A businessman in south Georgia who called his business a tax preparation site for immigrants is now facing multiple charges that he swindled clients out of thousands of dollars in workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Emmanuel Torres Cruz, 34, was arrested …
A south Florida insurance agent has been charged with absconding with more than $130,000 in premiums, leaving property owners uninsured after Hurricane Ian. Naser Al-Sweity, of Boca Raton, was booked into Palm Beach County jail this week on charges of …
The National Council on Compensation Insurance has laid down the law, requiring Florida workers’ compensation insurers to verify employees before arbitrarily charging premium for subcontractors’ exempt officers. The question now is, will insurers abide or will they choose to ignore …
Karamjit Nijjar, 57, his wife Rajinder Kaur Nijjar, 55, and their daughter Mandip Nijjar, 31, were arraigned today on four felony counts each for their involvement in a workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme after allegedly underreporting over $2.5 million in …
A California brother and sister who owned a landscaping service won’t contest charges that they duped several workers’ compensation carriers out of more than $200,000. Michael George Mello Jr., 37, and his sister Mary Catherine Rodriguez, 38, owners of Sacramento, …
A northern Michigan insurance broker accused of fleecing elderly clients out of more than $1 million has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison. Prosecutors say William Lowder persuaded clients to change their investments and put money in annuities …
A Northern California business owner has been sentenced for workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud and pay over $2 million in restitution to insurers, the California Department of Insurance announced on Wednesday. Teresa Reif, 34, of Redwood City, Calif., who originally …
A former Farmers Insurance agent from Meridian, Idaho was sentenced to up to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to diverting more than $3,700 in premium payments for his personal use. Fourth District Judge Thomas Neville suspended the …
The Utah Insurance Department’s fraud division has filed criminal charges against former insurance agent Stewart Ian Rodgers. Rodgers has been operating under the name “SIR Insurance Group Online.” The fraud division received a complaint from a Salt Lake City car …
When a Southern California family was convicted of workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud, it wasn’t due to sophisticated software, a supercomputer or even high-tech surveillance techniques. It was the result of good old-fashioned detective work, according to Maryann Lazernik, who …
