Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced a Sedgwick county man has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for insurance fraud.
Lance Given, age 64, pleaded no contest and was sentenced on July 8, 2026, in Sedgwick County District Court to two misdemeanor counts of fraudulent insurance acts. Given gave false information about the location and circumstances of an accident in order to gain coverage for damages to his vehicle that otherwise would not have been covered by his policy. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months probation with 30 days of underlying prison time if probation is violated. He was ordered to pay a $500 fine for each count.
The Kansas Department of Insurance investigated this case which was prosecuted by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.
A Massachusetts construction firm owner fraudulently misclassified subcontractors as siding workers or painters when they were performing riskier roofing work in order to avoid paying higher workers’ compensation premiums, according to the Massachusetts attorney general’s office (AGO).
Massachusetts officials said that Edwin Santiago Bueno of Milford was indicted by a Worcester grand jury. He is scheduled to be arraigned in the Worcester Superior Court on July 14, 2026.
By misclassifying his workers between June 2020 and May 2023, the owner allegedly evaded approximately $20,194 in workers’ compensation premiums owed to Ace American Insurance Co., which is administered by Travelers Insurance Co.
According to the officials, Bueno owned and operated ESB Construction, Inc., a Milford-based construction company. As the owner, Bueno was responsible for providing workers’ compensation insurance for all employees and uninsured subcontractors.
Upon discovering Bueno’s misclassification, Travelers notified the Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts (IFB), which confirmed that ESB had been performing roofing work while Bueno classified his subcontractors under other, less expensive categories.
Bueno faces four counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud and one count of larceny over $1,200.
All of the charges are allegations, and Bueno’s is presumed innocent until proven guilty.