A Lawrence woman was placed on pre-trial probation for one year and ordered to pay $525 in restitution on charges related to motor vehicle insurance fraud and attempted crime. She reported her 2020 Honda Accord was hit while parked in May 2022, but a forensic examination concluded the damage was inconsistent with another vehicle and instead resulted from the Honda striking three stationary objects—brick, cement, and wood—while in motion, with debris found in the bumper.

A Waltham contractor has been indicted on multiple counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud and larceny after allegedly underreporting payroll and misrepresenting business operations to avoid higher insurance premiums. Investigators say the company claimed to perform only carpentry work, despite primarily operating as a roofing contractor and lacking current workers’ compensation coverage.

A Malden woman is facing charges of motor vehicle insurance fraud and attempted crime after allegedly reporting that her parked 2014 Nissan Rogue was struck and damaged in July 2023. Investigators say no police report was filed, and a damage analysis found wooden debris and damage patterns consistent with the vehicle hitting a tree while in motion.

A Lynn woman is facing charges of motor vehicle insurance fraud and attempted crime after allegedly reporting that a hit-and-run caused damage to her 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe. Investigators say the damage was consistent with the vehicle striking a chain link fence while moving forward, and the woman later admitted the incident involved hitting a fence and that she misrepresented the details because she did not have collision coverage at the time and wanted the claim paid.

A Lowell man is facing charges of motor vehicle insurance fraud and attempted crime after allegedly filing a claim stating his parked 2011 Lexus RX350 was struck and sustained damage with no pre-existing issues. A forensic examination reportedly found the damage was inconsistent with a single accident and instead showed signs of two separate impacts with fixed objects, contradicting the driver’s account.

A Revere man nurse practitioner pleaded guilty on November 19, 2025 to multiple counts tied to obtaining drugs by fraud and filing false healthcare claims, and was sentenced to three years’ probation. Investigators say he issued improper prescriptions for controlled substances—often picking them up himself—including medications written for a Boston man who was not his patient, with the prescriptions billed to the man’s health insurance.

A Lawrence woman is facing charges of motor vehicle insurance fraud and attempted crime after allegedly reporting her 2018 Nissan Rogue was vandalized in July 2021, causing damage along the driver side. Investigators say photos taken months earlier showed the same rear damage already present, contradicting her statement that the vehicle had no unrepaired prior damage.

A Lawrence man is facing charges of motor vehicle insurance fraud and attempted crime after allegedly reporting his parked 2014 Subaru Forester was struck in December 2021, damaging the driver side and lower door panels. A forensic examination found the damage and thick yellow paint transfer were inconsistent with contact from another vehicle and instead appeared consistent with the Subaru striking a low, yellow-painted fixed object, such as a pole base or barrier.

A Lawrence woman is facing charges of motor vehicle insurance fraud and attempted crime after allegedly reporting her parked 2014 Jeep Cherokee was struck in May 2022, damaging the passenger-side fender and mirror. Investigators say a forensic examination found no paint transfer and concluded the damage was more consistent with the Jeep hitting a fixed object with protruding hardware, such as eye bolts—contradicting her account.

An Ashland man is facing charges of motor vehicle insurance fraud and two counts of making a false report to an officer after allegedly reporting that his 2015 BMW X5 was vandalized in October 2023, including paint damage, keying, and broken windows. Investigators say dealership records from September 2023 documented a serious engine timing chain issue requiring a rebuild—service he declined—and noted mileage nearly identical to when the vehicle was later reported vandalized.

A Southborough woman’s case was continued without a finding for 18 months, and she was ordered to pay $62,802 in restitution to The Hartford after being charged in connection with an alleged hidden payroll scheme at a Southborough construction company. Investigators said an April 2019 audit failed to disclose an employee later injured on the job, and further review found the company used an undisclosed bank account to pay additional workers—resulting in more than $534,000 in unreported payroll during the policy period.

A Peabody man is facing charges of motor vehicle insurance fraud and attempted crime after allegedly reporting that his parked 2011 GMC Terrain was damaged in a garage in November 2024. Investigators say a damage analysis found the extensive driver-side damage was inconsistent with a hit-while-parked incident and instead appeared to have occurred while the vehicle was in motion after striking a rigid fixed object, leaving deep abrasive gouges and embedded stones.

A Lawrence woman was placed on one year of pre-trial probation after being charged with motor vehicle insurance fraud and attempt to commit a crime, accused of falsely claiming her Toyota RAV4 was struck while parked when forensic analysis showed it had reversed and sideswiped a yellow stationary object.

A Lowell man, Henry Lam, was arrested and federally indicted on charges of failing to collect and pay over taxes and mail fraud, accused of running a temporary employment agency that hid more than $6.1 million in payroll and avoided over $2.4 million in payroll taxes while using false payroll figures to obtain cheaper workers’ compensation insurance.

A Lawrence woman was placed on six months of pre-trial probation after being charged with motor vehicle insurance fraud and attempt to commit a crime, accused of falsely reporting her Toyota Corolla was hit while parked when investigators found the damage matched backing into a yellow-painted pole or post.

A Hopkinton couple, Ronaldo and Adriana Solano, were sentenced for defrauding workers’ compensation insurers and misusing federal pandemic relief funds. They underreported payroll through a shell company to avoid over $627,000 in insurance premiums and later secured $2 million in SBA COVID-19 relief funds, using $1 million for a home down payment without disclosing it to their mortgage lender. Ronaldo received a prison term of one year and a day plus supervised release, while Adriana was sentenced to time served and supervised release; together they were ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution.

A Brockton man pleaded guilty and received a two-year continuance without a finding after being charged with filing false insurance claims and larceny, accused of submitting identical fraudulent medical documents to multiple insurers to claim $6,532 for alleged treatment in South Africa, even though the listed clinics and doctor could not verify his care and some facilities and contact details proved fictitious.

A Brockton man pleaded guilty and received a two-year continuance without a finding after admitting to multiple counts of filing false insurance claims, larceny, and attempted crime, accused of submitting fraudulent medical documents to support a $2,537 travel insurance claim for an alleged illness during a trip to Nigeria and using the same fake records in court and with other insurers to obtain payouts.

A Roxbury man was charged with motor vehicle insurance fraud after allegedly claiming his parked Audi was struck, but forensic analysis showed the rear damage was consistent with scraping concrete during a low-speed backing maneuver, and his statements about where and how the damage occurred were inconsistent.

A Chelsea woman received nine months of probation after charges of insurance fraud, attempted crime, and filing a false report, accused of staging a hit-and-run and falsely claiming another car struck her Hyundai, though surveillance and forensic evidence indicated she sideswiped a fixed object while using the car for Lyft.