Bel Air, MD
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Scheming Mechanic Who Used One Scam To Pay Off Another Gets Prison Time, Maryland AG Says Scheming Mechanic Who Used One Scam To Pay Off Another Gets Prison Time, Maryland AG Says Scheming Mechanic Who Used One Scam To Pay Off Another Gets Prison Time, Maryland AG Says
Scheming Mechanic Who Used One Scam To Pay Off Another Gets Prison Time, Maryland AG Says it didn't take long for a mechanic working at a Maryland auto dealership to scam customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now he will be heading back to prison, according to the state Attorney General. Parkville resident Kenneth Wayne Collins III, 35, who was only employed at a Bel Air car dealership in Harford County between January and November 2018, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with all but four years suspended, after he admitted to a theft scheme after he made 260 fraudulent claims for fake mechanical repairs that were issued by three insurance companies. In t…

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by Zak Failla
Edison, NJ
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NJ Woman, 72, Indicted For Using Dead Caregiver's Info To Keep Collecting Insurance Payments NJ Woman, 72, Indicted For Using Dead Caregiver's Info To Keep Collecting Insurance Payments NJ Woman, 72, Indicted For Using Dead Caregiver's Info To Keep Collecting Insurance Payments
NJ Woman, 72, Indicted For Using Dead Caregiver's Info To Keep Collecting Insurance Payments A 72-year-old New Jersey woman used phony timesheets and a bogus bank account from a dead caregiver to fraudulently collect insurance payments for long-term care from him, state authorities charged. Leoncia Hutchinson of Metuchen deposited the payments from the Continental Casualty Company into a dedicated account, then slid the funds back into her own, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Trenton alleges. For six months, Hutchinson treated the man’s death as “a moneymaking opportunity,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said in announcing the indictment on Wednesday, Nov.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bel Air, MD
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Scheming Mechanic Used One Scam To Pay Off Another, Maryland AG Says Scheming Mechanic Used One Scam To Pay Off Another, Maryland AG Says Scheming Mechanic Used One Scam To Pay Off Another, Maryland AG Says
Scheming Mechanic Used One Scam To Pay Off Another, Maryland AG Says it didn't take long for a mechanic working at a Maryland auto dealership to scam customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the state Attorney General. Parkville resident Kenneth Wayne Collins III, 35, who was only employed at a Bel Air car dealership in Harford County between January and November 2018, was found guilty of theft scheme after he made 260 fraudulent claims for fake mechanical repairs that were issued by three insurance companies. In total, Collins pocketed more than $223,000 in connection to the scam, which he continued through May 2019. Earlier this wee…

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by Zak Failla
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Insurance Agent, Police Officer Teamed Up To Defraud Client: Morris County Prosecutor Insurance Agent, Police Officer Teamed Up To Defraud Client: Morris County Prosecutor Insurance Agent, Police Officer Teamed Up To Defraud Client: Morris County Prosecutor
Insurance Agent, Police Officer Teamed Up To Defraud Client: Morris County Prosecutor A Bergen County insurance agent created false documents to help a Long Valley business owner defraud a client at his painting business, authorities in Morris County said. Michael McFadden, a 54-year-old New Milford resident and insurance agent at Insuranze Associates in Hasbrouck Heights, created false documents claiming Long Valley's Christopher Angst had a workman's compensation coverage policy, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll and Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally said. Angst, 48, is the owner of C&E Professional Painting in Long Valley, and a …

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by Sam Barron
Brentwood, NY
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$1M Fraud: Chiropractor On Long Island Gets Prison After Billing For Ghost Services $1M Fraud: Chiropractor On Long Island Gets Prison After Billing For Ghost Services $1M Fraud: Chiropractor On Long Island Gets Prison After Billing For Ghost Services
$1M Fraud: Chiropractor On Long Island Gets Prison After Billing For Ghost Services A Long Island chiropractor will spend time in federal prison after fraudulently obtaining nearly $1 million in insurance payouts for services that were never provided. Peter Adamczack, age 66, of Huntington, was sentenced to one year and a day behind bars in federal court in Central Islip on Monday, July 31. It came one year after he pleaded guilty to health care fraud in August 2022, admitting that he billed a private insurance company over $1 million for acupuncture services that were never performed at his East Meadow office. Earlier Report: Huntington Chiropractor Admits To $1 M…

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by Michael Mashburn
Jersey City, NJ
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Bayonne Man Popped For Insurance Fraud: Prosecutors Bayonne Man Popped For Insurance Fraud: Prosecutors Bayonne Man Popped For Insurance Fraud: Prosecutors
Bayonne Man Popped For Insurance Fraud: Prosecutors A 26-year-old Bayonne man was arrested and charged with submitting a fake insurance claim for a car crash, authorities said. Frank Olivero was arrested by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Insurance Fraud Unit on Tuesday, May 23, Esther Suarez said. Olivero filed a claim with Progressive Insurance Company falsely claiming his 2017 Honda Civic was damaged while he was parked in New York City in January 2003, Suarez said. The damage had actually occurred prior to that date, Suarez said.  Olivero was charged with insurance fraud in the third degree and was released pending his first c…

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by Sam Barron
Paterson, NJ
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Details Emerge Around Widow Of NJ ‘Animal Whisperer’ Who Continued Vet Practice Without License Details Emerge Around Widow Of NJ ‘Animal Whisperer’ Who Continued Vet Practice Without License Details Emerge Around Widow Of NJ ‘Animal Whisperer’ Who Continued Vet Practice Without License
Details Emerge Around Widow Of NJ ‘Animal Whisperer’ Who Continued Vet Practice Without License The widow of a revered North Jersey veterinarian known as the “animal whisperer” had help from two alleged co-conspirators from New York in continuing to operate her husband’s clinic without a license, it was recently revealed. Alia Muslih, 41, of Montclair originally was accused of posing as a veterinarian following her husband’s death in order to keep the Totowa Animal Hospital open. A massive 77-count grand jury indictment returned earlier this month in Paterson lays out additional details. Included are allegations that Muslih had help from Marco A. Gamarra, 64, of the Bronx and Yaser I…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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PA Mom Caught Prostituting To Undercover State Trooper At Hair Salon: Affidavit PA Mom Caught Prostituting To Undercover State Trooper At Hair Salon: Affidavit PA Mom Caught Prostituting To Undercover State Trooper At Hair Salon: Affidavit
PA Mom Caught Prostituting To Undercover State Trooper At Hair Salon: Affidavit A Craiglist advertisement and a sudden uptick in male salon customers led Pennsylvania State Police to run a sting operation at a hair salon in Burgettstown on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Mom of two, 51-year-old Amy Zlobin's inmate details were being shared by "Johns" on an adult chatroom over 24 times on the website ECCIE.net—  along with sexual services that she would offer and the phone number of her salon where she allegedly was selling men those services, state police vice squad troopers investigating the case detailed in the affidav…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Paxton, PA
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78-Year-Old PA Woman Robbed Husband For Years Before Poisoning His Coffee, Jury Finds 78-Year-Old PA Woman Robbed Husband For Years Before Poisoning His Coffee, Jury Finds 78-Year-Old PA Woman Robbed Husband For Years Before Poisoning His Coffee, Jury Finds
78-Year-Old PA Woman Robbed Husband For Years Before Poisoning His Coffee, Jury Finds A 78-year-old Pennsylvania woman had been fleecing her husband's finances for years before she fatally poisoned him to keep the theft a secret, a Union County jury has found.  Myrle Miller of Winfield was convicted of first-degree murder for her husband's 2018 death, as well as felony theft by deception, forgery, insurance fraud, and related counts, said Attorney General Michelle Henry's Office in a release. In the months before John Nichols died, a grand jury investigation found that Miller had systemically drained her husband's bank accounts and forged his signature on checks, author…

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by Mac Bullock
Bristol, PA
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Suspected Arsonists Face Federal Charges For Pizzeria Fire That Killed Philly Fireman Suspected Arsonists Face Federal Charges For Pizzeria Fire That Killed Philly Fireman Suspected Arsonists Face Federal Charges For Pizzeria Fire That Killed Philly Fireman
Suspected Arsonists Face Federal Charges For Pizzeria Fire That Killed Philly Fireman Two Philadelphia could face up to life in prison after federal prosecutors say they deliberately set a fire that killed a city firefighter last summer.  Al-Ashraf Khalil and Isaam Jaghama, both 29, are charged with malicious damage by means of fire of a building used in interstate commerce and conspiracy to commit the same, said US Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero in a release.  Federal investigators believe the pair set the blaze at 300 W. Indiana Ave. on June 18, 2022, that killed 51-year-old fireman Sean Williamson. He and four other first responders were in the structure when it collapsed…

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by Mac Bullock
West Chester, PA
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NJ Owner Burned Down Chesco Business To Collect Insurance, DA Says NJ Owner Burned Down Chesco Business To Collect Insurance, DA Says NJ Owner Burned Down Chesco Business To Collect Insurance, DA Says
NJ Owner Burned Down Chesco Business To Collect Insurance, DA Says A New Jersey man who authorities say faced "numerous financial stressors" is accused of setting fire to his Chester County automotive business to reap the insurance payout, says District Attorney Deb Ryan.  Giuseppe Deangelis, 45, of Ventnor City, is charged with arson, insurance fraud, reckless endangerment, and other counts related to the fire that destroyed his J&G Automotive in Kennett Square in 2021, prosecutors said.  Firefighters were called to the J&G, 340 Cream Street, around 1 a.m. on May 3 that year to find "heavy fire and smoke," according to part of the crimin…

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by Mac Bullock
Jersey City, NJ
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Jersey City Men Pull Switcheroo In Attempt To Milk Money Out Of Mercedes Benz Crash: Prosecutor Jersey City Men Pull Switcheroo In Attempt To Milk Money Out Of Mercedes Benz Crash: Prosecutor Jersey City Men Pull Switcheroo In Attempt To Milk Money Out Of Mercedes Benz Crash: Prosecutor
Jersey City Men Pull Switcheroo In Attempt To Milk Money Out Of Mercedes Benz Crash: Prosecutor Two Jersey City men have been charged with insurance fraud after prosecutors claim they tried to pull a switcheroo following a car crash in 2022. Shelton Sutton and Kevin London, both 36, were arrested following an investigation from the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Insurance Fraud Unit. Sutton was arrested on Monday, April 3, while London was arrested back in February, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Sutton was involved in a crash in Jersey City in March 2022 while driving a Mercedes Benz owned by London, Suarez said. During the crash investigation, Sutton identifie…

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by Sam Barron