Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Colorado Insurance Exec Guilty Of Securities Fraud
May 3 2013 // Former insurance executive Michael Van Gilder has pleaded guilty to securities fraud in an insider-trading case connected to billionaire Kirk Kerkorian’s 2008 investment in Denver-based Delta Petroleum. According to...
U.S. Presses China to Stop Growing Trade Secret Theft
May 2 2013 // The U.S. Trade Representative’s office criticized China on Wednesday for failing to stop the growing theft of American trade secrets that are the lifeblood of U.S economic might, in the latest sign of...
Schinnerer Adds Crime, Kidnap, Ransom Coverage to Non-Profit Program
May 2 2013 // Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. has added crime and kidnap, ransom, and extortion coverages to its suite of offerings for non-profits. The new coverages round out the program’s existing offering of directors &...
Crackdown on Mass. Auto Insurance Fraud Leads to Big Savings: Report
May 1 2013 // A crackdown on auto insurance fraud in Lawrence, Mass., prompted by the death 10 years ago of a great-grandmother in a staged accident has saved the city’s motorists $68 million in premiums, and hundreds of millions...
Study: Utah Health Breach Could Approach $406M
May 1 2013 // A 2012 security breach that exposed the personal information of 780,000 Utah residents to hackers could cost as much as $406 million, a new study finds. The Salt Lake Tribune reported in the aftermath of the breach, the...
Top States for Metal Theft Claims
May 1 2013 // Metal theft claims have risen 36 percent in the three years since January, 2010, according to an insurance research organization. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said it is seeing more evidence of pervasive...
Texas Chiropractic Clinic Owner Convicted of $3M Auto Insurance Fraud
Apr 30 2013 // The owner of a now defunct chiropractic clinic in Bryan has pleaded guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said. Marion...
Texas Man Arrested, Charged in $3.5M Staged Accident Fraud Scheme
Apr 30 2013 // A Duncanville, Texas, man faces federal charges in an alleged multi-million dollar staged accident fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas reported that Leroy Nelson was arrested...
World’s Hot Spots for Cargo Theft
Apr 30 2013 // Cargo theft rates in Europe increased 24 percent on average last year from 2011, and were on the rise in Asia as well, while rates in North, Central and South Americas remained consistent with prior years. The greatest...
Fraud is Michigan’s ‘Other’ Auto Insurance Problem
Apr 24 2013 // As legislative work picks up in earnest on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to reform the state’s woeful no-fault auto insurance system, we wanted to call attention to a less-noticed provision of the proposal...
S&P Asks Federal Court to Dismiss U.S. Fraud Lawsuit
Apr 23 2013 // Standard & Poor’s asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss a U.S. Justice Department civil suit against the rating agency, arguing the government’s case is based on vague statements that cannot be used to...
Florida Alleges Fraud by Allianz in Case of Failed Insurer
Apr 22 2013 // Florida regulators are alleging that insurer Allianz and its companies contributed to the collapse of a Florida domestic property insurer by taking out more than $20 million in assets and rendering it unable to meet its...
Florida Man Guilty of $1.2M BP Oil Spill Claims Fraud
Apr 19 2013 // A South Florida man is facing a potentially lengthy prison sentence after a jury convicted him of attempting to defraud the BP oil spill claims fund out of $1.2 million. A jury on Tuesday convicted 32-year-old Jean Mari...
Newark, N.J., Cop Indicted on Auto Insurance Fraud Charge
Apr 18 2013 // Prosecutors say a veteran Newark, N.J., police officer has been indicted on insurance fraud charges. Johnathan Taylor faces charges of conspiracy, aggravated arson and insurance fraud in the indictment handed up by an...
Ex-Utah Cop Headed To Jail For Insurance Fraud
Apr 18 2013 // A former police officer in Price, Utah has been sentenced to jail for defrauding his car insurance company. Robert Iain Walker was sentenced last week to serve up to five years in prison but the sentence was suspended in...
Missouri Grocery Chain: 2.4 Million Credit, Debit Cards at Risk
Apr 16 2013 // Up to 2.4 million credit cards and debit cards used by customers at Schnucks grocery stores in four states may have been compromised over a three-month period, the suburban St. Louis chain said. Schnucks Markets Inc. for...
Texas Mutual: 3rd Provider Sentenced in Fraud Scheme
Apr 15 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Michael T. Douglas of Denton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of perjury in a workers’ compensation fraud-related case. A Travis County district court sentenced Douglas to...
Former NFL Player Charged With Insurance Fraud in California
Apr 15 2013 // A former National Football League linebacker is facing charges for what prosecutors say was a $1.5 million scheme to defraud a Sacramento insurance company. The U.S. attorney’s office said Friday that 42-year-old...
South Carolina Copper Thefts Continue Despite Tougher Laws
Apr 9 2013 // Although tougher laws have been passed, officials in South Carolina say metal robbers continue to plague homeowners, churches, government agencies and utilities. The Greenville News reported that thefts continue despite a...
Former Missouri Agent Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Charges
Apr 8 2013 // A former St. Louis County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to 20 counts of fraud and theft charges, the Missouri Department of Insurance. After an investigation by the St. Louis County Police Department with the support...
