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How to Protect Yourself From Insurance Agents Stealing Your Premiums
NBC 7 Responds looked at the California Department of Insurance’s investigation into fraud and theft, reports NBC 7’s Sergio Flores.
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How to Protect Yourself From Insurance Agents Stealing Your Premiums
It’s a troubling problem across the state of California: Some insurance agents are stealing from their clients.
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18 Former NBA Players, Including ‘Big Baby' Davis, Charged in Alleged $4 Million Health Insurance Fraud
Eighteen former NBA players have been arrested and charged with defrauding the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan out of $4 million.
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What Happens After Your Identity is Stolen?
Identity theft is a crime that can have long-lasting implications. Now the number of repeat victims is on the rise.
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Two US Navy Service Members Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Two U.S. Navy service members were sentenced in San Diego federal court Friday for their roles in an insurance fraud scheme that involved making false medical claims to a military insurance program in exchange for unearned benefits.
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$500K Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme Suspects Appear in Court
Four of the ten suspects accused of rolling back car mileage have been arrested.
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South Jersey Doctor Prescribed More Than 1 Million Doses of Opioids in 3-Year Period, Prosecutor Says
A South Jersey doctor is accused of supplying more than a million doses of opioids to multiple patients over the course of three years, according to the Burlington County prosecutor’s office.
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Trump Tower Residents Lose $350K of Jewelry in Thefts: NYPD
Two Trump Tower residents allegedly lost more than $350,000 of jewelry to a thief or thieves, the NYPD said.
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Ex-NFL Player Faked Racially Motivated Burglary: Police
A man trashed his pizza restaurant and ice cream shop near Atlanta to fake a racially motivated burglary so he could file an insurance claim, police said. Gwinnett County police officers responded just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday after a 911 call reporting a man damaging the businesses, according to a Friday news release. The caller said the man was driving...
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Dentist Charged With Insurance Fraud Billed 110 Root Canals to 1 Family, DA Says
A Mira Mesa dentist was charged Tuesday with insurance fraud for falsifying hundreds of root canal records to scam insurance companies out of nearly $600,000, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said.
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Mira Mesa Dentist Faces Insurance Fraud in Root Canal Lies
A Mira Mesa dentist faces dozens of felony charges for insurance fraud after she claimed she performed 623 root canals on 75 patients. NBC 7’s Monica Dean has more.
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N. Carolina Transgender Inmate Denied Move to Women's Prison
A transgender woman convicted of insurance fraud is serving time at a men’s prison in North Carolina despite her repeated requests to transfer to women’s housing. The News and Observer reports 37-year-old Kanautica Zayre-Brown is believed to be the state’s only post-operative transgender prisoner. But the state recognizes her as a man and by her birth name, which was legally...
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Medical Office Manager Convicted in Massive Worker's Comp Kickback Scheme
An office manager for a medical practice was convicted Thursday for a workers’ compensation kickback scheme that defrauded insurance companies of more than $22 million, the San Diego District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
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Professor Sues Over Transgender Pronoun Rebuke
A Shawnee State University professor is suing officials after receiving a written warning for violating its nondiscrimination policy by not addressing a transgender student using the gender terms preferred by the student. Nicholas Meriwether, a philosophy professor and evangelical Christian, filed a federal lawsuit this month against officials at the university in Portsmouth.
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Unsealed Lawsuit Claims Opioid-Maker Placed Profits Over People
A newly unsealed lawsuit by Tennessee’s attorney general says the maker of the world’s top-selling painkiller directed its salesforce to target the highest prescribers, many with limited or no pain management background or training....
The lawsuit says Purdue violated a 2007 settlement with the state, placing profits over people with a deceptive narrative that claimed its opioids were safer than they... -
San Diego Deputy Faces Multiple Charges for Faking Back Injury: DA
A San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy faces multiple felony charges for allegedly faking a back injury to receive workers’ compensation, announced the District Attorney Monday.
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Medical Board Allows Doctor With History of Drug, Alcohol Abuse and Criminal Convictions to Continue Treating Patients
A San Diego doctor with a history of drug and alcohol abuse and a felony conviction for prescription fraud can continue practicing medicine, after settling her discipline case with the Medical Board of California.
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Florida Officials Blame Arsonists For 320 Wildfires in 2017
Florida officials say arsonists have ignited about 320 wildfires so far this year, burning more than 20,000 acres across the state.
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Did Woman Sway Boy to Kill Dad? Court Raises Doubts in Infamous Murder Case
The paramedics who looked at Robert Breininger’s lifeless body in his twin bed suspected right away that whatever happened didn’t match the story being told by his 10-year-old son.
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San Diego Man Fabricated Theft Timeline To Defraud Insurance: Investigators
Insurance fraud cases are an expensive drain on the state’s economy totaling billions annually, according to the state’s insurance commissioner.