A Shreveport, La., police officer and two others were arrested and each charged with one count of insurance fraud for allegedly misreporting a stolen vehicle and burning it for insurance money.

Eight people in Louisiana were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from an alleged staged crash ring operating for up to seven years.

An independent insurance agent from West Monroe, La., was arrested July 6 by Louisiana State Police after he allegedly failed to remit $12,884 in premium payments and other insurance law violations.