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Wife of slain Texas trucking magnate sentenced to probation in $9M fraud case

11 July 2024

Frances Hall was sentenced to 10 years deferred adjudication after pleading no contest to charges she was part of a multimillion dollar fraud scheme while she was co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking in San Antonio, Texas.

Hall was sentenced Wednesday in the 147th District Court in Austin, Texas. As part of her no contest plea, Hall will also pay $150,000 in restitution.

Deferred adjudication is a type of probation in criminal cases that allows a defendant to avoid a conviction by staying in the...

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Fraud hearing set for trucking company owner convicted of killing her husband

17 August 2023

More than a year after Frances Hall was arrested for felony fraud, the case against the trucking company owner continues to make its way through the Texas legal system.

A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 30 for Hall, who was convicted of killing her husband in 2016 and is now accused of defrauding insurers.

Hall, 60, allegedly provided false payroll information over a seven-year period to avoid more than $9 million in insurance premium payments while she was co-owner of the trucking...

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Wife of slain Texas trucking magnate now charged in massive fraud

5 August 2022

A San Antonio woman convicted of killing her husband while chasing his mistress on a highway has been charged with felony fraud relating to the company they co-owned, Bill Hall Jr. Trucking.

Frances Hall, 59, provided false payroll information over a seven-year period to avoid more than $9 million in insurance premium payments while she was co-owner of the company with her late husband, Bill Hall Jr., a Thursday release from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) claims.

“Between 2009 and 2016,...

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