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A Virginia father was sentenced after pleading guilty to defrauding his adopted daughter and an insurance company to collect the proceeds of a $500,000 life insurance policy on his deceased wife.
Two former Ohio insurance agents indicted for alleged stop-loss scheme
Two former Ohio insurance agents and a resident agent were accused Feb. 3 in Brown County Court of Common Pleas of misleading their stop-loss insurance clients and pilfering more than $405,000 from them.
A former Maryland Insurance Administration investigator filed a $2 million civil suit against the agency, saying she was the victim of harassment and retaliation after she began dating a coworker.
Two insurance agents in Lakeland, Fla., were arrested Feb. 3 for allegedly stealing more than $422,000 from the brokerage for which they worked and from where their mother retired.
A Monticello, N.Y., man was arrested on charges of insurance fraud in the third degree and falsifying business records in the first degree.
A Lowville, N.Y., woman, already incarcerated on drug and theft charges, now faces additional charges of insurance fraud and falsifying insurance records.
A West Dover, Vt., woman pleaded guilty Jan. 12 to defrauding her insurance company of about $1.4 million between 2001 and 2006.
A dentist in Philadelphia and his daughter were indicted for allegedly defrauding insurance companies of more than $5 million with a fraudulent medical bill scheme.
Man caught being DJ must repay $27,000 in workers’ comp. payments
An Austintown, Ohio, man must repay more than $27,000 in workers’ compensation payments he received illegally.
A Red Rock, Ariz., man accused of posing as a lawyer in a $12,500 insurance scam was indicted on charges of fraud by an Arizona grand jury.

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