Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Guilty Plea in Theft of $1.5M Insurance Settlement in Louisiana
Mar 21 2016 // A Lafayette, La., man is facing a possible 20-year prison sentence for stealing about $1.5 million from an insurance settlement received by his sister. U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley said that 37-year-old Kevin Ralph...
North Carolina Man Charged with Insurance Fraud Over Stolen Trailer Claim
Mar 16 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Dale McKinley Montford, 55, of Jacksonville; he is charged with two counts of insurance fraud and one count each of obtaining property by false...
Tennessee Announces Disciplinary Actions Against 2 Insurance Agents
Mar 14 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced disciplinary actions against two Tennessee licensees for several violations including the knowing misappropriation and conversion of moneys and...
Alabama Makes Arrest in Fraud Ring Targeting 22 Insurers
Mar 11 2016 // The Alabama Department of Insurance: Insurance Fraud Unit has arrested 43-year-old Elvie Gray of Hale County for the crime of insurance fraud. On February 1, a Hale County Grand Jury indicted Gray after an extensive...
New Jersey Couple, Son Accused of Torching $139K Bentley for Insurance
Mar 10 2016 // Authorities announced that a Hudson County, New Jersey, couple, along with their adult son and the manager of a car dealership, have been charged with conspiracy, insurance fraud, and other offenses for allegedly...
Lawsuit Filed against Colorado Hospital in Stolen Painkillers Case
Mar 10 2016 // A lawsuit has been filed against Swedish Medical Center, alleging the Denver, Colo.-area hospital was negligent in hiring a surgery technician who put thousands of patients at risk of being exposed to HIV and...
Chief Executive of Leading Romanian Insurance Company Charged with Fraud
Mar 9 2016 // Anti-corruption prosecutors have charged one of Romania’s richest businessmen with money laundering and abusing his position as a chief executive of a leading insurance company. The anti-corruption prosecutors’...
California Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 7 2016 // The owner of a Sacramento, Calif. construction company has pleaded guilty to tax evasion and workers’ comp insurance fraud. The Sacramento Bee reported that 47-year-old William Alan Huffman entered his plea last week...
Fraud Report
Mar 7 2016 // Florida’s Citizens Launches Campaign to Combat Abuse Claims Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has launched a multi-faceted education campaign in an attempt to combat what it has called a disturbing increase of fraud...
Florida Trucking Association Partners With CargoNet to Address State Cargo Theft
Mar 4 2016 // Verisk Analytics, a data analytics provider, has formed an alliance between its CargoNet business and the Florida Trucking Association (FTA) to help members reduce cargo theft risk and lobby for stricter penalties and more...
Massachusetts Business Owner Indicted on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Mar 4 2016 // Authorities said a Wilmington, Massachusetts man has been indicted in connection with allegedly failing to accurately report the nature of his company’s work in order to avoid $120,000 in insurance...
Suit Alleges Texas Lawyers Bankrolled BP Oil-Spill Scam
Mar 4 2016 // Two high-profile Texas attorneys were sued by a fishing boat captain who said they were involved in a scam to cheat BP Plc out of millions of dollars with false compensation claims for the Gulf of Mexico oil...
South Carolina Announces Initiative to Prevent, Fight Cybercrime
Feb 26 2016 // The South Carolina Revenue Department’s massive 2012 data breach gave Gov. Nikki Haley a firsthand lesson on the need for efforts to counter cybercrime, she said Wednesday. “Today, there is never a day I...
2nd Indiana Man Convicted of Murder, Insurance Fraud in Home Explosion
Feb 26 2016 // An Indianapolis man was convicted of murder, arson and insurance fraud on Feb. 24 for his role in a 2012 house explosion that killed two neighbors and devastated a subdivision in the southern part of the city. A northern...
New Jersey Issues Reminder: Certificates Law Will Take Effect in April
Feb 26 2016 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration issued a statement this week reminding insurance agents, contractors and other interested parties in the state that the new certificates of insurance law will take...
5 North Carolinian’s Accused of Staged Accident Ring
Feb 25 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrests of five Wilmington women in connection with an alleged staged auto accident ring. Investigators allege that over the course of three separate...
Attorney: U. of Oklahoma Settles Suit over Painting Stolen by Nazis
Feb 24 2016 // An attorney for a French woman who sued the University of Oklahoma over a painting that the Nazis stole from her family says a settlement has been reached and that the university will return the painting to her. New York...
Former NYPD Cop Jailed for Filing False Auto Claims
Feb 23 2016 // Authorities said a former New York City police officer has been sentenced to two to six years in state prison for a scheme to defraud auto insurance companies. New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the...
Arkansas Insurance Agent Charged with Fraud Ordered to Repay Nearly $128K
Feb 23 2016 // An Arkansas insurance agent has been charged with fraud and ordered to pay $127,748.06 in restitution. The Arkansas Insurance Department revoked the resident producer’s license of Samuel Bowron Phillips of Fort Smith...
Wyoming Man Sentenced to Probation For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 23 2016 // A Sheridan, Wyo. man accused of collecting disability payments while working for a tree service company has entered a no contest plea to one count of workers’ compensation fraud. The Sheridan Press reported that...
