USA v. Lindberg et al

  1. December 20, 2024

    Top North Carolina Cases Of 2024: Bias, Fraud And False Ads

    North Carolina saw a host of heavy-hitting civil trials in 2024, from back-to-back multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in suits over false advertising and employment discrimination, to a substantial bench ruling in a much-watched bias suit against the federal judiciary.

  2. November 25, 2024

    Insurance Mogul Denied 'Custom Detention' After Plea Deal

    A convicted insurance mogul who pled guilty to a $2 billion fraud scheme has lost his bid for a temporary reprieve from county jail after turning himself in, with a federal magistrate judge citing concerns about equity if he were to grant such a "custom detention order" for the billionaire.

  3. November 21, 2024

    'Where Were You?': Judge Irked By Feds In $2B Fraud Case 

    A North Carolina magistrate judge said Thursday he was "appalled" by a system that left a convicted insurance mogul unable to communicate with his attorneys while he sat in a county jail for nearly a week following his guilty plea to a $2 billion fraud and money laundering scheme.

  4. November 20, 2024

    Insurance Mogul Seeks Transfer To Fla. Halfway House

    A billionaire businessman embroiled in a host of criminal and civil suits centered on his crumbling insurance empire wants to relocate to a halfway house in Florida as he awaits sentencing on federal bribery charges, saying restrictions at the county jail have hamstrung his ability to talk to his defense attorneys.

  5. November 12, 2024

    After Bribery Conviction, Insurance Mogul Cops To $2B Fraud

    An insurance mogul convicted on bribery and wire fraud charges turned himself into the U.S. Marshals Service on Tuesday in North Carolina after pleading guilty to separate charges stemming from a $2 billion scheme to defraud insurance companies, regulators and policyholders.

  6. August 16, 2024

    NC Litigation Highlights Of 2024: A Midyear Report

    Several-high profile cases in North Carolina came to a close in the first half of the year, from a second bribery conviction against an insurance magnate beset by legal woes, to the anticlimactic withdrawal of a state Supreme Court justice's much-watched free speech suit. Here, Law360 looks at those and other notable rulings so far in North Carolina.

  7. July 26, 2024

    Feds Want Mogul To Forfeit $1.5M In NC Bribery Case

    Convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg should forfeit nearly $1.5 million he allegedly used to bribe North Carolina's insurance regulation chief in exchange for more friendly oversight of his companies, the U.S. government told a North Carolina federal court Friday.

  8. July 16, 2024

    Feds Oppose Acquittal For Embattled NC Insurance Mogul

    Federal prosecutors opposed bids by insurance mogul Greg Lindberg and his former political consultant John Gray to undo their guilty verdicts on bribery charges, saying sufficient evidence was presented at trial showing the pair tried to bribe North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to get rid of a regulator overseeing Lindberg's companies.

  9. May 30, 2024

    NC Insurance Mogul Chases Acquittal After Bribery Retrial

    An insurance magnate besieged by litigation and twice convicted on charges of trying to bribe North Carolina's insurance commissioner is looking to undo the latest jury verdict, saying there wasn't enough evidence during the second trial to convict.

  10. May 15, 2024

    NC Insurance Mogul, Adviser Found Guilty Of Bribery — Again

    A federal jury in North Carolina on Wednesday convicted embattled insurance mogul Greg E. Lindberg and his former political consultant on federal bribery charges for the second time after a weeklong trial in Charlotte.