The latest indictments in the Louisiana staged accident case have pulled in two attorneys and two New Orleans law firms and eight persons in total.
More than 3 1/2 years after a suspect in a series of staged accidents in Louisiana was slain, there are arrests in the case.
The one attorney who has pleaded guilty in the Louisiana staged truck accident scam has seen his sentencing delayed again.
Two of the most significant plotters in the Louisiana staged accident scheme were to be sentenced Thursday but it’s been delayed.
A key participant in Louisiana’s Operation Sideswipe was to be sentenced Thursday, but a new date sets up a sentencing doubleheader.
Seven people have been sentenced this month in the Louisiana truck collision scam.
Three defendants who pleaded guilty in the Louisiana staged accident scam will get probation, not jail time.
After months of quiet, the U.S. Attorney for Eastern Louisiana extracted two more guilty pleas in the Louisiana staged accident scam.
Two more individuals were sentenced for their involvement in the Louisiana staged accident scam, showing the wide divergence of punishment so far.
Three more individuals were sentenced in the Louisiana staged truck and bus accident scheme, with two receiving probation and a third sentenced to 18 months behind bars.
A mother-daughter team has pleaded guilty to participating in a staged truck accident in New Orleans in 2018, joining 33 others who have made the same plea.
There is a new guilty plea in the Louisiana staged accident scheme, as well as a jail sentence for another participant.
Those charged in the latest guilty pleas connected to the Louisiana staged truck accident scheme are all accused of being operatives, and with one exception, the attorneys who were allegedly involved have not been indicted.
Although attorney involvement is alleged in the indictments, only one lawyer has been indicted in the scheme to crash cars into trucks and collect insurance payouts.
Another guilty plea last week brings the total to 30 for the U.S. attorney’s office.
The woman pleaded guilty but was not a key organizer of the June 2017 accident.
After a period of guilty pleas and no new indictments, the case has now expanded further.
After a period of guilty pleas and no new indictments, the case has now expanded further.
The latest guilty plea brings the total to 26, with four of them in just the past seven weeks.
Both defendants had pleaded guilty to their involvement in the staged accident scheme.
The number of guilty pleas in the various inductments is believed to stand now at 15.
In one case, the insurance and medical payouts totaled $275,500.
The lead trucking industry lobby has come together with insurance-focused groups to fight two vexing problems of fraud.
Doctors have been identified in the lawsuit, a truck driver was fired after one “accident,” and C.R. England paid out over $4 million in a case.
Although the defendant’s role in the staged accident scheme was relatively minor and he had cooperated with authorities, Mario Solomon still was sentenced to 21 months behind bars.
Indicted just two months ago, the individuals helped bring a payout from C.R. England and its insurer of $4.7 million
Lawyer Keating hired a ‘runner’ who as it turned out was already involved in staging accidents with trucks; he then joined in on the planning, according to indictment
Keating, already sued as an organizer in a RICO suit, charged with 1 count by US attorney
Expectation, though not stated explicitly, is that the latest group of guilty pleas to federal charges signal cooperation with prosecutors
Still not under indictment are any of the individuals who allegedly planned the crashes and the doctors who treated the indicted “slammers.”
Garrison was a ringleader but not an organizer, authorities said; no higher-ups who arranged the accidents have been indicted
