Low-level participant in Louisiana staged accident scheme gets 10 months
Another guilty plea last week brings the total to 30 for the U.S. attorney’s office.
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Another guilty plea last week brings the total to 30 for the U.S. attorney’s office.
Two more guilty pleas announced, two sentenced in Louisiana staged-accident scheme The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced two more guilty pleas and two sentencings in the widespread staged-accident fraud scheme in the New Orleans area that targeted motor carriers and insurance companies. On June 23, James “Curtis” Williams and Ryan Wheaten entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. According to the plea, on March 27, 2017, Williams conspired with co-defendants Tanya Givens, John Diggs and Lois Russell to stage an accident with a ...