USA v. Steinger et al

  1. April 18, 2014

    Ex-Mutual Benefits Atty Will Appeal 10-Year Prison Term

    A former outside counsel for Mutual Benefits Corp. filed a notice in Florida federal court Thursday of his intention to appeal a 10-year sentence he received for his role in the company's $837 million insurance investment scam.

  2. April 01, 2014

    Atty Gets 10 Years For Role In $837M Mutual Benefits Scam

    Anthony M. Livoti Jr., former outside counsel for Mutual Benefits Corp., was sentenced in Florida federal court Tuesday to 10 years in prison and ordered to jointly pay $827 million in restitution for his role in the company's $837 million insurance investment scam.

  3. March 28, 2014

    Ex-Mutual Benefits CEO Admits To $837M Investment Scam

    Former Mutual Benefits Corp. CEO Joel Steinger, who was scheduled to go to trial April 1, instead pled guilty Friday in Miami federal court to orchestrating an $837 million insurance investment scam and to a health insurance fraud scheme.

  4. February 11, 2014

    MBC Exec Gets 15 Years For $837M Insurance Scam

    A Florida federal judge Friday sentenced a former Mutual Benefits Corp. executive to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with an $837 million insurance scam.

  5. December 04, 2013

    Mutual Benefits Counsel Guilty In $837M Insurance Scheme

    Outside counsel for Mutual Benefits Corp. was convicted in Florida federal court Wednesday for his role in the company's $837 million scam that prosecutors alleged sold bogus life settlement policies to investors in a multilayered, yearslong scheme.

  6. September 10, 2013

    'Hygienic Nightmare' Stalls Trial Of Ex-Mutual Benefits CEO

    A Florida judge on Tuesday delayed the trial of a former Mutual Benefits Corp. CEO in an $800 million Ponzi scheme case, opting to wait until the former executive can have surgery to relieve a spinal condition rather than insist the court accommodate a hospital bed.

  7. September 03, 2013

    Mutual Benefits Exec Cops To Mail, Wire Fraud In $837M Scam

    A former Mutual Benefits Corp. executive on Tuesday reached a plea deal with prosecutors in two cases accusing him of running an $837 million insurance scam, agreeing to plead guilty on a charge of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

  8. December 05, 2012

    Ex-Mutual Benefits Exec Deemed Mentally Fit For Trial

    A Florida federal judge on Tuesday found a former Mutual Benefits Corp. executive mentally competent to stand trial on charges that he ran an $837 million scam that defrauded investors by buying insurance policies from the terminally ill and seniors.

  9. July 06, 2012

    US Wants Mental Exam For Accused $837M Insurance Scammer

    Prosecutors in Florida federal court on Thursday asked a judge to order a mental competency exam for a former Mutual Benefits Corp. executive accused of running an $837 million insurance scam, a bid to put to rest defense complaints about his fitness for trial.

  10. September 30, 2011

    Ex-MBC Execs Can't Dodge Concealment Charges

    Two former executives and a former attorney for Mutual Benefits Corp. accused of running an $837 million insurance scam lost a bid to toss charges in Florida that they hid material information from investors, according to an order made public Thursday.