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Woman Sentenced to Three Years after Fake Cancer Claim

Woman Sentenced to Three Years after Fake Cancer Claim
If you say you have cancer and you don’t, don’t be surprised when you actually get sick and no one believes you. It’s called “crying wolf.”  Though that may sound harsh, if you keep reading, you’ll understand that it’s true nonetheless. When Jennifer Lynn Eden lifted her left sleeve to...
April 4th, 2013 | 3, Insurance Fraud | Read More

Ex Funeral Director Pays $496K in Restitution

Ex Funeral Director Pays $496K in Restitution
A former funeral director was in court on March 5th and stated his pleas for 5 counts against him. Marti Schrauben, 39, pled guilty to one felony count, and no contest to four others, for embezzling nearly $500,000 by forging dozens of death certificates. Schrauben read a short statement to the judge...
March 8th, 2013 | 3, Insurance Fraud | Read More

OH Attorney Found Guilty of Comp Fraud after Hiring Injured Worker

OH Attorney Found Guilty of Comp Fraud after Hiring Injured Worker
When you have an accident at work, you can sometimes claim it under your Workers’ Compensation benefits. After you claim it, you may have to get a lawyer to help you out in court if need be. And once that happens, if you picked a certain Ohio lawyer, you might even walk away with a job. According to...
February 12th, 2013 | 3, Insurance Fraud | Read More

FL Rabbi Arrested for Insurance Fraud Scheme

FL Rabbi Arrested for Insurance Fraud Scheme
A South Florida Rabbi has been arrested, and is facing dozens of charges, after police say he swindled two companies out of tens of thousands of dollars in false insurance claims. According to NBC News and a Miami-Dade Police arrest affidavit, Barry William Kallenberg, 60, was arrested at Miami International...
January 2nd, 2013 | 3, Insurance Fraud | Read More

Trolley Ride Causes Alleged Serious Injuries for 9

Trolley Ride Causes Alleged Serious Injuries for 9
A Philadelphia trolley ride to a casino has lead to 9 arrests and felony insurance fraud and attempted theft by deception charges for some of the hopeful high rollers on board. They allegedly claimed serious injuries after a very minor traffic accident; which was all caught on tape. According to the...
October 4th, 2012 | 3, Insurance Fraud | Read More

Deceased HI Man paid $400K in Work Comp Benefits

Deceased HI Man paid $400K in Work Comp Benefits
While receiving Workers’ Comp benefits are something meant for the living, one Hawaii man kept getting his benefit checks mailed to him for over 20 years after his death.  That alone would be embarrassing enough for the payer.  But it doesn’t end there.  According to the Feds, it seems the...
September 12th, 2012 | 3, Insurance Fraud | Read More

Canadian Police Arrest 43 from “Project Sideswipe”

Canadian Police Arrest 43 from “Project Sideswipe”
Every once in a while the stories we write about will take us to other parts of the world.  Today, we take a look at what’s happening up in America’s hat. According to the King Weekly Sentinel, the York Region of Canada recently saw over 40 arrests due to a flood of staged auto collisions...
August 22nd, 2012 | 3, Staged Accidents | Read More

WA Life Insurance Salesman Earns Several Federal Charges

WA Life Insurance Salesman Earns Several Federal Charges
A Washington financial services and life insurance salesman is now in custody and facing numerous federal fraud charges for diverting payments on a life insurance policy into a personal account, and providing false documents and fraudulent statements “to induce the sale.”  Then to top it...
July 11th, 2012 | 3, Insurance Fraud | Read More

High Quality Drama in Staged Accident

High Quality Drama in Staged Accident
Two Indiana residents are facing felony insurance fraud charges for a staged car accident that should also get them nominated for an Academy Award for their dramatic roles in the incident which ended with two involved being airlifted from the accident site and flown to the hospital. According to local...
June 15th, 2012 | 3, Staged Accidents | Read More

TN Doctor Arrested on 105-Count Indictment

TN Doctor Arrested on 105-Count Indictment
A Chattanooga doctor has been accused of running a “pill mill” and is now faced with 105-count federal indictment that includes charges from health care fraud, income tax evasion, and money laundering to using a firearm in the operation of a criminal enterprise. According to the Times Free...
May 31st, 2012 | 3, Rings & Mills, Scandalous Schemes | Read More
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