Seven of the 14 people charged in an alleged $500,000 state health insurance fraud scheme in Mississippi intend to go to trial, even though eight of those charged have already pleaded guilty.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. will pay $2 million to Connecticut to settle allegations that it paid brokers to rig insurance bids.

An Irvine, Calif., physician was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a $15 million health care fraud scheme targeting senior citizens and those with mental illness.

The owner of a now closed Newark, N.J., mental health and substance abuse counseling center is facing three counts of fraud, accused of collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars through improper Medicaid claims.

The former mayor of Niles, Ill. will serve one year and one day in prison after admitting to accepting $421,000 in kickbacks to drive business to a local insurance firm.

A total of 30 people in three cities were charged for their alleged roles in schemes to file more than $61 million in false Medicare claims, federal authorities said.

Agents and brokers at more than two dozen insurance agencies in Western and Central New York were fined as much as $5,000 each after accepting gift cards in return for recommending two specific glass shops to their customers. Another agent had his insurance license revoked.