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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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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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Miami-Dade School Bus Employees Used Kids' Personal Info in Fraud Scheme
A dozen Miami-Dade School District bus employees have been arrested after authorities say they used the personal information of children to file fraudulent insurance reimbursement claims worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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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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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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Miami-Dade Police Lieutenant, Ex-Wife Arrested in Insurance Fraud Scheme
A Miami-Dade Police officer and his ex-wife are facing charges related to false insurance claims, officials said Tuesday.
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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... -
Trio Arrested in String of Airbag Thefts in West Miami
Three men are facing charges after police say they were caught in the act while stealing airbags from several cars in West Miami.
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Residents Frustrated By String of Airbag Thefts in Southwest Miami-Dade
For the second time in less than two months, neighbors in a Southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood have been targeted by thieves who have swept through parking lots stealing airbags from vehicles.
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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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Opa-Locka Police Dispatcher Arrested for Insurance Fraud: Chief
An Opa-Locka dispatcher is accused of committing insurance fraud.
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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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Psychologist Accused of ‘Touching Therapy' Abuse
A central Pennsylvania psychologist has been jailed on charges that “touching therapy” he used on two female patients really amounted to sexual abuse, for which he fraudulently billed insurance companies more than $71,000.