The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud has released its annual list of the year's most unforgettable fraud cases. The organization compiles the list after evaluating the most outrageous insurance fraud scams over the course of the year. The following are just a few of the cases that made it into the Coalition's 2007 Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame. For the complete list, go to www.insurancefraud.org.

Timothy Nicholls is now serving a life sentence in prison after intentionally burning down his Colorado Springs home to collect the insurance money while his three children were inside. 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.

Married couple Ronald and Mary Evano 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 massive payouts. The Evanos maintained their scheme for eight years and were treated at hospitals at least 12 times between 1997 and 2005. Ronald has been ordered to repay more than $340,000 and is serving five years in prison. Mary His wife, however, is still at large.