February 5, 2015
Insurance agent Amneris Deleon, of Wilmington, N.C., was arrested and charged with one count each of embezzlement by an insurance agent and accessing a computer to defraud or obtain property. Department of Insurance criminal investigators accuse Deleon—the owner and operator …
December 18, 2014
The former employee of an insurance company faces two years in federal prison and more than $168,000 in restitution after being sentenced on a fraud conviction by U.S. district judge in Oklahoma City. Carla Jo Mires, of Oklahoma City, was …
November 5, 2014
A North Carolina insurance agent has been charged with embezzlement and obtaining property by false pretense, the state’s Department of Insurance announced. According to the department’s announcement on Oct. 31, criminal investigators allege that Bonnie Harrell Smith, while working as …
October 24, 2014
Officials in Adams County, Mississippi are expecting an insurance policy to cover the $165,000 allegedly embezzled from its juvenile justice center. Board of Supervisors Attorney Scott Slover tells The Natchez Democrat the insurance should cover 100 percent of the loss. …
August 13, 2014
A former longtime employee of Ohio’s biggest health insurance company has been charged in federal court in Cleveland with embezzlement for diverting nearly $3 million in phony payments that he deposited into his own bank account. Joseph Satava, 69, of …
June 18, 2014
John Monreal, 45, of Santa Clarita, Calif. was arrested on May 30 by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies on 11 felony counts of embezzlement and insurance code violations after he allegedly duped multiple consumers into believing they were insured …
May 14, 2013
Michigan’s attorney general has charged the former CEO and a bookkeeper with embezzling millions from a workers’ compensation insurance-related organization. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced felony charges for Jerry Stage, 67, of New Hudson, and George Bauer, 55, of …
October 26, 2012
Former insurance agent James Henry Sim, 66, of San Diego, Calif. was sentenced to a stayed term of four years and four months in state prison, the California Department of Insurance announced on Friday. Sims was taken into custody and …
August 17, 2012
The former fire chief in Bryson City and his wife have been indicted on embezzlement charges. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that the charges filed by state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced against 44-year-old Joseph Winford Hughes inlcude embezzlement, making false …
July 6, 2012
A southern Indiana woman faces dozens of forgery and theft charges alleging that she embezzled more than $300,000 from a pet insurance company. Christina Heaven of Jeffersonville has been charged with 59 forgery and theft counts accusing her of embezzlement …