Archive for the ‘Rings & Mills’ Category
$100M Crop Insurance Fraud Ring Disbanded
Dozens of people in North Carolina –including insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers, have been pegged by federal investigators as taking part in a massive scam. They say the participants stole at least $100 million from the government-backed program that insures crops.
Thomas Walker,...
March 19th, 2013 | Rings & Mills | Read More
$400M NY Fraud Scheme gets 5 more Guilty Pleas
Several New Yorkers have pleaded guilty for their roles in what is being called the single largest no-fault automobile insurance fraud scheme ever charged in New York.
According to the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, and the FBI, five defendants have pled...
February 21st, 2013 | Rings & Mills | Read More
NY Round Up Helps Fight Against Fake Crash Epidemic
More than $330,000 was bilked from insurers as a result of at least six bogus car crashes in New York.
According to InsuranceNewsNet, the Attorney General released an announcement stating that 16 individuals have been rounded up for their alleged role in the string of crashes that involved not only personal...
January 29th, 2013 | Rings & Mills | Read More
2 FL Men Found Guilty in “Operation Whiplash”
Back in March we brought you (one of many) stories of a PIP fraud ring that was disbanded. Two of the participants in that ring have now been found guilty and are scheduled to be sentenced on March 11, 2013. You can read that article by clicking here.
According to WINK News, a federal jury found Francisco...
December 19th, 2012 | Rings & Mills | Read More
Crushed Pill Mill gets 22 People Charged
Almost two dozen people were charged in federal indictments for illegally making millions of dollars by distributing prescription drugs to people in Kentucky.
According to WKYT News, five indictments were unsealed that charged 22 defendants –including five pain clinic owners and six doctors, with offenses...
August 20th, 2012 | Rings & Mills | Read More
Two CA Men Nabbed for Roles in Fraud Ring
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) put two more people in jail recently for operating an insurance fraud ring.
According to InsuranceNewsNet.com and Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, Louis Houston, 48, and Cedric Berdell Jackson Jr, 28, were arrested on several felony counts for allegedly...
July 30th, 2012 | 1, Rings & Mills | Read More
“Operation Running Man” Claims Another
Do the names Marc Kirshner or Jennifer Netter ring a bell? How about Operation Running Man? If you’ve been keeping up with his blog all those names might ring a bell.
George U. DeCarvalho, 56, is now the fourth chiropractor –and the sixth health care provider in total, to plead guilty in what the...
July 10th, 2012 | Rings & Mills | Read More
Operation “Pill Street Blues” Lands 14 in Jail
If you grew up watching Hill Street Blues, it probably conjures up images of cop cars, police badges and 80’s style moustaches. But Pill Street Blues? Now that’s a whole different issue.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently investigated into several people and raided several clinics...
June 29th, 2012 | Rings & Mills | Read More
Eleven More Including a Chiro Indicted in Florida Staged Crash Ring
Following up on a story we brought you last month about Oscar Luis Franco Padron and his part in several staged accidents, we find that eleven others also involved in those accidents have been arrested and charged.
According to a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) press release, Wifredo A. Ferrer,...
June 20th, 2012 | 2, Rings & Mills, Staged Accidents | Read More
CA Doctor, 6 others Indicted on Fraud Conspiracy
A California chiropractor and one of his office workers have pleaded not guilty to 21 felony counts that stem from an insurance fraud scheme. Those counts range from conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, insurance fraud against the workers’ compensation insurance system, conspiring to commit a...
June 13th, 2012 | Rings & Mills, s | Read More
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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
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Father Charged with Murdering Son for Insurance Money
May 14, 2013
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Armin Wand receives 3 Consecutive Life Sentences for Arson, Murder
May 14, 2013
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Indiana Woman Accused of Setting Fires, Claiming “Destroyed” Items
May 10, 2013