AG Recovers Over $40,000,000 From False Claims Act Cases & Investigations
FEB. 17, 2012 – The Attorney General’s Office announced that it has recovered more than $40,000,000 dollars from False Claims Act cases and investigations.
AG Files Suit Against XL Specialty Insurance and Its Surety Claims Consultant Fasano Acchione & Associates
FEB. 6, 2012 – Attorney General Martha Coakley filed suit against XL Specialty and its surety claims consultant Fasano & Acchione Associates for failing to repay $3 million dollars to the Commonwealth.
Regional Police Group Backs Idea To Redesign MA License Plates
FEB. 1, 2012 – New Massachusetts legislation (S 1798) is looking to require license plates to pair up to four alpha-numerica characters with one easily recognized symbol, such as a star, heart, circle or diamond.
Guilty Pleas for Felony Premium Fraud in Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors
January 17, 2012 – Shawn Bryan and Antoinette Capurso-Bryan, both of Newton, and their company, Newton Contracting, of 69 Howard Street, Watertown, pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to indictments arising out of the misclassification of workers as independent contractors. Eight counts in the indictments …Read More
Restitution and Probation Ordered After Guilty Plea To Submitting $28,000 In Fraudulent Comprehensive Claims On Auto Policies.
January 4, 2012 – A corporate officer of two automotive glass companies pleaded guilty last week in Salem Superior Court to insurance fraud relating to bogus glass repair claims. Robert Giller, age 53, pleaded guilty to 20 counts of auto insurance claim fraud, General Laws …Read More
Investigation of Premium Finances Cos Continues: AG Announces IPFS Corporation Will Pay $82,000
January 3, 2012 – Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office recently announced that the premium finance company IPFS has agreed to pay the Attorney General’s Office $82,000 for unlawful auto insurance cancellations by failing to provide required notice prior to canceling policies. The AG’s office says …Read More
Premium Finance Companies To Repay $340k to Victims of Kilgore Insurance Agency Scheme
Two premium finance companies, Premium Assignment Corporation (PAC), a subsidiary of SunTrust Banks, Inc. and FIRST Insurance Funding Corp. (FIRST), a subsidiary of Wintrust Financial Corporation settled with the Attorney General’s Office last week over its roles in assisting Kilgore Insurance Agency of Peabody, MA …Read More
MA Police Chiefs Seek Power to Pull Over Motorists Across Town Lines
By Kyle Cheney, State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 3, 2011…..If a Massachusetts driving laws were on the books in Oklahoma in the 1990s, Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, may never have been apprehended, a state lawmaker posited Thursday. Rep. Daniel Winslow …Read More
William Gallagher Associates Settles With Connecticut for $1.7 million
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi and Attorney General George Jepsen recently announced that it had settled with the Massachusetts-based insurance broker, William Gallagher Associates, Inc., over illegal billing and concealed commissions allegations. This agreement follows the almost $4 million dollar settlement between the company …Read More
South Hadley Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Insurance Company
In November 2009, the Attorney General’s Office began an investigation of Thomas Leonard after being referred to the matter by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB). Leonard is the owner of TLC Exteriors (TLC), a roofing business based in South Hadley. During a four year period …Read More
Grand Jury Indictments Allege $10million in Medicaid Fraud
Listen to AG’s Coakley’s Press Conference on the Medicaid Fraud Announcements See A Breakdown of Medicaid Fraud Indictments Put Together By the AG’s Office By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, SEPT. 30, 2011…..Three health care companies and ten individuals allegedly bilked …Read More
$472,000 in Fines for Not Properly Paying Employees
The Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division announced this week that the a Wilmington Construction company and its owner have been ordered to pay more than $472,000 in restitution and fines for failing to pay the prevailing wage, misclassifying workers as independent contractors and numerous other …Read More
$58,000 in Fines for Not Properly Paying Employees and Classifying Them Incorrectly As Independent Contractors
A husband and wife where cited more than $58,000 in restitution and fines for failing to pay the prevailing wage, misclassifying workers as independent contractors and record keeping violations Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office announced today. The couple, Alexander and Tatiana Shlepakov of Sharon, are …Read More
Lowell Staffing Company Owner Indicted for Workman’s Comp Fraud
Dara Duong, 53, of Lowell was indicted by a Middlesex Grand Jury for three counts of Worker’s Compensation Fraud and two counts of Larceny over $250. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court this Thursday, July 14, 2011. The AG’s Office says …Read More
Guilty Verdicts for Mass Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud Ring
Omar Castillo, age 38, of Methuen; James C. Hyde, age 59, of Boxford; and Michael H. Kaplan, age 49, of Hampstead, NH, were found guilty yesterday on charges of Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud, including Larceny Over $250, and Attempted Larceny Over $250. The trial of …Read More
Auburn Subcontractor Sentenced for Forging Insurance Certificates
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office just announced that the owner of an Auburn siding company pled guilty and was sentenced in connection with forging insurance certificates to falsely claim that he had valid workers’ compensation insurance coverage in connection with a construction project. Joseph D. …Read More