Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Port Authority Police Officer Accused of Insurance Fraud in New York
Jun 26 2013 // A Port Authority police officer has been charged with insurance fraud for claiming he was disabled while moonlighting in a rock band. Authorities say Christopher Inserra defrauded the AFLAC insurance company and the Port...
Car Thefts Up for First Time in Years
Jun 26 2013 // U.S. auto thefts probably rose in 2012 after eight straight years of declines as criminals took advantage of California’s budget cuts and reduced police forces, an insurance-industry group said. Thefts rose 1.3...
Ohio Man Ordered to Pay Nearly $29K for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 26 2013 // An Ohio man was sentenced for working while receiving disability payments from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for a prior workplace injury. Joshua Schlosser was ordered to repay nearly $29,000 he...
Wichita, Kansas Officials Seek to Curb Thefts of Copper
Jun 25 2013 // In a move to curb increased thefts of copper and other metals, Wichita city officials and local police are considering revising the city’s scrap metal ordinance. Expected to be brought to the city council by early...
Virginia SIU Investigator Wins Award for Work on Staged Accident Case
Jun 21 2013 // A staged accident investigation in Roanoke, Va., led to an award for a Nationwide Insurance special investigator. Suzy Clingman-Taylor was named Investigator of the Year by the Virginia Chapter of the International...
Texas Tops U.S. in Number of Lost, Stolen Firearms
Jun 20 2013 // Federal authorities say Texas has far and away the largest number of firearms in the U.S. reported as lost or stolen. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued a report this week showing there were...
Former Idaho Councilman Charged With Insurance Fraud
Jun 20 2013 // A former city councilman from eastern Idaho who resigned earlier this year then left the state is back in Idaho and charged with two felonies. The Post Register reported that Lawrence Blackburn was arraigned in 7th...
Mississippi Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud, Ordered to Repay Nationwide
Jun 18 2013 // A 35-year-old D’Iberville, Mississippi, man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay over $6,000 to Nationwide Insurance Co. for defrauding the company on medical bills involving claims on two auto...
Property Crime Down, Violent Crime Up in 2012: FBI
Jun 17 2013 // The nation experienced a 1.2 percent increase in the number of violent crimes and a 0.8 percent decline in the number of property crimes in 2012 when compared with data from 2011, the FBI said. Violent crime increased in...
BP Shareholders Seek Class Action Status for Suit Over Gulf Spill
Jun 16 2013 // BP Plc’s U.S. investors asked a federal court to grant class action, or group, status for their lawsuit claiming the company misled them before and after the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The investors, led by...
U.S. Sues BMW, Dollar General Over Use of Criminal Records in Hiring
Jun 14 2013 // The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits this week against discount retailer Dollar General Corp. and a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina over their use of criminal background checks to screen out...
Hiscox Adds Crime, Data Breach, Privacy Options to PL Portfolio
Jun 13 2013 // Hiscox has launched phase two of their Hiscox Professional Liability Portfolio, adding two additional coverage options to the existing portfolio. Professional services firms can now add crime and data breach and privacy...
Iowa Pharmacist ‘Vehemently Denies’ Fraud Charges
Jun 13 2013 // An Iowa City pharmacist will contest federal criminal charges alleging that he improperly filed insurance claims for expensive drugs needed to treat patients with hemophilia, his attorney said. Michael F. Stein made an...
U.S. Charges 8 with Cybercrime Against Financial Institutions, Government
Jun 13 2013 // Federal prosecutors in New Jersey on Wednesday unveiled criminal charges against eight people accused of trying to steal at least $15 million from U.S. customers in an international cybercrime scheme targeting accounts at...
Former Va. Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Jun 12 2013 // A former Charlottesville, Virginia, insurance agent has been sentenced to seven months behind bars for duping customers who believed they were buying insurance from him. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old...
Willis Launches ‘CRIMEstar’ – All Risks Cover for Commercial Crime
Jun 11 2013 // Willis Group Holdings has launched “CRIMEstar,” which it describes as a “new commercial crime all risks wording, in response to the growing threat to businesses from fraud and other criminal activity. The...
North Carolinian on ‘Price Is Right’ Pleads to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 10 2013 // A U.S. Postal Service employee from eastern North Carolina who was seen spinning the Big Wheel on TV’s “The Price Is Right” even though she had said she could not deliver the mail has pleaded guilty to...
Oklahoma Steps Up Fraud Fight in Disaster Zones
Jun 7 2013 // Oklahoma is stepping up its efforts to fight fraud in storm-devastated areas of the state with the assistance of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the North Carolina Department of...
H.E.A.T.: Unconventional Auto-Related Crimes Increasing in Michigan
Jun 7 2013 // Auto thefts in Michigan are in a five-year decline, but other forms of vehicle-related crime are on the rise, according to Help Eliminate Auto Thefts (H.E.A.T.), a statewide insurance industry-funded theft prevention...
New Position to Target Workers’ Comp Fraud in Rhode Island
Jun 6 2013 // Officials in Rhode Island are creating a new position to prosecute fraud in the state’s unemployment and workers’ compensation program. The state’s Department of Labor and Training announced the new...
