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 alleged a felony of “misclassifying employees” for purposes of worker’s […]
MA Law | Insurance Fraud
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 c.266 §111B; 18 counts of larceny over $250 by false […]
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 that approximately $62,942 will be paid to more than 50 […]
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 to defraud its insureds by padding premiums by millions of […]
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 and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 2007 involving similar allegations. […]
