The Kansas Department of Insurance’s new fraud unit announced its first prosecution. Acting in concert with the attorney general and Douglas County District Attorney Christine Kenney, the Unit has filed a 14-count criminal complaint against Rhonda Wilder. The complaint charges …
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman issued a cease and desist order against My Smart Benefits Inc., an Indiana company that administers self-funded employee benefit plans for several employers in the state. The commissioner has ordered My Smart Benefits Inc. …
The Allstate Insurance Company, Encompass Insurance and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company have filed a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) action in the Supreme Court of New York against 74 defendants, seeking to recover more than $100 million from …
Authorities in New Jersey have charged Robert Halpin, 23, of Horsham, Pa., with two counts of arson for hire, conspiracy, aggravated arson, arson to collect insurance proceeds and attempted theft by deception for conspiring with Joseph A. Cirino Jr., 32, …
A 263-count indictment, filed in Kings County Supreme Court, charges Gabriel Feldmar Ph.D., a licensed psychologist, and three psychotherapists under his employ, Brian McCarthy, Tomeka Austin and Nasim Jadoon, with conspiracy and multiple counts of grand larceny, insurance fraud and …
Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company and Encompass Insurance have filed a multi-million dollar civil complaint, under the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act against Scott Greenberg D.C., a Central New Jersey-based chiropractor and Middlesex Diagnostic Associates, a neurological testing company, …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has ordered Global Bonding, Millennium Bonding Enterprises, Robert Joe Hanson and Reve M. Pete to stop transacting surety insurance business in Georgia. Oxendine said his office has no record of these companies or individuals being …
The owner of a Tallahassee, Fla., pool construction business has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud and presenting a fake certificate of insurance. Wilbur Sellars, owner of Pro Pools Inc., surrendered to the charges and was arrested by investigators with …
Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Patrick Lee Miller was found guilty of a felony insurance fraud, making false representations to an insurance company. The matter was heard in Humboldt County’s 6th Judicial District Court before Judge Iroz. Sentencing is …
A Miami bail bondsman has been banned from the industry after pleading guilty to charges that he diverted more than $30,000 in bond premiums. Alan Staple, owner of the now defunct Staple Group Inc., doing business as Alan’s Bail Bonds, …
