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So far the case has led to 52 people being indicted, with 48 of them pleading guilty.

Damian Labeaud, 51, was booked while awaiting sentencing in federal court.

The three defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on Apr. 10.

Five more defendants accused of conspiring to stage big-rig truck accidents in a wide-ranging insurance fraud scheme have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Orleans reported.

Insurance Journal’s Most Noteworthy Topics of 2020: South Central Region Hurricanes, Hurricanes and Tropical Storms It can’t come as any surprise that hurricanes and tropical storms topped the list of the most read subjects of interest in Insurance Journal’s South Central region. In a North Atlantic hurricane season for the record books there were 30 named storms, of which 12 made landfall in the U.S., five of them in Louisiana alone. While the total insurance price tag for the U.S. storm...