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  1. February 21, 2020

    Attys Get $7M Fees In Decadelong $102M Funeral Scam Suit

    A Missouri federal judge on Friday awarded $7 million in fees to attorneys who won a $102 million judgment for PNC Bank NA's predecessor's role in an alleged $600 million scam involving funeral contracts.

  2. July 03, 2019

    PNC Bank Owes $102M In Decade-Old Funeral Scam Suit

    A Missouri federal judge on Wednesday ordered PNC Bank NA to pay $102 million for its predecessor's role in an alleged $600 million Ponzi-like scheme involving prepaid funeral contracts, after the Eighth Circuit knocked out a previous $289 million award in the decade-old case.

  3. August 17, 2017

    8th Circ. Picks Apart $289M PNC Insurance Scam Judgment

    The Eighth Circuit largely freed PNC Bank NA on Thursday from a $289 million judgment it had been ordered to pay over its role in a life insurance scheme, with the appeals court saying the case proceeded on a faulty legal basis that wrongly allowed for nationwide damages.

  4. December 02, 2015

    PNC To Appeal Funeral Scam Verdict To 8th Circ.

    PNC Bank on Wednesday said it would appeal to the Eighth Circuit a Missouri federal jury's verdict in March finding the bank liable for more than $390 million in damages for its role as a trustee to a company that ran a massive Ponzi-like scheme involving pre-paid funeral contracts.

  5. November 23, 2015

    PNC Denied New Trial After $390M Funeral Scam Award

    A Missouri federal judge has denied PNC Bank’s motion for a new trial following a judgment finding the bank liable for more than $390 million in damages for its role as trustee to a company that ran a massive Ponzi-like scheme involving pre-paid funeral contracts.

  6. July 22, 2015

    PNC Sanctioned For Hiding Policies In Funeral Scam Case

    PNC Bank NA was sanctioned in Missouri federal court Wednesday for failing to reveal insurance policies that could provide coverage for a $391 million verdict awarded to state life insurance associations over the bank's role in a massive prepaid funeral contract scheme.

  7. March 09, 2015

    PNC Bank Hit With $391M Jury Verdict In Funeral Scam Case

    A Missouri federal jury returned a verdict Monday that PNC Bank NA owes nearly $400 million to state life and health guaranty associations for its role in now-insolvent National Prearranged Services' alleged $600 million insurance scam involving prepaid funeral contracts.

  8. February 25, 2013

    Trustee Banks To Face Jury In $600M Funeral Scam Case

    Plaintiffs suing over an alleged $600 million funeral contract insurance scam won the chance Friday to take their claims to a jury trial after a Missouri federal judge rejected a request from trustee banks linked to the scheme to have the case heard without a jury.

  9. September 12, 2012

    Banks Get Claims Cut From $600M Funeral Fraud Case

    A Missouri federal judge on Tuesday trimmed claims against certain trustee banks in a dispute over an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving preneed funeral contracts that cost consumers and funeral homes $600 million, ruling the plaintiffs hadn't sufficiently shown the banks' involvement in the scheme.

  10. May 16, 2012

    Funeral Provider Looks To Bury Missouri Under Litigation

    A preneed funeral contract provider caught up in an insurance fraud scandal took aim at Missouri on Tuesday, claiming that the state should be the one held legally responsible for an alleged scheme that cost consumers and funeral homes $600 million.

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