Panel Upholds Insurance Scam Conviction For Former Owner Of Insolvent Insurer

Mealey's (April 27, 2018, 8:22 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va.  — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 25 affirmed a federal judge in Maryland’s imposition of a 37-year prison sentence for the former owner of an insolvent insurer who pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, making false statements to insurance regulators and obstruction of justice, finding that an appeal waiver in his plea bargain barred most of his objections to the sentence (United States of America v. Jeffrey Brian Cohen, No. 15-4780, 4th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 10437)....