Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Motorist Arrested for Alleged Auto Insurance Fraud
Mar 13 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced Wednesday the arrest of Tenquisha Shancaza Durham of Gastonia, N.C. She was charged with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false...
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud; Ordered to Repay $806K
Mar 12 2014 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that Howard Douglas Whiddon of Dripping Springs pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges in a Travis County district court. The court sentenced Whiddon to 10...
Louisiana Health Insurers OK Third-Party Payers Through Nov. 15
Mar 12 2014 // The three major companies in Louisiana offering coverage through the federal insurance exchange have agreed to continue to accept premium payments through Nov. 15 from a program that helps HIV/AIDS patients cover their...
Archdiocese In Washington Says Data Breach May Lead To Fraud
Mar 12 2014 // The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle says some employees and volunteers may be victims of national tax refund fraud because of a data breach. The Seattle Times reported that the archdiocese posted a notice about the problem...
North Carolina Claimant Extradited from Florida on Insurance Fraud Charges
Mar 12 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Stacy Lasondo Jackson of Jacksonville, Fla.. She has been charged with 10 counts each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false...
New Identity Theft Protection Company to Provide Investigative, Recovery Services
Mar 11 2014 // New company, N.J.-based ID360, has been formed to offer comprehensive investigative and recovery services to identity theft victims. The company is comprised of recovery specialists and a national network of former...
Top Executives of Failed Dewey Law Firm Facing Fraud Charges
Mar 7 2014 // Three former executives at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, once the No. 3 legal adviser to banks handling merger deals, were charged with a “blatant” $200 million fraud that spurred the largest law firm bankruptcy in...
Iowa Pharmacist Acquitted of Insurance Fraud Charges in Hemophilia Drug Case
Mar 6 2014 // Jurors acquitted an Iowa pharmacist of health care fraud, rejecting allegations that he fraudulently billed Iowa’s largest health insurance company for life-saving drugs sent to hemophilia patients. The federal jury...
Sandy Fraud Task Force Closes Office in Monmouth County, N.J.
Mar 6 2014 // The Superstorm Sandy fraud task force in Monmouth County, N.J., has closed its office in the county’s Bayshore region. In the year since opening, the task force has reviewed 232 cases. About 92 cases were referred to...
Nevada Insurance Fraud Trial Begins For County Analyst
Mar 5 2014 // Trial has begun in federal court in Las Vegas for a 49-year-old senior Clark County human resources analyst accused of conspiring with a dead former judge to steal $824,000 from an auto insurance company. The Las Vegas...
Western N.Y. Man Accused of Faking Disability to Get Benefits
Mar 4 2014 // A western New York man says he’s been wrongly accused of faking a disability to obtain $9,000 a month in veterans’ and workers’ compensation benefits. Federal prosecutors in western New York announced...
Tim Cloney Promoted to Director at Investigation Solutions
Mar 4 2014 // San Diego, Calif. (03/04/14) – Investigation Solutions, Inc. (ISI), a National multi-line field adjusting and investigation company specializing in uncovering fraudulent insurance claims, has promoted Tim Cloney to...
IronPro Enters Fidelity, Crime Insurance Market
Mar 3 2014 // IronPro, the U.S. professional and management liability unit of Ironshore Inc., is entering the fidelity & crime insurance market with product capacity limits available of up to $30 million. Kevin Finn has been named...
Ex-Tennessee Senator Pleads Guilty to Theft in Workers’ Comp Case
Mar 3 2014 // Former Democratic Tennessee state Sen. Eric Stewart has pleaded guilty to a theft charge. Media reports said Stewart agreed last Thursday to the judicial diversion plea in Franklin County Circuit Court. Originally, he had...
Mississippi Woman Must Repay $17K in Oil Spill Claims Fraud
Feb 28 2014 // A 32-year-old Gulfport woman has been ordered confined at home and must repay $17,000 in an oil spill fraud case. Sheila Wilbanks, spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s Southern District office, told The Sun Herald...
Halliburton Supreme Court Case Could Curb Securities Fraud Class Actions
Feb 28 2014 // A quarter-century after the U.S. Supreme Court opened the era of class action shareholder litigation, the justices may be poised to shut it down. The court will hear arguments March 5 on a Halliburton Co. appeal targeting...
Illinois Pharmacist Sentenced to 7 Years for Identity Theft, Insurance Fraud
Feb 27 2014 // An Illinois pharmacist has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for stealing customers’ identities to make fake prescriptions and collect money from insurance companies. Federal prosecutors say 76-year-old...
Supreme Court Allows Stanford Fraud Suits by Investors; Willis Among Defendants
Feb 27 2014 // Victims of R. Allen Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme can sue outside companies, including insurance broker Willis and law firms, alleged to have played a role in the fraud, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, dealing a...
BP Loses Bid to Halt Payments to Seafood Workers
Feb 26 2014 // BP Plc lost a bid to have a judge suspend about $1.3 billion in payments to seafood-industry workers who are part of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement because of alleged improprieties by a lawyer involved in the...
N.J. Insurance Adjuster Charged With Defrauding N.J. Turnpike Authority
Feb 26 2014 // Authorities announced the owner of a New Jersey-based insurance adjusting company was arrested Tuesday for allegedly defrauding the N.J. Turnpike Authority and certain insurance companies of more than $200,000. Robert...
