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#1 How One Florida Engineer Charged Others With Fraudulent Insurance Reports, Testimony

Sep 3 2024 // He’s been called a “do-gooder,” a “troublemaker” and a whistleblower. And he may be the best friend the Florida property insurance industry has.A mechanical engineer based in Edgewater, George...

#2 How Technology is Combating Insurance Fraud

Feb 19 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.We recently wrote in great detail about the different types of insurance fraud, including how to go about committing each type (just for informational purposes, of...

#3 Sotheby’s, Russians, Theft: Insurer Must Defend in High-End Miami Realty Suit

Feb 23 2024 // In the glittering world of high-end south Florida real estate, One Sotheby’s International Realty is known as one of the biggest players in the market. This month, the firm is handling the rental of NBA superstar...

#4 Vintage Ferrari Owners’ Favorite Mechanic Charged With Theft, Fraud

Apr 11 2024 // Few mechanics post photos of themselves on Venetian canals, brag about buying $30,000 artworks or frequent the George V Hotel in Paris and Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.But this was the life Donnie Callaway portrayed via...

#5 Murdaugh Sentenced to 40 Years for Stealing Insurance, Other Funds from Clients, Firm

Apr 3 2024 // CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit instead of the suit he used to wear, shuffled into a courtroom Monday in South Carolina and was sentenced to 40 years in federal...

#6 Old Damage, New Claim: Davies Risk Head Notes Rise in ‘Soft Fraud’ in Southeast

Dec 3 2024 // With multiple hurricanes rocking Florida and other parts of the Southeast this year, claims professionals have said they are seeing a trend toward “soft fraud,” with more policyholders attempting to include...

#7 New York AG, Trump Attorneys Agree to Changes in $175M Bond in Civil Fraud Case

Apr 23 2024 // Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and the New York attorney general on Monday agreed to changes in the terms of the $175 million surety bond Trump secured with Knight Specialty Insurance Co. (KSIC).Attorney General...

#8 Appellate Judges Skeptical of New York Civil Fraud Case Against Trump

Sep 27 2024 // Appeals court judges signaled skepticism on Thursday toward the civil fraud case brought by New York state against Donald Trump as the former president asked them to toss a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against him...

#9 Attempted Bribe Doesn’t Stop Jurors From Convicting Defendants in $40M Fraud Scheme

Jun 10 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million from a program that was supposed to feed children during the...

#10 Facebook, Nvidia Ask Supreme Court to Spare Them From Securities Fraud Suits

Nov 4 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider bids by two tech giants – Meta’s Facebook and Nvidia – to fend off federal securities fraud lawsuits in separate cases that could make it harder for private litigants to...

#11 ANALYSIS: Trump’s Appeal of Civil Fraud Verdict May Hinge on ‘No Victims’ Defense

Feb 22 2024 // Donald Trump’s planned appeal of a $355 million judgment against him in his civil fraud case may focus on the former president’s contention that there were no actual victims from his conduct at issue in the...

#12 Trump Avoids ‘Corporate Death Penalty’ in Civil Fraud Case, But Business Still Slammed

Feb 20 2024 // Donald Trump won’t face the corporate death penalty after all.A New York judge on Friday spared the ex-president that worst case punishment as he ruled in a civil case alleging Trump fraudulently misrepresented...

#13 Miami Retirement Fund Class Action Alleges Globe Life Officers Concealed Fraud

May 3 2024 // After an investment research firm dropped a bombshell last month and sent shares of Globe Life Inc. plunging by 53%, the insurance company denied the allegations that officers had concealed fraud and sexual harassment...

#14 Citing Immunity Law, Judge Tosses Body Parts Theft Claims Against Harvard

Feb 13 2024 // A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has dismissed negligence, infliction of emotional distress and other claims against Harvard and the operators of its medical school’s anatomical gift program by relatives of...

#15 Screwber and Fake GPS: The $40 Million Dollar Ridesharing Fraud Scheme

Aug 30 2024 // Two men have been charged with conducting a six-year scheme in which they allegedly scammed a ridesharing company and customers out of $40 million in fraudulent “surge” fees by selling hacked smartphones and...

#16 Property Owner Sued for Negligence in Hiring of Worker With Criminal Record

Apr 24 2024 // April Hurley’s attacker entered her apartment after identifying himself as the building maintenance man — a job he should never have obtained, according to a lawsuit filed Monday that accuses the property owner and...

#17 Assistant Principal Faces Criminal Charge in Case of 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher

Apr 12 2024 // A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been charged with felony child neglect more than a year after a 6-year-old boy brought a gun to class and shot his first-grade teacher.A special grand jury...

#18 Norcross Defense Team Pans Racketeering Case as ‘Crime Thriller With No Crime’

Sep 26 2024 // Lawyers for New Jersey insurance executive and political power broker George Norcross III say the state’s 111-page indictment against him and others for alleged racketeering is a “crime thriller with no...

#19 Fleming Files Lawsuit Against James River, Alleging Fraud During JRG Re Acquisition

Jul 17 2024 // Fleming Intermediate Holdings filed a lawsuit against James River Group Holdings Ltd., alleging it had been defrauded during its $300 million acquisition of JRG Reinsurance Co.Once the deal agreement was signed in November...

#20 New Talc-Related Class Action Lawsuit Goes After J&J for Fraudulent Conveyance

May 22 2024 // With recent news that Johnson & Johnson is going forward with a third bankruptcy plan of a subsidiary to settle tens of thousand of lawsuits that its talc products cause cancer, a class-action lawsuit was filed today...