Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A former state employee in Maryland has pleaded guilty in separate cases involving insurance fraud and felony theft. According to Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, the charges against Shanell Angelia West, of Essex, Maryland, stemmed from her actions during …

Pleadings 103

Pleadings Insurance 103

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A Missouri farmer who appears in a reality TV show about his family’s farming operation pleaded guilty this week to a multi-million dollar fraud scheme involving federal crop insurance benefits. McBee, 52, waived his right to a grand …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings Insurance 105

Insurance Journal

APRIL 21, 2025

A south Florida insurance broker is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty last week to a $134 million scheme that fraudulently enrolled thousands of people in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans. Dafud Iza, 54, of Pembroke Pines, signed a plea …

Pleadings 91

Pleadings Insurance 91

Insurance Journal

MARCH 30, 2025

A notorious public adjuster, already in prison for scamming Louisiana and Texas residents out of insurance proceeds, last week pleaded guilty to defrauding Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. and a Georgia church out of millions of dollars after the church was …

Pleadings 100

Pleadings Insurance 100

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Seven people in South Carolina pleaded guilty this week to a scheme to defraud Aflac Insurance and other insurers out of more than $70,000 by making false claims with forged documents. But they won’t be going to prison. The South …

Pleadings 96

Pleadings Insurance 96

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 6, 2025

A former insurance agent plead guilty to stealing premium from a premium finance company. Formerly licensed insurance agent Tonja Van Roy, 59, who currently resides in Las Vegas, but operated an insurance agency based in Northridge, California, pleaded guilty today …

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Insurance Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 21, 2024

Two Russian nationals pleaded guilty to their roles in ransomware attacks in the US, Asia, Europe and Africa for a notorious hacking gang known as LockBit. Ruslan Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev admitted they helped to deploy the ransomware variant, which …

Pleadings 110

Pleadings 110

Insurance Journal

JULY 25, 2024

has completed an agreement with the US government to plead guilty to criminal conspiracy in connection with two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jetliner, setting the stage for a possible courtroom confrontation with relatives of those who …

Pleadings 111

Pleadings 111

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

A carpet-cleaning claim and a fake theft of a Hyundai has led to guilty pleas for two people for insurance fraud in Washington. Seattle resident Jason Weisfeld of Federal Way, Washington, and Fedaa Shakir, both pleaded guilty to submitting false …

Pleadings 76

Pleadings Insurance 76

Insurance Journal

JULY 10, 2024

The New Jersey Democratic power broker charged with racketeering by the state attorney general pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he threatened people whose properties he sought to take over and orchestrated tax incentive legislation to benefit organizations he controlled.

Pleadings 105

Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced an Arkansas City woman has been sentenced to 18 months of probation for insurance fraud. Misty Jane Dial, age 33, pleaded guilty in the District Court of Cowley-Arkansas City on July 9 to one …

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Insurance Pleadings 104

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 5, 2024

Three suspects pleaded guilty to insurance fraud in May and June after investigations by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit. The fraud cases included a suspect from Qatar who had been on a most wanted list since 2013, …

Pleadings 64

Pleadings Insurance 64

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2024

William Berg, an insurance producer and former financial advisor from Waukee, Iowa, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty in federal court to wire fraud and money laundering charges. In addition to his prison sentence, …

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Insurance Pleadings 114

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 22, 2024

A former West Virginia volunteer fire official is awaiting sentencing after he admitted to setting fire to his home, filing an insurance claim, and using the fire department’s credit card for personal gain. Ennis, 43, of St. Albans, …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings Insurance 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 12, 2024

AP) — A sitting Tennessee sheriff pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he illegally profited from the work of jail inmates under his supervision and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without … MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)

Pleadings 102

Pleadings Insurance 102

Insurance Journal

JULY 11, 2024

An Iowa woman was sentenced on July 2, 2024 after pleading guilty to Tampering With Records (Aggravated Misdemeanor) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Sarah Rahm, age 39, of Bondurant made willful misrepresentations regarding her pet’s …

Insurance 105

Insurance Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A Florida car dealer is awaiting sentencing after he pleaded guilty to rolling back the odometers on at least three vehicles by thousands of miles. Drew Mitchell Schreiber, owner of Central Florida Automotive Group, in Winter Garden, admitted that he …

Pleadings 98

Pleadings Automotive Insurance 98

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, now in federal prison, has surrendered his law license after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The Georgia Supreme Court, in a brief decision on Tuesday, accepted Oxendine’s …

Insurance 104

Insurance Pleadings 104

Insurance Journal

JUNE 10, 2025

The Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO), a division of the Texas Department of Insurance. announced three investigations that have led to guilty pleas: James Levorn Rias pleaded guilty to a first-degree murder charge following a May 2024 fire in …

Pleadings 67

Pleadings Insurance 67

Insurance Journal

APRIL 1, 2025

A Kentucky farmer is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal crop insurance program of almost $1.5 Robert Thomas Hunt, of Taylor County in central Kentucky, asked grain haulers to sell his soybean, corn and wheat under …

Pleadings 63

Pleadings Insurance 63

Insurance Journal

MAY 23, 2025

An insurance brokerage executive in California will plead guilty to breaking federal campaign laws by making contributions illegally to a joint fundraising committee, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Central District of California office. The DOJ charged Teena Maria …

Pleadings 69

Pleadings Insurance 69

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

A Missouri woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a brazen plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale.

Pleadings 97

Pleadings Insurance 97

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A 44-year-old South Carolina man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to an auto insurance fraud scheme that targeted elderly drivers in parking lots. In 2020 through 2022, Cornelius Jones, 44, of Lake City, would …

Insurance 98

Insurance Pleadings 98

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

A Missouri farmer who appears in a reality TV show about his family’s farming operation pleaded guilty this week to a multi-million dollar fraud scheme involving federal crop insurance benefits. McBee, 52, waived his right to a grand …

Pleadings 98

Pleadings Insurance 98

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 21, 2024

A 56-year-old former Washington State meter reader who claimed she was so traumatized from a workplace dog attack that she fainted at the sight of dogs has pleaded guilty in a workers’ compensation fraud case. According to a Washington State …

Pleadings 79

Pleadings 79

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 10, 2024

An Iowa woman pled guilty to one count of presenting false information to an insurer over an alleged fraudulent injury at a casino, following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Tonya Weber, age 35, of Marshalltown, pled …

Pleadings 98

Pleadings Insurance 98

Insurance Journal

JULY 14, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in prison after Oxendine pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, plus three years supervised release after his sentence …

Pleadings 112

Pleadings Insurance 112

Insurance Journal

MAY 21, 2025

The owner of a San Jose-based security company was sentenced after a California Department of Insurance investigation reportedly uncovered a multiyear scheme to underreport payroll and avoid paying workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Raul Chavez, 40, pleaded guilty to felony premium …

Pleadings 91

Pleadings Insurance 91

Insurance Journal

MARCH 12, 2025

The former CEO of Magellan Diagnostics pleaded guilty on Monday to a criminal charge related to a malfunction in the company’s lead-testing devices that produced inaccurately low results for tens of thousands of patients. Amy Winslow was the last of …

Pleadings 72

Pleadings 72

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A Maryland woman pleaded guilty to defrauding USAA Insurance out of more than $58,000 in water damage claims by using faked invoices and photos. She was sentenced this week to five years in prison, but a judge suspended all but …

Pleadings 107

Pleadings Insurance 107

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Six months after a North Carolina captive insurance firm for nursing homes around the country accused its managers of poaching proprietary software and forming a competing management company, a federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit. “Plaintiffs have pleaded no factual …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings Insurance 105

Insurance Journal

APRIL 14, 2025

An Idaho man pleaded guilty to one count of felony insurance fraud for diverting fiduciary funds for personal use. of Twin Falls, pleaded guilty to one count of felony insurance fraud for diverting fiduciary funds that … Johnny Mateo Robles, Jr.

Pleadings 63

Pleadings Insurance 63

Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

The ABA Task Force on Legal Needs Arising out of the 2020 Pandemic identified practice areas experiencing rapid growth in demand since 2020, including family law, insurance, data privacy, cybersecurity, labor and health law. Increasing complexities in a number of industries are creating the need for high-value legal expertise.

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Technology Case Management Pleadings Legal Services 355

Insurance Journal

MAY 22, 2025

A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking cloud-based education software provider PowerSchool and stealing data pertaining to millions of students and teachers that hackers used to extort the company and school districts into paying ransoms. Matthew Lane, …

Pleadings 52

Pleadings Education 52

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 22, 2024

A scrap metal dealer with a Virginia shop pled guilty this week to theft and tax charges related to his participation in a multi-state catalytic converter theft conspiracy. According to court documents, Theodore Nicholas Papouloglou, 45, used his business, DG …

Pleadings 105

Pleadings 105

Insurance Journal

APRIL 15, 2025

A former Massachusetts State Police trooper has agreed to plead guilty to his role in an alleged conspiracy to falsify records by giving passing scores to certain commercial driver’s license (CDL) applicants even if they failed the CDL test or …

Pleadings 59

Pleadings 59

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A former New York City Fire Department chief pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others solicited tens of thousands of dollars over two years to give preferential treatment in scheduling safety inspections. Brian Cordasco, …

Pleadings 59

Pleadings 59