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

Woman Sentenced to Probation for Posing as Dead Son

A Fulton County woman had a pretty bizarre way of mourning over a deceased loved one. Donna Ellis Gibbs was sentenced to 20 years of probation for a scheme which allowed her to collect an insurance payout of more than $151,000 after she posed as her dead son. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution,...

June 6th, 2012 | 4, Scandalous Schemes | Read More

Murder-for-Hire Scheme Gets Two Men Life in Prison

About a year ago we brought you the story of Asia Harris, who was fatally shot by a man who was hired by her husband. And although it can’t bring her back, Harris’ family may have gotten at least a little peace on May 2nd, when the two men pled guilty to their crimes. According to Fox News and Cuyahoga...

May 4th, 2012 | 4, Scandalous Schemes | Read More

CA Woman Staged Funerals for Money

We’ve heard a lot about people staging all sorts of accidents, but this might be a first. One California woman took fake life insurance claims over the top by not only creating the fake people to insure, but also staged their funerals. According to the Press-Telegram, a Los Angeles woman has...

March 1st, 2012 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More

VA Attorney Sentenced for Life Insurance Fraud

A Leesburg attorney has been sentenced for his role in a life insurance payout scam. According to Fairfax News, on February 24th Christopher Agresto, 36, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for carrying out a scheme to fraudulently obtain life insurance...

February 28th, 2012 | Scandalous Schemes | Read More

3 Insurance Agents Charged with $100 Million Fraud

Three insurance agents based in New York and Florida are in deep financial and legal trouble. They were charged with using straw buyers to obtain over $100 million in life insurance policies that they resold to third-party investors. According to onlinequoteinsurance.org and Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney...

February 17th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Man Arrested For Faking Death

A Virginia man was arrested on January 12th, which is only interesting because federal prosecutors say he reported himself dead to his life insurance company over a year ago. According to the Washington Post and an indictment announced Friday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern Virginia, Jamie...

January 18th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More

Son Found Guilty of Mother’s Murder

Lying in general is a bad idea. Lying to a cop is an even worse idea. Chase Boruch, however, not only lied to a cop, but lied about his mother’s death. He was in court on November 15th when he decided to tell everyone the truth. According to the Wausau Daily Herald, in opposition to what he had originally...

November 21st, 2011 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Man Charged With Poisoning Wife With Nicotine For Insurance

Some people may not know that nicotine poisoning can lead to death (this author didn’t); but apparently Paul Marshal Curry did. He is currently on trial for allegedly using it to poison his wife back in 1994. According to the Orange County Register, an Orange County judge ruled that there is sufficient...

November 11th, 2011 | s, Scandalous Schemes | Read More

Former Pastor Gets Life in Prison

In August of 2010, ex-pastor Kevin Pushia pled guilty to orchestrating the February 4, 2009 murder of Lemuel Wallace, who was picked up from his group home and shot dead in a park bathroom by an unknown accomplice. According to Reuters, Pushia was sentenced on October 17th to life in prison for ordering...

October 20th, 2011 | 2, Scandalous Schemes | Read More

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