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Former New York Insurance Broker Sentenced to Prison for $1M Fraud Scheme

A former insurance broker is going to prison for defrauding insurance companies and individual investors out of more than $1 million. U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Brian Bartz of Rochester, New York, who was convicted of wire …

Miami Agent Accused of Pocketing $476K in Homeowners Insurance Scheme

A licensed Miami insurance agent has been arrested after she allegedly obtained and transferred more than 300 homeowner insurance policies without homeowners’ knowledge or consent and pocketed nearly $476,000 from the policy premium differences in this scheme, according to a …

Florida Keys Insurance Agent Accused of Defrauding Citizens Insurance

A Florida insurance agent has been arrested after allegedly submitting a fraudulent insurance policy to Citizens Property Insurance Corp., according to a statement from Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis and the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS). Richard Joseph Girard, a …

Former Pennsylvania Attorney Given Two-Year Prison Sentence for Mail Fraud

A former Pennsylvania attorney who defrauded dozens of homeowners out of more than $69,000 has been sentenced to two years in prison. Forty-eight-year-old Susan Kevra-Shiner, who owned a company in Avoca that sold insurance policies, was sentenced by a federal …