May 1, 2013
A crackdown on auto insurance fraud in Lawrence, Mass., prompted by the death 10 years ago of a great-grandmother in a staged accident has saved the city’s motorists $68 million in premiums, and hundreds of millions more across Massachusetts, according …
April 30, 2013
The owner of a now defunct chiropractic clinic in Bryan has pleaded guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said. Marion Young, 42, co-owner of Private …
February 15, 2013
Authorities announced this week that a Utica, N.Y., woman has been sentenced for her role in an insurance and health care fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York said Cynthia Morgan was sentenced by …
February 6, 2013
The North Dakota Senate is considering a bill that would clamp down on who can access information from a crash report, putting it at odds with news outlets that contend the information should be available to the general public. Under …
February 6, 2013
A 66-year-old central New York man has been sentenced to 21/2 years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.4 million for staging a car crash to collect insurance. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Syracuse says Joseph Dellerba …
January 24, 2013
A Bryan, Texas, chiropractor has entered a plea of guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, according to United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Chase Lindsey, 34, is the co-owner of …
June 21, 2012
An Erie, Pennsylvania, man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for heading a fraud ring that staged auto accidents to collect about $37,000 from insurance companies. The Erie Times-News reports 38-year-old Edgar Rodriguez was sentenced to six to 23 months …
May 24, 2012
A Buckhannon, West Virginia man who admitted to defrauding insurance companies by staging vehicle accidents and filing fake claims will spend 18 months in prison. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey sentenced 42-year-old Christopher John Thrain earlier this week on …
May 22, 2012
Teddy Marks, 41, of Morgan Hill, Calif., who the California Department of Insurance is calling a “key figure” in an organized auto insurance fraud ring, has been arrested on two felony counts of insurance fraud and one felony count of …
March 1, 2012
Authorities are describing the takedown of a massive auto insurance fraud ring in New York the largest of its kind involving New York’s no-fault law. The fraud scheme involved 10 licensed medical doctors, three personal injury lawyers, thousands of patients, …