GUILTY PA - Wealthy Bucks Co. family charged with $20 million insurance fraud, 2009-2013

[JerseyGirl]

Bucks County family matriarch on trial for insurance fraud

Claire Risoldi dressed a lot differently in court Wednesday than at her March preliminary hearing.

She sat in the courtroom wearing a hat, while the Bucks County prosecutor laid out the case. Risoldi is facing insurance fraud, witness intimidation and other charges.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Testimony begins in Doylestown trial of Claire Risoldi, Bucks County socialite charged with $20M insurance fraud

 

[TMAN2014]

Some people are so brazen and entitled to think they can actually get away with their scams. Lock 'em up and teach them a lesson.

 

[TMAN2014]

How dare they accuse the fire fighter's of stealing the jewelry! Tack on another 10 years for that alone.

 

[meanmaryjean]

What a story!

 

[MicheleT]

The articles read like they are written for the Social section. talking about what she's wearing and how her hair looks. This is not a party.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The 71-year-old Risoldi was sentenced to 11 1/2 to 23 months in Bucks County jail for filing $13 million in false insurance claims following a 2013 fire at the family’s former Buckingham estate known as Clairemont.

The jduge also ordered Risoldi to repay insurer AIG the $10.428 million it paid out in claims related to the fire and $10,000 in fines.

Claire Risoldi sentenced to county jail after 'spectacular' fall from grace