PA Doc Sentenced in $1.8 Million Fraud

Temple University’s School of Medicine no doubt has a faculty that makes them very proud and has turned out a huge number of highly educated students over the years. One faculty member they probably aren’t too proud of however is a past assistant dean of medical affairs and the chairman of the...

March 30th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

PA Businessman and Former Mayoral Candidate Guilty of Insurance Fraud

After only 45 minutes of deliberating on March 7th, Bob Bolus was convicted by a Lackawanna County jury of insurance fraud and theft by deception. These charges were due to the insurance claim he submitted that prosecutors say was severely exaggerated and included damages that could not possibly have...

March 15th, 2012 | 2, Insurance Fraud | Read More

Woman Fakes Cancer Claims: Gets Probation and $94K Fine

According to TheBlaze, a Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to nine years of probation and ordered to repay almost $100,000 in insurance money that she obtained through payments of false cancer treatments for her and her husband. What a horrible thing to falsify. Back in August, Deborah Brown, 52,...

February 13th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

PA Man Facing Fraud Charge for Phantom Deer “Crash”

A PA man is facing a felony charge for filing a fraudulent insurance claim with Nationwide Insurance Company. The reason? He swerved to miss a phantom deer. According to borough Police Chief Jason Gill and The Luminary, Benjamin Stewart, 20, claimed that his 2002 Subaru Impreza was damaged in a minor...

February 8th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

PA Chiropractor Sentenced for Fraud and Assault

Back in December we brought you the story of an Allentown chiropractor who admitted to fraud and assault. He is now getting part of what he deserves. Dean Ziegler, 49, will serve almost two years in prison for defrauding insurance companies and, from an unrelated case, attacking his girlfriend and throwing...

January 27th, 2012 | Scandalous Schemes | Read More

Attorney Charged with Fraud, Perjury, Attempted Theft

A Montgomery County Pennsylvania attorney has found himself in quite a bit of hot water after authorities allege he was caught playing after filing a six figure claim for personal injuries following an auto accident. According to the press release, agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s...

January 9th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More

PA Chiropractor Admits to Fraud and Assault

An Allentown chiropractor could face up to nine years in prison when he is sentenced next month after admitting to billing insurance companies for work he never did, and in a separate case, for attacking his girlfriend at his office-home. Ziegler, who has run a business out of his residence, was charged...

December 19th, 2011 | Scandalous Schemes | Read More

Leader of “Body Shop of Horrors” Sentenced

The New Jersey man at the center of an extensive insurance fraud scam was sentenced on November 9th. Phillip Daniel Sessa, 44, was sentenced to 15 to 30 months in a state correctional facility and ordered to pay over $236,000 in restitution to insurance companies. He also received six years of probation. According...

November 15th, 2011 | Rings & Mills | Read More

Pill Slinging Ex-Pharmacist Charged with 213 Counts of Insurance Fraud

For some people, one scam just isn’t enough. A former Springfield pharmacist who pled guilty last year to federal conspiracy and unlawful distribution charges is now also facing over 200 counts of insurance fraud in Delaware County. According to the Springfield Press, on October 27th Thomas James...

November 2nd, 2011 | 4, Insurance Fraud | Read More

Fraudulent Billing in Full “Bloom” with PA Chiropractor

One chiropractor and his business: check. Not treating the patients you said you treated: check. Over $100,000 in fraudulent claims: check. Insurance fraud: check. At least that’s how it looks to the Pennsylvania A.G. who has brought fraud charges against a Bucks County chiropractor. According...

October 27th, 2011 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More

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