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Higgins, of Dayton, was found guilty in January of three counts of mail fraud and two counts of tampering with a witness with intent to retaliate. Higgins was accused of defrauding insurance company Assurant of money the company paid him for repairs that were to be made to a home he co-owned in Dayton. "According to court documents and trial testimony, in 2014 and...

Higgins, of Dayton, was found guilty in January of three counts of mail fraud and two counts of tampering with a witness with intent to retaliate. Higgins was accused of defrauding insurance company Assurant of money the company paid him for repairs that were to be made to a home he co-owned in Dayton. "According to court documents and trial testimony, in 2014 and...

Jan. 20— Dayton businessman Brian Higgins was found guilty Thursday on five federal charges related to insurance fraud. Higgins, 50, of Dayton, was found guilty of three counts of mail fraud and two counts of tampering with a witness with intent to retaliate, according to Jennifer Thornton, spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker. "According to court...

Jan. 20— A federal jury is now considering the fate of Dayton businessman Brian Higgins, whose trial on charges related to alleged insurance fraud began on Jan. 10. Higgins, 50, of Dayton, pleaded not guilty to three counts of mail fraud, two counts of tampering with a witness, and two counts of tampering with a witness with intent to retaliate, according to documents...

Also on Wednesday, Higgins, 50, of Dayton, pleaded not guilty to three counts of mail fraud, two counts of tampering with a witness, and two counts of tampering with a witness with intent to retaliate, according to documents filed with U.S. District Court. Higgins' attorneys Tamara S. Sack and Paul Montague Laufman had petitioned the court in December to remove them,...

Dec. 17— Federal prosecutors eliminated one of four mail fraud charges against Dayton businessman Brian Higgins in his insurance fraud case, according to a fourth superseding indictment filed this week in U.S. District Court in Dayton. The counts in the updated indictment replace those in three earlier indictments of Higgins, 50, of Dayton, who pleaded not...

Businessman part of southwest Ohio corruption case faces witness tampering charges By Lynn Hulsey - Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio (TNS) Dayton businessman Brian Higgins has been indicted on additional federal counts, including tampering with witnesses in his fraud trial. The superseding indictment filed on Dec. 17 includes three counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and two counts of tampering with a witness. The witness tampering and one wire fraud charge are new, but the others were i...