Charges dropped after towing operator files suit in N.Y.
Insurance fraud charges filed against a towing company operator were dismissed Tuesday evening in Town Court. The Orange County District Attorney’s...
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46 months in jail for ex-judge in Penn. for auto fraud
Former superior court judge Michael Joyce was sentenced today in Erie’s federal court. Although he faced a maximum of 100 years...
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N.Y. man charged with false wage claim from crash
A Utica man was charged with insurance fraud after he allegedly fraudulently accepted over 26-hundred dollars in lost wage benefits following...
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Coalition urges legislators to get tough on airbag scams
State insurance legislators promised on Sunday to look into incorporating stronger sanctions into laws and rules governing airbag theft and fraud....
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Phantom auto passenger in Mass. pleads guilty to scam
A city woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to auto insurance fraud. Ligia Lara, 43, was sentenced to 18 months...
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Calif. man sentenced for filing false insurance claim
Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully announced today that Nicholas Stanfield was sentenced on February 20, 2009 by the Honorable David De...
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NC woman charged with securing policy post-crash
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Latrisha Yvette Godley, 31, 2332 Springhill Road, Greenville, after nearly four months...
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NHTSA reports fatal accidents due to missing airbags
Autoblog reports, “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reporting that 1 in every 5 fatal accidents involves a vehicle...
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Detroit cop sentenced for writing false accident reports
A Detroit police officer has been sentenced to nine months in jail for writing bogus accident reports to support fraudulent auto...
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Ind. man charged with torching his pickup
A Plumville man has been charged in connection with a fire that engulfed a pickup truck about 1½ years ago in...
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