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California man charged with extorting N.Y. life insurer
NEW YORK (Reuters)—A California man angry about a denied insurance claim was arrested and charged with extortion after he sent an e-mail to a New York-based life insurer threatening to damage its business, federal prosecutors in New York said on Monday.
Read more News Source - Business Insurance
Publish date - 16:58:02 03/08/10

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Calif. Man Accused of New York Life Extortion Attempt
A California man angry about a denied insurance claim was arrested and charged with extortion after he sent an email to New York Life threatening to damage its business, federal prosecutors and a company spokesman said Monday.
Read more News Source - Insurance and Technology
Publish date - 15:11:58 03/09/10

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Medicare cuts ties with drug plan that left patients in the lurch
Christina Jewett Medicare officials announced Tuesday that they are tearing up their contract with a New York-based company – with 4,100 California clients – that delayed or denied patients access to medications they needed. Fox Insurance Co. let down its123,000 enrollees by putting obstacles between patients and costly but life-sustaining medications for cancer and HIV, according to a release ...
Read more News Source - California Watch
Publish date - 08:48:08 03/11/10

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California man charged in NYC with cyber-extortion
A California man has been charged with attempting to extort $200,000 from a New York-based life insurance company by threatening to muddy the company's name with cyber spam. Anthony Digati (Dih-GAH-Tee) was arrested Monday morning at his home in Chino, Calif....
Read more News Source - San Francisco Chronicle
Publish date - 17:33:26 03/08/10

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California man charged in NYC with cyber-extortion
A California man has been charged with attempting to extort $200,000 from a New York-based life insurance company by threatening to muddy the company's name with cyber spam.
Read more News Source - San Diego Union-Tribune
Publish date - 16:42:21 03/08/10

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'Vindictive' Anthony Digati Accused Of Plotting NY Life Cyber Extortion Scheme
A California man was charged with extortion after he allegedly threatened to send millions of emails and social networking messages that maligned a large life insurance company unless he was paid almost $200,000.
Read more News Source - The Huffington Post
Publish date - 19:28:29 03/08/10

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California man charged in NYC with cyber-extortion
Associated Press - March 8, 2010 11:05 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - A California man has been charged with attempting to extort $200,000 from a New York-based life insurance company by threatening to...
Read more News Source - WCAX-TV Vermont
Publish date - 16:22:15 03/08/10

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California man charged in NYC with cyber-extortion
NEW YORK -- A California man has been charged with attempting to extort $200,000 from a New York-based life insurance company by threatening to muddy the company's name with cyber spam. Anthony Digati was arrested Monday morning at his home...
Read more News Source - Staten Island Advance
Publish date - 16:10:08 03/08/10

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Man accused of NY Life extortion attempt
A California man angry about a denied insurance claim was arrested and charged with extortion after he sent an e-mail to New York Life threatening to damage its business, federal prosecutors and a company spokesman said yesterday.
Read more News Source - Gulf Times
Publish date - 21:02:22 03/08/10

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Consumer Watchdog calls for national freeze on health insurance rates and rate regulation
Consumer Watchdog called on President Obama to impose a national freeze on health insurance rates before health reform takes effect to protect consumers from premium hikes like the 39% increase recently announced by Anthem Blue Cross in California. The rate freeze is one of five tools Consumer Watchdog urged the president to include as part of his proposed fixes to the Senate health care bill.
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Publish date - 07:22:43 03/09/10

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Anthony Digati arrested for allegedly threatening New York Life with email spam attack
A California man who felt like his insurance company was cheating him has been arrested for threatening to launch a spam email attack against the company.
Read more News Source - New York Daily News
Publish date - 22:08:12 03/08/10

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Pacific Life Announces Fifteen Officer Promotions to Assistant Vice President
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Pacific Life Insurance Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer James T. Morris recently announced fifteen officer promotions to assistant vice president.
Read more News Source - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Publish date - 17:51:55 03/08/10

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