failing to do …
Neb. man sentenced for charging insurers for bogus auto glass repairs The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced in October that James Almond III, dba Viking Glass, was sentenced by District Court Judge Thomas Otepka on three felony counts of insurance …
A Crestview, Fla., couple is facing felony charges stemming from the suspicion that they intentionally set their home on fire. Zachary Lee Dalton and his wife Kellie Elizabeth Hahn, both 24, were arrested Oct. 31 by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s …
Three Jefferson County, Ky., residents were indicted on insurance fraud charges after allegedly filing inaccurate payroll data with a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, resulting in an underpayment of more than $268,000 in premiums. The trio formed a second company, placed …
North Carolina Insurance Department enforcement officials arrested three Jacksonville women on charges stemming from allegations that they were involved in a drunk driving accident and falsified an auto insurance claim worth almost $3,600. Kathleen Ann Schuckers, 55, was arrested for …
Washington Man Sentenced for Defrauding Workers’ Comp System Willard Leech of Bellingham, Wash., has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and 12 months of community supervision for illegally collecting workers’ compensation wage-replacement benefits while working at another job. Leech, …
N.C. Insurance enforcement officials arrested a Wake County woman, charging her with one count of obtaining property by false pretense. Seung Yon Yu Johnson, of Raleigh was processed at the Guilford County jail and released under a written promise to …
Kentucky officials arrested a Fort Mitchell, Ky., man after being charged with issuing fake insurance cards and accepting premiums from 43 individuals for fake auto insurance. The Oct. 4 arrest of Michael Leroy Fleckinger, 28, came after a three-month investigation …
North Carolina officials arrested two individuals on charges of insurance fraud and automobile title fraud this week. Andrea Martinez Hernandez, 33, and Octavio Telles Segura, 30, allegedly share three Elizabeth City, N.C., addresses but are believed to actually reside in …
