July 23, 2007
Five contractors arrested in Lake Tahoe California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced the results of the first undercover operation stemming from the Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe. The operation took place at a residence in the disaster area that …
July 23, 2007
A Savannah doctor pled guilty to participating in a $5 million scheme to defraud Georgia health care insurance programs. Rafael G. Razuri, who was an owner of Southside Medical and Rehabilitation Center, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit health care …
July 18, 2007
Following up on a warning she issued in April, Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink is now advising Florida consumers who made annuity transactions with the unauthorized Tennessee-based National Foundation of America that the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance …
July 17, 2007
West Virginia Insurance Department officials arrested two Cabell County men earlier this month on multiple felony charges including insurance fraud, third degree arson, conspiracy and burning insured property. Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, said Richard Sturgill, 29, and Jeffery Maynard, …
July 13, 2007
North Carolina Department of Insurance officials arrested a Winston-Salem woman Tuesday and charged her with insurance fraud. Margaret Brissett, 45, was charged with eight counts of insurance fraud and is being held on a $12,000 bond. Investigators allege that Brissett …
July 11, 2007
North Carolina Department of Insurance officials arrested a Tarboro insurance agent on charges of embezzlement last month. Insurance Commissioner Jim Long said William “Billy” Michael Whitley, 51, of 4959 McKendree Church Rd. in Tarboro was arrested at the Edgecombe County …
July 11, 2007
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued a Cease and Desist Order to Great West Growth, LLC of Minneapolis, Minnesota ordering Great West Growth to cease operating as a viatical settlement provider in Florida. The Office of Insurance Regulation charged that …
June 29, 2007
An eastern Kentucky coal mine operator who lied to insurance companies about the number of employees he had was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday. Harold Simpson, who has operated mines in several eastern Kentucky counties, must also …
June 22, 2007
Thurston Little, a Corinth, Miss., businessman sentenced for his role in an insurance scam run by Martin Frankel, apparently will be allowed to serve the remainder of his federal sentence at home. Little, 74, was sentenced in June 2005 to …
June 21, 2007
Northern Kentucky residents are being alerted that an Erlanger business owner is under investigation for selling bogus auto insurance policies, according to Kentucky’s Insurance Commissioner. The Kentucky Office of Insurance said Michael Fleckinger of Amtrek Two Insurance Co. has marketed …