Insurance Journal » insurance fraud http://www.insurancejournal.com Insurance Journal delivers the latest business news for the Property/Casualty insurance industry Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:12:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Mississippi Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud, Ordered to Repay Nationwide http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2013/06/18/295928.htm Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:31:01 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=295928 A 35-year-old D’Iberville, Mississippi, man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay over $6,000 to Nationwide Insurance Co. for defrauding the company on medical bills involving claims on two auto accidents. Circuit Judge Lisa also ordered James Eric …

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]]> Owner Sentenced in Fishing Boat-Sinking Scheme in New Jersey http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/06/14/295641.htm Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:38:01 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=295641 A southern New Jersey fishing boat owner has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for his role in a botched scheme to sink the boat for insurance money. Scott Tran of Cherry Hill was also ordered Wednesday to …

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]]> Former Va. Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/06/12/295178.htm Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:00:12 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=295178 A former Charlottesville, Virginia, insurance agent has been sentenced to seven months behind bars for duping customers who believed they were buying insurance from him. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old Graham Hutson Messer of Bremo Bluff was sentenced in …

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]]> New Position to Target Workers’ Comp Fraud in Rhode Island http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/06/06/294678.htm Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:59:28 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=294678 Officials in Rhode Island are creating a new position to prosecute fraud in the state’s unemployment and workers’ compensation program. The state’s Department of Labor and Training announced the new position on Monday. The prosecutor will be tasked with rooting …

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]]> Pentecostal Bishop in Philadelphia Charged With Insurance Fraud http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/06/03/294134.htm Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:27:21 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=294134 A Philadelphia bishop has been charged with insurance fraud related to water damage that his Pentecostal church sustained. State investigators say Bishop Benjamin Fisher of the Greater Bethel Temple in northeast Philadelphia claimed $77,000 in damages over a dozen events …

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]]> Third Person Sentenced in New York Auto Insurance Scam http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/05/30/293778.htm Thu, 30 May 2013 13:23:31 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=293778 Federal authorities say a 67-year-old central New York man has been sentenced for his role in staging a motor vehicle crash to collect insurance money. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Joseph Demme of Whitesboro was sentenced Tuesday in federal court …

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]]> 2 Sentenced for Insurance Fraud in Ohio http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2013/05/24/293242.htm Fri, 24 May 2013 16:43:23 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=293242 Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that two insurance fraud investigations have led to criminal convictions in the Columbus and Cleveland areas. The cases were related to insurance claim padding totaling nearly $20,000. Randall Stewart, …

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]]> Mom, Daughter Charged With Arson, Insurance Fraud in Connecticut http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/05/21/292785.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 15:14:01 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=292785 A mother and daughter have been charged with setting a fire that heavily damaged the older woman’s home in Stratford, Conn. Police tell the Connecticut Post they became suspicious after finding valuables and all the food from the mother’s refrigerator …

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]]> Allstate Sues 6 Physicians, Medical Corporations in New York http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/05/20/292705.htm Mon, 20 May 2013 16:28:38 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=292705 Allstate Insurance Company is seeking to recover $3.8 million against six physicians and five medical professional corporations in its third insurance fraud lawsuit of 2013. Since 2003, Allstate has filed 47 fraud lawsuits in New York State seeking more than …

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]]> NYC Tops List of Cities With Most Questionable Claims: NICB http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/05/20/292648.htm Mon, 20 May 2013 16:07:36 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=292648 New York City tops the list of U.S. cities with the highest number of questionable insurance claims, according to the latest analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The NICB’s annual look at questionable claims (QC) in the United …

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]]> Delaware DMV Warns Residents About Auto Insurance Phone Scam http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/05/20/292632.htm Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:10 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=292632 Delaware’s Department of Motor Vehicles says residents are being targeted by a phone scam. The DMV says residents have been getting automated phone calls offering them savings on their car insurance. WDEL-AM reports that the message claims the DMV gave …

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]]> Five Arrested In California Million-Dollar Mobile Phone Insurance Scam http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/05/17/292452.htm Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:38 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=292452 Five Northern California residents were arrested by California Department of Insurance fraud investigators and booked into the Sacramento County jail and charged with multiple felony counts related to alleged insurance fraud totaling nearly $1 million, according to CDI. Investigators allege …

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]]> 8 Indicted in New York Over $2M Staged Auto Accident Conspiracy http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/05/14/291871.htm Tue, 14 May 2013 16:59:51 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=291871 New York authorities indicted eight defendants last week with mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud multiple insurance companies. According to the indictment, these defendants allegedly staged auto accidents and later falsely …

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]]> West Virginia Man Convicted of Burning Duplex for Insurance http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2013/05/13/291685.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 15:34:04 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=291685 A federal jury in West Virginia has convicted a Logan County man of burning his duplex to collect insurance money. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said on that 58-year-old Michael L. White of Chapmanville, W. Va., was found guilty of conspiracy …

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]]> Louisiana Ex-Furniture Store Operator Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2013/05/08/291297.htm Wed, 08 May 2013 16:40:40 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=291297 A former operator of a Baton Rouge, La., furniture store destroyed by a fire in 2006 pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge stemming from the blaze and was put on probation. The Advocate reported that Ron Henderson, who managed …

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]]> 2 Mass. Men Sentenced for Fraudulently Collecting $23K in Insurance Payments http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/05/07/291149.htm Tue, 07 May 2013 16:57:28 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=291149 Massachusetts authorities announced this month that two men have pleaded guilty to charges they fraudulently collected an insurance payment of more than $23,000. “These defendants conspired to obtain payment for a closed insurance claim,” Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said …

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]]> Group Says New Maryland Law Slams Door on Rebates by Shady Contractors http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/05/03/290877.htm Fri, 03 May 2013 16:54:47 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=290877 More Maryland homeowners will avoid a costly trap by predatory contractors thanks to a new law, the Washington, D.C.-based Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said. Maryland Senate Bill 736 was signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley on May 2. The …

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]]> Crackdown on Mass. Auto Insurance Fraud Leads to Big Savings: Report http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/05/01/290410.htm Wed, 01 May 2013 17:33:45 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=290410 A crackdown on auto insurance fraud in Lawrence, Mass., prompted by the death 10 years ago of a great-grandmother in a staged accident has saved the city’s motorists $68 million in premiums, and hundreds of millions more across Massachusetts, according …

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]]> Penn. Man Drops Suit Over Mansion Fire, Will Split $18.5M Insurance Payout http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/04/22/289272.htm Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:15:44 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=289272 A suburban Philadelphia man has decided to drop his legal battle against a Canadian couple he claimed had schemed to buy, and then burn down, his historic 19-bedroom mansion in an insurance-fraud plot. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on April 18 …

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]]> Newark, N.J., Cop Indicted on Auto Insurance Fraud Charge http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/04/18/289098.htm Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:15:12 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=289098 Prosecutors say a veteran Newark, N.J., police officer has been indicted on insurance fraud charges. Johnathan Taylor faces charges of conspiracy, aggravated arson and insurance fraud in the indictment handed up by an Essex County grand jury. It was made …

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]]> Former NFL Player Charged With Insurance Fraud in California http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/04/15/288385.htm Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:58:11 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=288385 A former National Football League linebacker is facing charges for what prosecutors say was a $1.5 million scheme to defraud a Sacramento insurance company. The U.S. attorney’s office said Friday that 42-year-old Marcus Buckley, who played seven seasons for the …

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]]> Mass. Woman Sentenced for Fraudulently Collecting $27K in Insurance Payments http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/04/04/287275.htm Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:49:57 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=287275 Authorities announced that a Rockland, Mass., woman has pleaded guilty to charges she fraudulently collected insurance payments of more than $27,000. According to an announcement from Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on March 27, Olga O’Connor Rich, 41, pleaded guilty …

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]]> New Jersey Chiropractor Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Scheme http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/04/02/286838.htm Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:00:04 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=286838 Authorities announced Monday that a central New Jersey chiropractor was sentenced to state prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $650,000 by illegally using “runners” to recruit auto accident patients to his chiropractic businesses. New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced …

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]]> Missouri Judge Blocks Public Records Request in Insurance Fraud Case http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2013/03/20/285256.htm Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:11:25 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=285256 A judge has issued an order blocking a newspaper’s request for documents about the resignation of the police chief in southeast Missouri. Perryville Police Chief Keith Tarrillion submitted his resignation last week amid allegations that he falsified a police report …

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]]> Insurance Claim-Padding OK with 24% of Americans: Survey http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/03/20/285243.htm Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:55:00 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=285243 Twenty-four percent of Americans believe it is acceptable to increase an insurance claim by a small amount to make up for deductibles they are required to pay. That is lower than the 33 percent found in 2002, according to new …

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]]> Washington Man Convicted Of Insurance Fraud over $200,000 Patio Cover http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/03/13/284658.htm Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:38:31 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=284658 A jury on Wednesday convicted a Spokane, Wash. man of insurance fraud and attempted theft after claiming $200,000 for a snow-damaged patio cover. Keith R. Scribner, 48, is set to be sentenced April 16 in Spokane County Superior Court. The …

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]]> N.J. Authorities Form Clearinghouse for Investigating, Prosecuting Sandy Fraud http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/03/12/284475.htm Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:38:50 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=284475 New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced the creation of a “Statewide Sandy Fraud Working Group” to serve as New Jersey’s clearinghouse for investigations and prosecution of criminal and civil fraud related to Superstorm Sandy and the disaster recovery process. …

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]]> Ex-Southern California Firefighter Sentenced For Fake Workers’ Comp http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/03/08/284086.htm Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:06:46 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=284086 Prosecutors say a Los Angeles city firefighter has been sentenced to probation for filing workers’ compensation claims at the same time he was competing in mixed martial arts fighting. The district attorney’s office says 36-year-old Raphael Davis has paid $30,000 …

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]]> FBI in New Jersey Watching for Sandy Fraud http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/03/08/284079.htm Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:28:23 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=284079 The FBI in New Jersey is watching to ensure that federal money meant to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy doesn’t find its way into the pockets of corrupt politicians or scam artists. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says $2.5 billion in …

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]]> Virginia Police: 383 Arrests Made for Insurance Fraud, Related Offenses in 2012 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/02/28/283189.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:20:12 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=283189 The Virginia State Police Insurance Fraud Program announced it is continuing to make inroads in the fight against the crime of insurance fraud as indicated by the statistics in the just released 2012 annual report. In 2012, the Virginia State …

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