{"id":650,"date":"2022-05-19T18:34:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T01:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/?p=650"},"modified":"2022-05-20T19:44:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T02:44:55","slug":"feds-seek-ringleader-of-insurance-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/05\/19\/feds-seek-ringleader-of-insurance-fraud-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds Seek Ringleader of Insurance Fraud Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Missy Wilkinson, NOLA<\/pre>\n<p>PLACERVILLE, Calif. May 20, 2022 \u2014 The U.S. Marshals Service asked New Orleanians on Thursday to watch for a man wanted on a 2019 federal warrant for failure to appear in court in a multi-million dollar fraud case.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say they suspect William Oldham Mize, 60, might surface in New Orleans because of his penchants for &#8220;warm weather, marinas and a lavish lifestyle.&#8221; He has ties to the area, they say.<\/p>\n<p>Mize, who lived in Spokane, Washington, and Las Vegas, allegedly spearheaded a scheme to fake car accidents and falls, and bilk insurance companies out of payouts. More than 20 co-conspirators participated in the multi-million dollar plot.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say Mize and his cabal orchestrated car crashes in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada; in Shingle Springs and Rescue, California; in Spokane; and in Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho. He helped stage falls down stairs at several homes in California. Each resulted in six-figure payouts from insurers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/nola.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/7\/d6\/7d64d68e-d7c0-11ec-a77a-dff059c6d7f7\/6286c0aecef5b.image.png?resize=400%2C456\" width=\"400\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>William Oldham Mize is wanted on a July 2019 federal warrant for failure to appear in court on mail and tax fraud charges.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"credit\"><span class=\"tnt-byline\">PHOTO FROM U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>There is a reward of as much as $10,000 for tips leading to his arrest. Submit tips\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmarshals.gov\/tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0or by calling (877) 926-8332.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He helped stage falls down stairs at several homes in California. Each resulted in six-figure payouts from insurers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}