Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
BASF Case Shows How Liabilities May Emerge Long After Acquisition
Sep 8 2015 // When BASF SE acquired Engelhard Corp. nine years ago for $5 billion, executives unknowingly inherited a ticking legal time bomb. It all began decades ago over the seemingly mundane industrial product talc, used in...
2 Miami Residents Accused of Conducting $200K in Illegal Insurance Transactions
Sep 8 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrests of Miami residents Alina Del Prado, 60, and Karla Patricia Figueroa, 40, who are accused of deceptively using...
Appeals Court Denies State Farm’s Rehearing Request in Katrina Fraud Case
Sep 7 2015 // A federal appeals court has decided that a jury’s ruling to uphold an insurance fraud decision will stand, allowing whistleblowers who sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. to seek more evidence of fraud after...
Former California Probation Officer Nabbed for Fraud While on Probation
Sep 7 2015 // A former Los Angeles County probation officer, Robyn Palmer, 29, of Long Beach, Calif., was arrested in late August on six felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly forging documents to illegally collect disability...
Idaho Court Allows Boy Scout Suit to Move Forward
Sep 2 2015 // Idaho’s highest court has ruled that the 16 men who say they were sexually abused as youngsters by scout leaders in Idaho filed their lawsuit on time against the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ...
Miami Agent Arrested for Operating With Expired License, Stealing Premium Funds
Sep 2 2015 // The Florida Division of Insurance Fraud announced the arrest of Tania Michel, 41, for failing to notify the Department of Financial Services of a federal fraud conviction, continuing to work in the insurance industry after...
Zewe, Jordan Named to Leadership Posts at Louisiana DOI
Sep 2 2015 // Jeffrey Zewe has been appointed deputy commissioner of the newly formed Office of Consumer Services at the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) and Darie Jordan has been named director of the Louisiana Automobile Theft...
Shopping, Banking from Car Dashboards Opens Door to Identity Theft
Sep 1 2015 // Hackers can already take control of a car. And as vehicles become rolling shopping malls, cybercriminals will have an opportunity to snatch your identity, too. Eager for a cut of drivers’ purchases of fast food, gas...
2 North Carolina Residents Accused of Insurance Fraud in Multiple Counties
Aug 28 2015 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrests of Pamela Christine Liles, 31, and Travis Paul Randolph, 30, of Siloam. Department of Insurance criminal investigators accuse Liles of insurance...
Former California Probation Officer Nabbed For Fraud While on Probation – for Fraud
Aug 28 2015 // A former Los Angeles County probation officer, Robyn Palmer, 29, of Long Beach, Calif. was arrested Thursday on six felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly forging documents to illegally collect disability insurance...
Two-Year Florida Insurance Fraud Investigation Leads to Multiple Arrests
Aug 26 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) has made multiple arrests related to a large-scale personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme spanning across Central Florida. Five...
11 Georgia Residents Charged With Staging Car Accidents
Aug 25 2015 // On August 24, investigators from Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens’ Fraud division, with assistance from Bibb County Sherriff David Davis and his deputies, arrested six Macon, Ga., residents on charges of...
Ohio Chiropractor to Plead Guilty to $696K Insurance Fraud
Aug 24 2015 // A suburban Columbus, Ohio, chiropractor has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to defrauding health insurance companies for nearly $700,000. The Columbus Dispatch reports 44-year-old Jeffrey Shope is charged with...
Revised Kentucky Accident Victim Solicitation Law Under Fire, Again
Aug 24 2015 // A Kentucky law revision limiting the solicitation of accident victims within 30 days of a crash has gone into effect but is already being challenged in the state by multiple chiropractic groups that say the law is...
Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance to Offer Free Fraud Protection in CA
Aug 24 2015 // Rocklin, CA, August 24 2015-Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) will be offering Fraud Protection at no extra charge to purchasers of their Victory Admitted Contractor General Liability policy...
3 Georgia Residents Charged With Insurance Fraud
Aug 21 2015 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens’ office issued a warrant last week for three Treutlen County residents on charges related to insurance fraud. Theresa Dyer, 59, was charged with one count of insurance...
Illinois Contractor May Face Criminal Charges for Asbestos Exposure
Aug 21 2015 // A southern Illinois contractor whose companies were fined nearly $2 million for federal workplace safety violations involving asbestos exposure could face a criminal inquiry. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health...
Audit: Damage, Thefts Cost Baton Rouge More than $100K in 2014
Aug 19 2015 // An audit report on the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council shows there was more than $100,000 in thefts and damage to the city in 2014, mostly from employees. The audit, released by the Legislative Auditor’s...
Illinois Woman Convicted on Multiple Counts of Insurance Fraud
Aug 18 2015 // Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Acting Director Anne Melissa Dowling announced an investigation by the department’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit (WCFU) has resulted in the conviction of an Algonquin...
How Hackers Profited from Stealing Earnings Press Releases
Aug 18 2015 // In late October 2013, Panera Bread Co., the national chain of restaurants that specializes in healthy soups and baked goods, prepared a news release to announce it was adjusting its earnings expectations downward for the...
