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Ohio Insurance Department Warns of ‘Earlier Posting’ Scam Scheme.
The Ohio Department of Insurance warned of an insurance fraud committed after a car accident or property damage is on the way in the state. The term, known as the “earlier posting”; scheme, describes the act of a person trying to secure insurance after an incident where they did not have coverage or make it appear that they had insurance when the incident occurred, such as by manipulating paperwork.
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The California Bar admits it has not been handled properly with Tom Girardi, who was now suspended
State Bar employees were bribed to ignore misconduct by a now-ousted attorney
- Former State Bar employee Tom Layton, who was terminated in 2015, (and his wife) received gifts and payments estimated at over $1 million from Girardi, through his firm, while Layton was employed by the State Bar. These payments and gifts were never properly disclosed.
- Other state bar employees and board members accepted and failed to report gifts and other valuables from Girardi.
- Relatives of the staff were employed by Girardi’s company.
- Office of Chief Legal Counsel (OCTC) personnel were improperly involved in matters assigned to outside conflict counsel.
- Eight Girardi cases were closed by people May determined had conflicts of interest while working on the cases. The report found that their conflicts tainted their decision to close the cases.
- Acting CEO Bob Hawley ghostwrites decisions on matters assigned to outside conflict counsel without disclosing it, including a decision to recommend that a complaint against Girardi be dropped.
- Between 2013 and 2015, both the executive director’s office and the general counsel received reports about Girardi’s influence at the bar and the connection to Layton and others, but failed to investigate.
- Former executive director Joe Dunn, who was fired in 2014, and Hawley made questionable dismissals of two OCTC attorneys who advocated for disciplinary action against Girardi.
- On at least one occasion, Girardi successfully used his connections at the State Bar to discourage people from filing complaints against him.
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More problems with McClenny Moseley & Associates
Three attorneys who once worked in MMA’s New Orleans office have posted a message on their LinkedIn pages that they are now “self-employed.” Founding partner James M. McClenny has resigned from the law firm. Several attorneys who once worked for the law firm outside of Louisiana are no longer listed on the law firm’s website. After the Louisiana Supreme Court suspended Huey last week, the bios of the three other attorneys who worked with him in the New Orleans office disappeared from MMA’s website.
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Good news from
A soulless soul-eating murder plot was put down. The owner of a soul food restaurant appeared on the hit TV show Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s had his nephew shot for a $450,000 life insurance policy. James “Tim” Norman was sentenced to life in prison for arranging a hit on his nephew Andre Montgomery in St. Louis. Norman paid Travell Anthony Hill $5,000 to shoot Montgomery with a .380-caliber handgun outside the rap studio where Montgomery worked. He then discarded the gun and his burner phone. Exotic dancer Terica Ellis was in a relationship with Norman. He paid her $10,000 in cash to lure Montgomery to where he was shot. Insurance agent Waiel “Wally” Rebhi Yaghnam secretly helped Norman take out a life insurance policy that named Norman the sole beneficiary if Montgomery died. Yaghnam helped Norman file applications that contained false information about Montgomery’s net worth and background. Norman called the insurance company to collect insurance money just 16 days after Montgomery was shot. He also played the role of the grieving relative. TV clips from Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s circulated showing Norman mourning the death he himself set up. Norman even visited the murder scene with his mother and television cameras in one episode. “Since Andre’s passing, I haven’t been through this part of town,” Norman said on the show. “I’ve avoided it.” The entire murder crew is now convicted.
Read this article including dozens of convictions and the full issue of ZIFL at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ZIFL-03-15-2023.pdf
Health insurance fraud convictions
Former state lawmaker convicted of covid-19 fraud scheme at Springfield Health Care Charity
Patricia “Tricia” Ashton Derges, 64, of Nixa, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to six years and three months in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Derges to pay $500,600 in restitution to his victims.
Read this article including dozens of convictions and the full issue of ZIFL at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ZIFL-03-15-2023.pdf
Other insurance fraud
LA businessman and conspirator convicted in $54 million workers’ compensation fraud scheme
Wesley Owens54, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Beau Wilson, 38, also of Atlanta, pleaded no contest to multiple counts of insurance fraud and conspiracy in Division 50 of Los Angeles Superior Court before Judge Kerry White. The charges were brought after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance found that the two defendants perpetrated a $54 million workers’ compensation fraud scheme.
Read this article including dozens of convictions and the full issue of ZIFL at http://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ZIFL-03-15-2023.pdf
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