A Long Island, N.Y., doctor has been acquitted of participating in a $275 million scheme to defraud no-fault auto insurers. Joseph Vitoulis had been accused of acting as the straw owner of a medical clinic. He allegedly ordered phony treatments …
A Newark, N.J., police officer has admitted filing a false insurance claim after his vehicle was declared stolen and found torched. The Essex County prosecutor’s office says Johnathan R. Taylor pleaded guilty last Friday to insurance fraud. The 42-year-old Plainfield …
A Florida clinic owner is facing up to 75 years in prison for being involved in a scheme to fraudulently obtain medical payments under the state’s no-fault auto insurance law. State investigators said they found that David Rodriguez Lopez was …
A 40-year-old woman has been arrested in the sale of more than 300 bogus auto insurance policies to Detroit, Mich.-area drivers. The Wayne County sheriff’s office says Timmica Morton was arraigned on charges that she used a computer to commit …
A former code enforcement officer in Natchez has been sentenced to two years’ probation for insurance fraud. The Natchez Democrat reported that 58-year-old Willie B. Jones was sentenced this past week by Circuit Judge Lillie Blackmon Sanders. Sanders also ordered …
With the aim of battling auto insurance fraud, Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has launched an anti-fraud task force – Fighting Auto Insurance Rip-offs (FAIR) – that involves Michigan State Police, prosecutors, state officials and industry leaders. In an …
A federal judge has sentenced a 55-year-old Utica, N.Y., man to nearly two years and prison and ordered him to help pay $1.4 million in restitution for his role in staging vehicle crashes for insurance money. Judge Norman Mordue has …
Six defendants in a case involving an automobile accident insurance fraud scheme in Louisiana have pleaded guilty, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced. The pleas were heard by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. on July 22, the day …
A 35-year-old D’Iberville, Mississippi, man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay over $6,000 to Nationwide Insurance Co. for defrauding the company on medical bills involving claims on two auto accidents. Circuit Judge Lisa also ordered James Eric …
Federal authorities say a 67-year-old central New York man has been sentenced for his role in staging a motor vehicle crash to collect insurance money. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Joseph Demme of Whitesboro was sentenced Tuesday in federal court …
