Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Los Angeles Prosecutors Refile Charges in $150M Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Mar 20 2017 // Los Angeles County prosecutors have refiled criminal charges against a dozen people accused of taking part in an alleged $150 million workers’ compensation insurance fraud, the Los Angeles County District...
Convicted Ohio Burglar Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 20 2017 // A Cincinnati man serving time in an Indiana prison for burglary got a short break from prison March 9, but only to plead guilty to workers’ compensation fraud in an Ohio courtroom, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’...
Cashier Admits Stealing $13M at Pennsylvania Monuments Firm
Mar 20 2017 // The former cashier at a Pennsylvania monuments and engraving firm has acknowledged stealing nearly $13 million over 16 years and is hoping a judge will approve a seven-and-a-half-year federal prison sentence for her...
Connecticut Dental Practice Manager Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Mar 20 2017 // The office manager of a Stamford, Conn., dental practice has pleaded guilty to using a retired dentist’s records to charge insurance companies almost $600,000 for work that was never performed. Elena Ilizarov pleaded...
New York Insurance Broker Sentenced in $1M Fraud Scheme
Mar 20 2017 // An Albany insurance broker has been sentenced to nine years in prison for a $1 million securities fraud scheme. Lawrence D. Rosenbaum previously pleaded guilty to charges including grand larceny and securities fraud. He...
CEOs of California Sewing Firms Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 17 2017 // Sisters who are CEOs of sewing companies that are subcontracted by True Religion jeans have been sentenced for conspiring with their accountant to hide tens of millions in payroll to avoid paying for workers’...
Owner of Hotel Cleaning Firm in California Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 15 2017 // Hyok Kwon, owner of Good Neighbor Services, a janitorial company that provided services to some of San Diego’s most exclusive hotels and resorts, has pleaded yesterday to seven felonies, including premium and...
Florida Insurance Agency Employee Accused of Stealing $1M From Employer
Mar 15 2017 // A Florida insurance agency employee was arrested following an alleged scheme that officials claim bilked her Ft. Lauderdale-based employer out of more than $1 million, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer...
Six Arrested in $900K Insurance Fraud Scheme Involving 30 Virginia Fires
Mar 13 2017 // Virginia prosecutors say six people have been arrested for their alleged roles in an insurance fraud scheme that involved setting 30 fires. Federal prosecutors say the defendants over the course of 16 years set fire to...
New Hampshire House Adds Medical Pot Qualifiers, Backs Decriminalization
Mar 10 2017 // The New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in support of decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana and expanding access to medical marijuana for people suffering from chronic pain or post-traumatic stress...
Fraud Investigations in Washington Lead to 2 Guilty, 2 Charged
Mar 9 2017 // Two people were found guilty of felonies and two others were charged in connection with insurance fraud investigations in Washington by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s criminal investigations unit. Alhagie...
North Carolina Man Accused of Insurance Fraud
Mar 8 2017 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has announced the arrest of Stacy Dewhite Brown, 50, of Raleigh, N.C. He is charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false...
Texas Ex-Postal Employee Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Mar 7 2017 // McArthur Baker, 69, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Workers’ Compensation...
California DIR Suspends 7 Workers’ Comp Medical Providers for Fraud
Mar 6 2017 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended seven medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system. The providers...
Australia to Offer ‘World’s First’ University Course to Fight Cyber Crime
Mar 3 2017 // Australia said on Friday it will offer the world’s first university course to train intelligence analysts to fight cyber crime, prompted by innovative methods of money transfer among organized crime and militant...
2017 Florida Insurance Legislation to Watch
Mar 3 2017 // The Florida insurance market has been a hotbed of controversy over the last year, and many are looking at the Florida State Legislature to alleviate some of the concerns coming from consumers, businesses and the industry...
Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Stealing $1.5M from Employer
Mar 2 2017 // The former controller for a Milford, Mass.-based developer has been sentenced to up to three years in prison for stealing nearly $1.5 million from the company. Sixty-one-year-old Michael Lussier was sentenced Monday after...
Many Ontario Drivers Don’t Recognize Insurance Fraud’s Effects on Premiums
Mar 2 2017 // A recent survey of Ontario, Canada drivers raises concerns about their ability to recognize, and therefore reject and report, auto insurance fraud. The survey conducted by Ipsos for the Financial Services Commission of...
Judge Dismisses 15-Year Case Against UBS Over Enron Collapse
Mar 2 2017 // A federal judge in Houston has thrown out a lawsuit accusing UBS Group AG of hiding fraud by its client Enron Corp. from retail customers, a decision that may end a 15-year legal battle stemming from the energy...
Verisk Analytics Buys UK-Based Emergent Network Intelligence
Feb 28 2017 // Verisk Analytics Inc., the Jersey City, N.J.-based data analytics provider, announced it has acquired Emergent Network Intelligence (ENI), an innovator in insurance claims efficiency and fraud detection solutions based in...
