charges of insurance

And two Newark police officers and a physician were indicted on Federal charges of insurance fraud.

The charges of insurance fraud, grand larceny and forgery carry sentences of one to 15 years.

The settlement comes as National Medical is struggling to revive its reputation after being battered for two years by charges of insurance fraud and patient abuse.

They have returned to Long Island for arraignment in Suffolk County Criminal Court on charges of insurance fraud.

Prosecutors brought much less serious charges of insurance fraud against a pair of one-time terror suspects from Morocco, accusing the men of falsely reporting injuries in a minor car accident.

In two cases, Joseph DiNapoli was indicted on May 3 on Federal charges of insurance fraud, and he is awaiting sentencing on a Federal conviction for loansharking.

Federal and state prosecutors had suspected that Mr. Stewart faked a plane crash to escape charges of insurance theft involving $590,000 he collected but failed to pass on to insurance companies issuing the policies.

The company, based in Santa Monica, Calif., also paid $380 million to settle Federal and state criminal charges of insurance fraud, kickbacks and medical malpractice prior to 1991 in its psychiatric hospital business.

At first, he was honest, describing himself as "coming off the mat from the Seventh District of New York," a reference to his acquittal in Federal court last summer on charges of insurance fraud.

The suit is the latest legal imbroglio for King, who has been sued by other fighters for mismanagement and next week is scheduled to face retrial on Federal charges of insurance and wire fraud.

Mr. Chavez revealed a sordid side of his relationship with Mr. King as he testified in Federal District Court in Manhattan, where Mr. King is on trial on charges of insurance fraud.