An insurance agent from Odenton, Md., paid a $500 fine after the Maryland Insurance Administration found evidence she violated insurance law.

A Virginia man was sentenced to almost five years in prison for his role in an investment scam that cost investors about $815,000.

A group of 36 people was accused of an alleged scheme to defraud New York insurers of more than $279 million in the largest alleged single no-fault automobile insurance fraud charge ever.

A Saratoga Springs, N.Y., businessman was accused of defrauding insureds, an insurer and New York State by enrolling at least eight ineligible business owners in a state health program and pocketing the service fees they paid him.

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 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.

A Minot, N.D., insurance agent, Alan R. Henning, 58, was sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for his role in diverting incoming insurance premiums to individuals in five countries.

A Joliet, Ill., insurance agent’s license was revoked after she admitted to forging signatures on insurance documents, according to state officials.

A group of people in Columbus, Ga., were sentenced recently for submitting fraudulent claims against their supplemental insurance policies with their insurer to fraudulently obtain more than $500,000.