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Faegre clients accused of falsifying shrimp trip tickets, face $2.3 million Deepwater Horizon clawback
NEW ORLEANS – A group of shrimpers and associated seafood companies they operate are accused of filing a series of fraudulent Deepwater Horizon claims worth $2.3 million, according to document filed last week by court officers. -
Deepwater Horizon clawback requests go unheeded as only one questionable settlement repaid of $8 million in allegedly fraudulent claims
NEW ORLEANS – A special investigator appointed to root out wrongdoing in the Deepwater Horizon claims program has identified nearly $8 million in fraudulent claims payments he maintains should be returned, yet the judge overseeing the historic case has yet to approve most of the clawbacks. Ex-FBI director Louis Freeh, who was appointed by U.S. -
Faegre Baker Daniels withdraws as counsel on allegedly fraudulent $3 million Deepwater Horizon claim made by convict
NEW ORLEANS – Two weeks after a man serving time in prison on fraud charges was accused of defrauding the Deepwater Horizon claims center of $3 million, the law firm representing him has withdrawn as his counsel. In late May two Port Arthur, Texas seafood companies, Alliance & Associates LLC and Crystal Seafood Company, were accused of filing fraudulent claims with the BP settlement fund worth a combined $3.16 million. -
Faegre Baker Daniels withdraws as counsel on allegedly fraudulent $3 million Deepwater Horizon claim made by convict
NEW ORLEANS – Two weeks after a man serving time in prison on fraud charges was accused of defrauding the Deepwater Horizon claims center of $3 million, the law firm representing him has withdrawn as his counsel. -
Seafood companies owned by man previously convicted of fraud accused of perpetrating $3 million Deepwater Horizon fraud
NEW ORLEANS – A pair of Texas seafood processors owned by a man previously imprisoned for fraud are facing more than $3 million in Deepwater Horizon claims clawbacks after court officials said the firms were not in business at the time of the 2010 oil spill. -
Faegre Baker Daniels faces another Deepwater Horizon clawback; Client falsely alleged he was captain of shrimp boat
NEW ORLEANS – Fraud investigators in the Deepwater Horizon case are demanding a Cameron, La. deckhand pay back a damage award worth more than $71,000 he received as part of the oil spill settlement. -
Court finds more fraud in Deepwater Horizon claims, demands repayment of $187K
NEW ORLEANS – A St. Bernard Parish man is accused of misrepresenting his income as a commercial shrimper to become eligible for nearly $200,000 in damages from the Deepwater Horizon claims center. -
Number of claims found to be based on false tax forms grows as special master asks more claimants to return damage awards
NEW ORLEANS – The investigation into fraudulent claims stemming from the Deepwater Horizon Court Supervised Settlement Program appears to be heating up. -
Special investigator identifies yet another Deepwater Horizon seafood fund claim based on false tax documents
NEW ORLEANS – An investigator probing fraud in the multi-billion dollar Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement has filed a clawback request against yet another Gulf Coast fisherman, saying he filed fake paperwork to justify a $168,000 claim payment.