April 11, 2024
Few mechanics post photos of themselves on Venetian canals, brag about buying $30,000 artworks or frequent the George V Hotel in Paris and Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. But this was the life Donnie Callaway portrayed via social media to …
March 28, 2024
A Baton Rouge, Louisiana insurance producer was arrested for insurance fraud and theft, the Louisiana State Police announced this week. The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit Baton Rouge Field Office began receiving information from the Louisiana Department of …
January 29, 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major League …
January 16, 2024
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former finance manager of a nonprofit organization that assists West Virginia disaster victims was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for the theft of $871,000 from the group. Benjamin Cisco, 31, of …
November 30, 2023
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen`s drummer, Max Weinberg, is suing the owners of a Florida car restoration company, saying they stole $125,000 by falsely promising him a like-new 1957 Mercedes-Benz and then using his money for personal expenses. …
April 14, 2023
Landstar Ranger, a transportation broker based in Jacksonville, sent a truck driver who called himself “James” to pick up cargo in Colorado for delivery to Maryland. A dispatcher authorized the pickup even though the driver’s telephone number and email address …
January 4, 2023
Previously licensed California bail agent and insurance producer Sean Wilczak, 29, was arraigned in Santa Barbara County Superior Court on three felony counts of grand theft for allegedly stealing $25,000 from three bail clients. The California Department of Insurance initiated …
December 9, 2022
Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was sentenced this week after pleading no contest to 17 felony counts of identity theft and grand theft by false pretenses. A California Department of Insurance investigation reportedly …
November 22, 2022
An Everett, Washington, man reportedly caught remodeling homes while claiming he was too injured to work has been charged with felony theft in a workers’ compensation fraud case. Terry Lee Dawson, 62, is accused of stealing more than $55,000 in …
November 10, 2022
Circle K’s deal with Green Thumb Industries to sell cannabis at some of its Florida gasoline retail locations may be a sign the industry has finally crossed any remaining mainstream barriers. Green Thumb CEO Ben Kovler told Bloomberg the deal …