NEW ORLEANS — Four more defendants pleaded guilty Thursday in the massive staged accident fraud case involving insurance fraud from staged accidents with 18-wheelers, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced.
The sprawling investigation has now netted 15 guilty pleas out of 33 defendants. The four defendants who pleaded guilty Thursday confessed to packing into a car Oct. 13, 2015 driven by previously convicted co-defendant Roderick Hickman. Read more...
A Thibodaux native is the new chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Justice John Weimer, 66, was sworn in as the 26th chief justice of the state Supreme Court Jan. 1. A ceremony marking his in
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A Louisiana construction company allegedly responsible for severing phone lines of three businesses while on contract with the city of New Orleans lost its appeal in a r
Four more defendants pleaded guilty Thursday in a conspiracy to stage a New Orleans vehicle accident for $4.7 million in insurance payouts. That brings to 15 the number of people, out of 33 defendants