Posts Tagged ‘Minnesota’

Lamborghini Crash Ends with Fraud Charges

Lamborghini Crash Ends with Fraud Charges
In a faceoff between a Lamborghini Gallardo and a park, the park wins it (since it has trees and light poles).  Too bad a Minnesota man didn’t think about that; and police say he lied about it later. According to InsuranceNewsNet.com, the car was entrusted to Top Gear Autoworks owner David “Superdave”...
January 29th, 2013 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More

MN Couple Can’t Pull Off Fake Crash

MN Couple Can’t Pull Off Fake Crash
An unidentified Minnesota man and his wife recently tried to pull a fast one by pretending to be involved in a car accident, but apparently he didn’t do it right.  Not only did his story not add up. According to the Post-Bulletin, the man told Olmsted County sheriff’s deputies on August...
August 27th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Repeat Insurance Fraudster at it Again

Repeat Insurance Fraudster at it Again
If you’re a Woodbury, MN police officer, then you’re probably familiar with the name Cheryl Ann Tchida. She was suspected of filing a suspicious insurance claim in the fall of 2011; but that wasn’t even the first time the cops had to deal with Tchida. Back in 2010 she reported a burglary that never...
August 17th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

MN Man Files False Insurance Claim for “Stolen” Art

MN Man Files False Insurance Claim for “Stolen” Art
Back in December we brought you the story of Jason Sheedy, who reported numerous art pieces as stolen, when in reality he had simply either sold them, used them as collateral to obtain loans, or still had them. According to a press release from the Minnesota state attorney’s office, Sheedy was in federal...
August 9th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Insurance Fraudster Not Dead, Arrested in Canada

Insurance Fraudster Not Dead, Arrested in Canada
Back in May, an Eden Prairie man pleaded guilty to an $11.5 million insurance scam. At some point afterwards, he allegedly faked his own death; fake being the key word here, since the man has now been arrested in Canada. According to the Business Journal, Travis Magdalena Scott, 34, was arrested in Winnipeg...
January 5th, 2012 | 4, Insurance Fraud | Read More

“Stolen” Art Found in Owner’s Home

“Stolen” Art Found in Owner’s Home
What do Rembrandt and Salvador Dali have in common, other than being amazing artists? Their work showed up on an Internet auction site last spring. And while that might sound like an amazing thing if you’re an art collector, it isn’t. Those pieces were reported stolen back in 2007. According to the...
December 28th, 2011 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More