Articles By: Trace America
FL Gains 26 Arrests in Operation Sledgehammer
When I think of sledgehammers, I tend to think of Thor; but for authorities in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, they might think of staged automobile accidents. “Operation Sledgehammer,” the multi-agency investigation that has been three years in the making, resulted in the arrests of 26 people...
May 20th, 2013 | Staged Accidents | Read More
NY Nabs 8 in $2M Fraud Ring
The New York prison system had 8 more mouths to feed recently, after authorities arrested and indicted eight individuals for their roles in a $2 million auto accident insurance scam. They are each facing charges such as mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
According to the indictment and IFAwebnews.com,...
May 20th, 2013 | Staged Accidents | Read More
South FL Chiropractor Arrested for Fraud
It sounds like a story we normally write, but this time it’s much closer to home. Taking place in our own backyard, a Fort Myers chiropractor was arrested last week for paying patients to fake injuries after car crashes; all so he could rip off insurance companies.
According to investigators and NBC...
May 20th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
PA Woman, Co-Conspirator Sentenced for “Stolen” Lexus
Back in March we brought you the story of Kathleen B. Chung, the 69-year-old Philadelphia woman who took part in a car insurance scam with Kyung Soon Kim. Both participants were recently sentenced.
Chung was sentenced last week to seven years of probation for her two felony insurance fraud charges and...
May 16th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
PA Man Claims Fake Burglary, gets Charged with Insurance Fraud
A Pennsylvania man was arrested on May 9th for allegedly filing a false insurance claim from a phony burglary. Dunmore police said he came into the Police Headquarters on March 14th to report the “burglary” that happened on March 6th and ended up costing him almost $4,300 in electronics and accessories...
May 14th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
Father Charged with Murdering Son for Insurance Money
Joaquin S. Rams, 40, has been indicted on a murder charge after he was accused of drowning his 15-month-old son for the life insurance money. His trial will begin on August 5th.
According to court documents, Rams took out over $500,000 in life insurance on his son, Prince McLeod Rams, who was the cause...
May 14th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
Armin Wand receives 3 Consecutive Life Sentences for Arson, Murder
Back in September we brought you the gruesome story of Armin Wand, the man who tried to obtain insurance money by burning down his house and brutally murdering his three sons and attempting to murder his pregnant wife and their 2-year-old daughter in the process.
Sharon Wand, the badly burned young mother...
May 14th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
Indiana Woman Accused of Setting Fires, Claiming “Destroyed” Items
An Indianapolis Department of Public Works employee, Donna Fitzgerald, 48, was arrested on May 2nd on two charges each of arson and insurance fraud, both felonies. She is accused of setting a string of fires and then fraudulently collecting thousands of dollars from the insurance company.
Investigators...
May 10th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
NC Man Convicted for role in $5.3M Embezzlement Scheme
Back in September we brought you the story of an insurance embezzlement scheme that investigators say cost a North Carolina company over $5 million. The second of four men indicted for that scam has now been convicted.
Court clerks in LenoirCounty said Marvin Quinn, 56, was convicted on two counts each...
May 8th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
21 FL Residents Arrested For Insurance Fraud
Miami-Dade area investigators say over half a dozen on the state’s largest car insurers have been receiving false medical claims for staged accidents from four South Florida clinics. From those clinics, prosecutors say they have 21 people who are involved in the elaborate scams that have created almost...
May 8th, 2013 | Staged Accidents | Read More
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FL Gains 26 Arrests in Operation Sledgehammer
May 20, 2013
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NY Nabs 8 in $2M Fraud Ring
May 20, 2013
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South FL Chiropractor Arrested for Fraud
May 20, 2013
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PA Woman, Co-Conspirator Sentenced for “Stolen” Lexus
May 16, 2013
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PA Man Claims Fake Burglary, gets Charged with Insurance Fraud
May 14, 2013