Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.J. Senate OKs Electronic Proof of Insurance, Reverse Rate Evasion Bills
Mar 19 2015 // New Jersey’s state Senate on March 16 passed a bill (A-3905) that would allow motorists to display proof of auto insurance in either physical or electronic format. The bill was previously approved by the state...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Over Damage Done to Car
Mar 18 2015 // A New Jersey man has admitted that he sought more than $15,000 from his insurance company for damage done to his car before his policy took effect and for personal items he claimed were stolen. Derrick Smith of Newark, New...
Authorities Find 5 Barrels of Stolen Kentucky Bourbon in Thieves Backyard
Mar 18 2015 // Another iconic bourbon brand in Kentucky has been targeted in a heist, but this time authorities say they have arrested a suspect caught with the stash of pricey whiskey in his backyard. Franklin County sheriff’s...
Former Miss Montana Gets 5 Years’ Probation For Insurance Fraud
Mar 17 2015 // A former Miss Montana USA who was convicted of defrauding her insurance company while her historic mansion was undergoing repairs has been sentenced to five years on federal probation. The Missoulian reported U.S. District...
Investigation Solutions, Inc. Promoted Tim Cloney to Vice President of Investigations
Mar 17 2015 // San Diego, CA, March 17, 2015 – Investigation Solutions, Inc. (ISI), a national multi-line field adjusting and investigation company specializing in uncovering fraudulent insurance claims, has promoted Tim Cloney from...
Idaho Man Sentenced For Insurance Fraud Against Progressive
Mar 16 2015 // An Idaho Falls, Idaho man has been sentenced for filing false car insurance claims. The Idaho Attorney General’s Office says Robert C. MacNeilage was sentenced last week to an intensive treatment and education...
Man Accused of Stealing Injured Indiana Child’s Insurance Settlement
Mar 13 2015 // A northern Indiana man faces theft charges for allegedly stealing more than $612,000 from an insurance settlement awarded to an injured child. Fifty-three-year-old Clark W. Holesinger pleaded not guilty to two felony theft...
FEMA Sets Up Review Process for Sandy Flood Claims
Mar 12 2015 // In light of recent allegations that some insurers in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) may have denied or rejected Superstorm Sandy flood damage claims based on falsified reports, the Federal Emergency Management...
Insurance Fraud Leads to Prison Sentence for North Dakota Farmers
Mar 11 2015 // Two North Dakota brothers have been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay back more than $900,000 for intentionally destroying potatoes to collect federal farm insurance payments. In separate hearings, U.S. District...
Indiana Doctors’ Group Reports Patient Data Stolen
Mar 11 2015 // Two Indiana State Medical Association computer hard drives that have been stolen contain insurance information on 39,000 people, the doctors group said. One of its employees was transporting two archive backup hard drives...
Anti-Insurance Fraud Measures Needed in Minnesota and Michigan
Mar 10 2015 // Minnesota and Michigan both are confronting significant problems with scammers defrauding auto insurance systems they perceive have relatively soft defenses. Minnesota faces a surge in organized fraud rings that fleece...
Senator: FEMA Will Re-examine More Cases, Reform NFIP Claims Process
Mar 5 2015 // A top Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official has committed to taking aggressive steps to make sure victims of Superstorm Sandy get “every penny to which they’re entitled” from their national...
5 Members of Alleged Ohio Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Indicted
Mar 5 2015 // Five Cincinnati-area residents have been indicted on multiple counts of alleged insurance fraud for filing a significant number of false insurance claims in 2014 totaling approximately $85,000, the Ohio Department of...
N.J. Congressman Calls for FEMA Chief’s Resignation
Mar 3 2015 // A New Jersey congressman is asking for the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator W. Craig Fugate and an immediate investigation into FEMA after reports that FEMA was aware of allegedly...
Internal Corporate Whistleblowers Swayed by Protections, Not Pay: Study
Mar 3 2015 // Offering monetary incentives does not necessarily influence whistleblowing behavior and might even discourage internal reporting, according to new research. Researchers at North Carolina State University and Bucknell...
It’s Easy to Get Hacked: Just Connect to Fraudulent Wireless Hotspots
Mar 3 2015 // If anyone attending the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week doubts how easy it is to hack smartphones and tablets, Filip Chytry and his team plan to set them straight. By hacking into their devices. Chytry’s...
Secret Service: Cybercrime ‘Skimming’ Cases on the Rise in North Carolina
Mar 3 2015 // The U.S. Secret Service says “skimming,” a cybercrime which targets automatic teller machines and gasoline pumps and the people who use them, is on the rise in the Charlotte, N.C., area. The Charlotte Observer...
FEMA Exec Tells ’60 Minutes’ He’s Seen Evidence of Fraudulent Reports
Mar 2 2015 // The head of Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) flood insurance program acknowledged he has seen evidence of fraudulent engineering reports that may have been used to deny flood claims by Superstorm Sandy...
Uber: Hackers May Have Stolen Data on 50,000 Drivers
Mar 2 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. said its database was access by an unauthorized third party last year, resulting in the possible theft of information on 50,000 drivers. The drivers, who are part of Uber’s mobile car-booking...
Insurers Targeted in Proposed N.Y. Corporate Whistleblower Protection Law
Feb 26 2015 // Employees who report illegal activity in insurance, banking and financial services would be protected and compensated for their trouble under new legislation proposed by New York State Attorney General Eric...
