Three Nolan County, Texas, farmers pleaded guilty in a Lubbock federal court July 12 to filing over $540,000 in fraudulent crop insurance claims with the federal government. According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, the farmers, Keith Johnson, Michael John Massey and …
AM-KO Inc., a janitorial company providing services for the City of Dallas, entered a plea of “no contest” to a third degree felony for defrauding the Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fund (Texas Fund) in one of the state’s biggest cases …
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the sentencing of Lonnie Lee Harwell, a Sacramento man, for his alleged involvement in a nationwide scheme intended to defraud investors and the insurance industry. Harwell was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge …
CDI fraud investigators arrested a Fresno resident, Kyle Cory Bettencourt, 27, on auto insurance fraud charges on May 22, 2001 and booked him into the Fresno County Jail. Bettencourt was charged with four felony counts of insurance fraud, perjury, and …
CDI investigators arrested Martha Rodriquez of Riverside on charges of workers’ compensation fraud and perjury. Rodriquez, 37, also known as Graciela Castro, was booked into Riverside County Jail on a $5,000 felony warrant. The Riverside District Attorney’s Office, Workers’ Compensation …
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) filed an Accusation against Solo Insurance Services Inc. and its owner, Stephanie Rager, for allegedly failing to refund return premiums and properly service policies; using unfair practices; and allowing unlicensed agents to transact insurance. …
Daniel Francis Elliot, Jr., 52, of San Jose was arraigned on three felony counts of insurance fraud at the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Elliot was charged with providing false or fraudulent information to reduce workers’ compensation premiums with two …
According to a report in the Fresno Bee, state investigators and Madera County Sheriff John Anderson reported the May 15 arrest of Tracy Ann Tavares, a 26-year-old Fresno resident, on suspicion of insurance fraud related to the murder of another …
The Arizona Department of Insurance and the Arizona Corporation Commission’s Securities Division are coordinating enforcement efforts to address a growing number of cases involving the sale of fraudulent securities by misinformed or unscrupulous insurance agents. The department states that these …
The Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) revoked the insurance agent’s license of a Terrebonne, Ore., man, Brian B. Smith, for alleged violation of the state’s Insurance Code. According to the DCBS, Smith was licensed as an agent from …
