Police in Asheville, N.C., say a man involved in more than a dozen wrecks in three years is accused of deliberately causing the accidents and trying to collect insurance later. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that warrants at the Buncombe County …
The Florida Division of Insurance Fraud has announced the arrest of Dr. Douglas Price, owner of the Florida Pain Trauma and Injury Clinic in Auburndale, Fla., and three others on charges related the operation of a complex PIP fraud scam. …
A Dallas-area man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for running a staged traffic accident insurance scam since 2005. Leroy Nelson of DeSoto must also repay nearly $5 million as part of sentencing announced Tuesday. The 61-year-old …
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 …
The owner of a now defunct chiropractic clinic in Bryan has pleaded guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said. Marion Young, 42, co-owner of Private …
A Duncanville, Texas, man faces federal charges in an alleged multi-million dollar staged accident fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas reported that Leroy Nelson was arrested by federal agents on felony charges, outlined in …
Authorities announced this week that a Utica, N.Y., woman has been sentenced for her role in an insurance and health care fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York said Cynthia Morgan was sentenced by …
Felony insurance fraud charges have been filed against two people accused of staging a traffic accident in eastern Indiana that led to two women being flown by helicopter to hospitals. Katie Rene Johnson, 19, of Hartford City, and Matthew L. …
Louisiana State Police have arrested four people for allegedly staging traffic accidents in Ouachita Parish. Detectives tell The News-Star they looked into six of 20 crashes where individuals filed false bodily injury claims. Trooper says the insurance companies in two …
A Buckhannon, West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to defrauding insurance companies by staging vehicle accidents and filing fake claims. Forty-two-year-old Christopher John Thrain pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud last week before U.S. Magistrate John Kaull in …
