A Costa Rican insurance company pleaded guilty April 20 in federal court in Richmond, Va., to a $670 million insurance fraud scheme, while its majority owner’s trial began this week.

Three men from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., were arrested Feb. 29 for allegedly cheating health insurance companies of $3 million about two years after they were charged in one of the largest alleged Ponzi schemes in history.

A West Dover, Vt., woman pleaded guilty Jan. 12 to defrauding her insurance company of about $1.4 million between 2001 and 2006.

A Stamford, Conn., man pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud more than 10 insurance carriers of about $1.7 million, according to federal prosecutors.

Two Rhode Island men, including a lawyer, were charged with allegedly stealing the identities of terminally-ill patients and elderly to obtain more than $25 million from insurance companies and bond issuers.

A former vice president at Harbor Financial, an insurance brokerage in Baltimore, Md., was indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud his clients of more than $838,350.

A Billings, Mont., businessman pleaded not guilty in federal court to allegations that he assisted a former claims adjuster to defraud a Wyoming insurance company in a fake claims scheme.

A Florida man must pay $1.5 million to two life insurance companies after being convicted of a conspiracy charge connected to his faked death on a family trip to Malaysia in October 2003.

An Orange County, Calif., financial advisor was sentenced to 10 years and one month in federal prison for his role in what officials say was a $61 million Ponzi scheme.

A Texas insurance agent could spend up to 20 years in state prison after a jury found him guilty of selling a local hospital two fake and two altered insurance policies.