A former Ameriprise and GunnAllen broker-dealer will spend eight years and one month in federal prison for operating a $1.8 million investment fraud scheme.

A Greenwich, Conn., woman faces a pair of felony criminal charges after being accused of trying to trick her stepfather into cooperating with a scheme to cheat an insurer of up to $60,000.

A California man who orchestrated a $64 million Ponzi scheme promising huge returns to investors through a bond-trading program and life insurance pool to aid local churches will spend the next 300 months in a federal prison.

Four Rowland, N.C., residents face charges of federal conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud amid allegations they staged automobile accidents to collect on fraudulent insurance claims.

Chassa Marie Blue, 30; …  Read →

The head of a St. Louis, Mo., prearranged funeral service was indicted on numerous charges, including using “white-out” to change the names of beneficiaries on life insurance applications to extract …  Read →

A former broker-dealer with Ameriprise and GunnAllen Financial could spend up to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to overseeing a $1.9 million investment fraud scheme.

Jeffrey J. Southard, …  Read →

Two former Passaic County, N.J., officials were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to steer public insurance brokerage contracts.

Former Passaic City Councilman Marcellus Jackson was sentenced …  Read →

Former Passaic, N.J. Councilman Jonathan Soto was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison for accepting $44,500 in bribes for public insurance contracts in three counties.

Soto, 33, was part of …  Read →

A Rockville, Md.-based health insurance company has been linked to a federal investigation of two Washington, D.C., doctors who are suspected of charging $2.3 million for services patients never received.

A …  Read →

A former Maineville, Ohio, insurance agent pleaded guilty charges related to defrauding at least 10 victims out of nearly $5 million by getting them to invest their inheritance proceeds.

William R. …  Read →