May 5, 2023- LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) Teresa Schmidt—This week, the Louisiana insurance commissioner issued $2 million in fines against a Texas-based law firm for a fraud scheme against hurricane victims.

The firm of McClenny Moseley & Associates was accused of receiving and negotiating insurance settlement checks without the policyholder’s authority to do so.

In the days just before the deadline to sue over Hurricane Laura insurance claims, the firm, also known as MMA, engaged in the mass filing of lawsuits on behalf of clients whose names were provided by a legal marketing program through a company called Velawcity…