Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Broker Pleads Guilty in NYC Charity Theft, Faces Up to 25 Years in Prison
Dec 13 2013 // An insurance brokerage owner has admitted to helping a longtime Jewish community leader steal more than $7 million from a prominent New York City charity has pleaded guilty to charges The New York Times says Joseph Ross...
California Business Owner To Pay Millions For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 9 2013 // Richard Lopez Escamilla Jr., 47, was sentenced in Kings County Superior Court in California on Dec.4 to one felony count of insurance fraud and was ordered to pay restitution of nearly $4.2 million to State Compensation...
Ohio Ex-Pharmacist Sentenced for $2.1M Insurance Fraud
Dec 9 2013 // Ohio officials say a former pharmacist convicted in a $2.1 million health care fraud scheme has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Barbara Elise Miller of Coshocton was sentenced in federal court in Akron. A...
Judge Blocks BP Investors from Suing as Group Over Losses
Dec 9 2013 // BP Plc’s U.S. investors can’t pursue as a group claims that the company inflated its shares with misleading statements before and after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a judge ruled, citing a recent Supreme Court...
Florida Lawyer Found Guilty in $800M Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 6 2013 // A South Florida attorney has been convicted for his role in an $800 million insurance fraud scheme involving investments in death benefits. A jury on Wednesday convicted 64-year-old Anthony Livoti Jr. of money laundering...
With Focus on Property Crimes and Violence, Dallas Police Write Fewer Traffic Tickets
Dec 5 2013 // Police in Dallas have issued 37,000 fewer traffic tickets as the force puts more resources toward fighting property crimes and violent offenses. Officers wrote more than 211,800 tickets in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30,...
Cyber Experts Uncover 2 Million Stolen Passwords to Global Web Accounts
Dec 5 2013 // Security experts have uncovered a trove of some 2 million stolen passwords to websites including Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo from Internet users across the globe. Researchers with Trustwave’s SpiderLabs said...
N.J. Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, Overseas Regulator Discuss Anti-Fraud Efforts
Dec 4 2013 // New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that the South Korea’s insurance fraud regulator visited New Jersey Tuesday to learn about the successes of New Jersey’s Office of the Insurance...
Sioux Falls Police Warn of Increase in Car Thefts
Dec 2 2013 // Sioux Falls, S.D., police are warning residents about an increase in the number of vehicle thefts in the last month. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports that most of the thefts occurred after residents had started their...
Ohio Agent Sentenced to 2 Years’ Probation for $7,700 Theft, Insurance Fraud
Nov 27 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that former life insurance agent Russell Lowery, of Olmsted Falls, was sentenced in Cuyahoga County Common Plea Court to two years of probation for...
North Carolina Arrests Made in 3 Alleged Auto Insurance Scams
Nov 25 2013 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Raquel Pineda, 31, of Mount Olive. She was charged with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense. Department of...
Former New Jersey Doctor Sentenced for $19M Billing Fraud
Nov 22 2013 // The patients, most of whom were on Medicaid and Medicare, came into the medical offices of Jose Katz for checkups and consultations. The vast majority would leave with false diagnoses of coronary artery disease and...
Kentucky Judge Hits Accounting Firm with $99M Fraud Judgment
Nov 21 2013 // A large Chicago-based accounting firm has been hit with a $99 million judgment stemming from a fraud lawsuit brought by a Kentucky family that owns dozens of hotels and more than a half-dozen casinos around the...
Former Idaho Councilman Gets Jail Time For Insurance Fraud
Nov 20 2013 // A former councilman from the eastern Idaho town of Rigby has been sentenced to 150 days in jail and 10 years of probation for insurance fraud. The Post Register reported Lawrence Blackburn was sentenced on Monday....
Texas Man Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 20 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Terrance Hopkins of Tyler on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Hopkins to one year of deferred...
Insurance Broker Charged With Theft From NYC Jewish Charity
Nov 18 2013 // An insurance brokerage owner is accused of helping a longtime Jewish community leader steal more than $7 million from a prominent New York City charity. Joseph Ross was charged with grand larceny and money laundering. The...
New Insurance Fraud Research Study Finds Changes in Virginians’ Attitudes
Nov 15 2013 // The Insurance Fraud Program of the Virginia State Police recently completed a state-wide research project on Virginians’ attitudes regarding insurance fraud. The study, designed to track attitude changes since...
New York’s Broome County Forms Task Force to Fight Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 14 2013 // Officials from New York State’s Broome County unveiled a new initiative to crack down on workers’ compensation fraud. Broome County Executive Debbie Preston said Wednesday her county has created an informal...
North Carolina Man Accused of Auto Insurance Fraud
Nov 12 2013 // William Henry Bullock, 64, of Knightdale, North Carolina has been arrested on a charge of obtaining property by false pretense, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Department of Insurance...
Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty To Arson-Related Fraud
Nov 11 2013 // A Broken Arrow, Okla. man has pleaded guilty to a federal mail fraud charge that authorities say is related to an alleged arson at an east Tulsa self-storage facility. The Tulsa World reported that a plea agreement has...
