Zisa Request Conviction be Overturned; Another Guilty Plea in Ethan Allen Case

In order to keep you up to date on the stories we’ve reported on, here is some new information in two of the cases that we’ve discussed. Firstly, is Ken Zisa’s case; Zisa is the former assemblyman from Hackensack who is facing the possibility of serving over 17 years in prison. His sentencing...

August 21st, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

CA Body Shop Owner Arrested for Insurance Fraud

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, along with the California Highway Patrol Insurance Fraud Task Force, have served a Santa Clara body shop owner with an arrest warrant for one felony count of insurance fraud. According to BodyShop Business, the investigation involved a vehicle that...

June 21st, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | 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

NY Doctor Convicted in Medicare and Insurance Fraud Scheme

A Brooklyn surgeon has been convicted for his role in a fraud scheme that billed Medicare and numerous private insurance companies for what we’ve seen countless times: surgeries and other complex medical procedures that were never performed, the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health...

June 18th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | 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

Two Indiana Men Caught in “Accident Reconstruction” Sham

After two Indiana men were involved in an auto accident last October, where one was apparently uninsured, police say the duo came up with the brilliant plan to get that insurance coverage that was lacking. Clayton Rogers reportedly took out a policy after the fact, and attempted to re-create the...

June 4th, 2012 | Staged Accidents | Read More

Court Upholds Man’s 37-Month Sentence

A Mississippi couple, Robert Rainey, 31, and his wife Elizabeth, 30, were sentenced earlier this year on charges that came out of a scam involving insurance checks totaling over $700,000. Mrs. Rainey was sentenced to four years in prison, while her husband got barely over three years, which he argues...

June 1st, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

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

Clinic Manager Gets 5.5 Year Sentence for Role in Staged Accident Ring

May 25th was not a very good day for Oscar Luis Franco Padron. He was sentenced to five and half years in prison for PIP fraud, due to his role in several staged accidents. According to the FL PIP Guide, Padron managed several clinics and recruited patients to perpetrate the fraud. Along with his prison...

May 30th, 2012 | Rings & Mills, s, Staged Accidents | Read More

Two Police Officers Plead Guilty to Fraud Conspiracy

Two Louisiana men pled guilty today before United States District Judge Sarah S Vance to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Jim Letten. Anthony Venezia, age 34, a resident of Westwego, Louisiana, also pled guilty to one count of misprision of a felony. According to 7thSpace,...

May 29th, 2012 | Scandalous Schemes | Read More

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