The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud has recently released their list of the year's most unforgettable fraud cases. The organization compiles the list after evaluating the most outrageous and now even violent, insurance fraud scams over the course of the year. The following criminals are just some of those to make 2007's Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame.

Timothy Nicholls is now serving a life sentence in prison after intentionally burning down his Colorado Springs home while his three children were inside to collect the insurance money. Life was becoming more difficult for Timothy and Deborah Nicholls with severe debt and drug addictions. According to the CAIF, The couple owed the IRS about $12,000 and more than $200,000 to a drug-dealing motorcycle gang for the expensive methamphetamine addiction. Deborah Nicholls is awaiting trial.

Another case involved the husband and wife insurance fraud team of Ronald and Mary Evano. The couple went around Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia scamming restaurants and grocery stores by claiming they had swallowed pieces of glass and settling with insurance companies for large payouts. The Evano's maintained their scheme for eight years and were treated at hospitals at least 12 times between 1997 and 2005. Ronald has been order to repay more than $340,000 and is serving 63 months in prison. Mary Evano is still at large.

Christopher Michael Robertson, along with his homosexual partner, Paul Day returned to find their home in the Kings Manor Mobile Home Park in Lakeland, Fla. destroyed by fire. Robertson faked a hate crime by spray painting the words "die fag" on the steps of his mobile home. When the incident started to draw unexpected publicity and support, Robertson admitted to starting the fire himself. He now faces 18 months in prison.

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Fraud of the Week: Coalition Releases 2007's Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame

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