Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Officer in Ice Bucket Video Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
May 6 2015 // A California officer faces insurance fraud charges after authorities say a video showed her participating in an ice-bucket challenge despite claiming she had a back injury. Los Angeles County prosecutors say a video posted...
Wells Fargo Sued by Los Angeles Over ‘Fraudulent Conduct’
May 6 2015 // Wells Fargo Bank could be writing a big check after the city of Los Angeles filed a lawsuit over unfair practices in which employees opened unauthorized accounts for customers, sticking them with fees and damaging their...
Owner of Florida Medical Clinic Arrested for PIP Fraud
May 4 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud has arrested Roxana Suarez La Rosa on charges related to PIP (personal injury protection) fraud. In 2012, the Saint Jose Injury Center in...
Texas Among Top 5 States for Vehicle Thefts with Keys Left Inside
May 4 2015 // More and more drivers are making it easy for thieves. A new report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has found an increasing number of thefts of vehicles with the keys left inside. For the years 2012 through...
Data Stolen on 900 Southern California Mental Health Patients
May 1 2015 // Authorities say personal information on 900 Los Angeles County mental health patients was stolen but it’s unclear if any of it was misused for ID theft. The Los Angeles Times reported documents with Social Security...
AG Lynch Urges Corporate, Government Cooperation to Fight Cybercrime
May 1 2015 // Attorney General Loretta Lynch this week urged greater cooperation between the government and private industry to combat computer hackers, a key component of a new cyber- attack playbook released by the Justice...
California Pot Dispensary Owners Nabbed For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 28 2015 // The owners of the Green Cactus Collective Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Palmdale, Calif., were arrested on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud. Tiffany Shorter, 26, and Jabe Satterfield, 77, failed to carry...
Top 5 States for Vehicle Thefts with Keys Left Inside
Apr 27 2015 // More and more drivers are making it easy for thieves. A new report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has found an increasing number of thefts of vehicles with the keys left inside. For the years 2012 through...
Former Alabama Police Chief Charged with Insurance Fraud for House Fire
Apr 24 2015 // A former Alabama police chief is one of two men charged with insurance fraud for an October house fire. Sixty-two-year-old Thomas Fuller and 47-year-old Glenn Fuller were arrested Saturday and taken to DeKalb County Jail,...
Landlords in Michigan Town Must Ensure Renters Keep Homes Crime-Free
Apr 22 2015 // A new ordinance in Saginaw will require renters to pledge to keep their homes free of crime and puts landlords on the hook for making sure tenants obey the rules. The ordinance, dubbed the “crime-free lease...
Greenberg Wants State’s High Court to Nix New York AG’s Fraud Case
Apr 22 2015 // In a last-ditch effort to avoid trial, former American International Group Inc Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg is seeking permission to ask New York’s highest court to throw out the accounting fraud...
Former Georgia Mayor Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Apr 22 2015 // The former mayor of Milledgeville has turned himself in to face a dozen charges of insurance fraud. The Macon Telegraph reported that 52-year-old Richard Bentley was booked at Baldwin County Jail on Monday. Officers said...
Mississippi AG Hood Sues State Farm, Alleges Katrina Claims Fraud
Apr 21 2015 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly shifting hundreds of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina wind claims to the state by mislabeling them flood claims. The...
Conn. Official: Anthem Customers Reporting Spike in Fraudulent Tax Returns
Apr 20 2015 // The Connecticut attorney general’s office says Anthem Inc. customers are increasingly reporting fraudulent tax returns being filed using their names and other personal information. But spokesman Robert Blanchard said...
California Agent Nabbed on Bogus Bond, $100K Premium Theft Charges
Apr 20 2015 // Licensed insurance agent Lars Hedegaard, 63, of Danville, Calif. was arrested on two felony counts of grand theft in April. Hedegaard was doing business as Westport & Associates Insurance Services Inc. when he...
Sheriff: Multiple Suspects May be Behind Stolen Kentucky Bourbon
Apr 17 2015 // Whoever stole five heavy barrels of Wild Turkey bourbon from a Kentucky warehouse may have taken a lot more liquor than previously thought and the case could result in multiple indictments, according to the sheriff...
WikiLeaks Publishes Stolen Sony Emails, Documents
Apr 16 2015 // WikiLeaks published more than 200,000 internal Sony Pictures Entertainment documents and e-mails, opening a new chapter in the hacking saga that enveloped Sony Corp.’s Hollywood studio late last year. The release...
Greenberg Denied Bid to Dismiss New York AG Fraud Suit
Apr 16 2015 // A New York state appeals court rejected former American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s bid to dismiss a decade-old lawsuit accusing him of orchestrating an accounting fraud...
Judge Approves Delay in Sentencing for Duke Energy Coal Ash Crimes
Apr 16 2015 // Duke Energy received a delay Tuesday in pleading guilty to environmental crimes after the company raised the specter that bureaucratic red tape could result in power being cut to military bases across North Carolina. U.S....
Florida PIP Fraud Investigation Spanning Two Years Concludes with 7 Arrests
Apr 15 2015 // A two-year PIP fraud (personal injury protection) investigation involving Integrated Healing Clinic in Tampa, Fla., has concluded with the arrests of 7 residents, according to a statement by the Florida Department of...
