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. […]
MA Law | Insurance Fraud
South Hadley Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Insurance Company
A South Hadley roofing company is caught misclassifying its workers in order to evade high worker’s compensation rates.
Grand Jury Indictments Allege $10million in Medicaid Fraud
By Andy MetzgerSTATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, SEPT. 30, 2011…..Three health care companies and ten individuals allegedly bilked the state Medicaid Program out of $10 million, Attorney General Martha Coakley said Friday, announcing 118 criminal indictments returned Thursday by a statewide grand jury and grand juries in Suffolk and Bristol counties.“Medicaid is one […]
$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 wage violations. R. Humphrey, 63, is the owner of RPM […]
$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 the owners of the Providence, Rhode Island-based Padi USA, Inc. […]
