A Buckhannon, W.Va., man pleaded guilty to defrauding insurance companies by staging vehicle accidents and filing fake claims.

A former Martin County, Fla., insurance agent pleaded guilty to organized fraud concerning a Fort Lauderdale-based insurance company.

The president of a Des Moines, Iowa, staffing company pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud in connection with the defrauding of workers’ compensation insurers.

The chief executive of a bankrupt Scranton, Pa., insurance agency who pleaded guilty in connection with a $1.3 million insurance premium theft scheme was sentenced to up to 16 1/2 years in state prison.

A Snellville, Ga., elementary school teacher was arrested Sept. 10 for allegedly collecting about $12,700 in disability insurance while employed as a fourth-grade teacher.

A group of seven North and South Carolinians were arrested Sept. 8 and accused of conducting a more than $100,000 insurance fraud scheme involving staged auto accidents.

A woman, her boyfriend and her mother were arrested in Ohio in connection with an alleged arson in July that authorities say was actually an attempted insurance fraud.

A construction defects lawyer faces felony charges, including insurance fraud, for allegedly setting her house in Las Vegas on fire in October 2010 during a failed suicide attempt.

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.

Two former Springfield Township, Pa., insurance agency owners pleaded guilty Aug . 12 to pocketing more than $870,000 in insurance premiums paid by six school districts.