Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Controller for Texas Insurer Sentenced for Wire Fraud Scheme
Sep 20 2011 // The former controller for a Houston-based property/casualty insurance company has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for her conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving almost $1 million in loss to...
Massachusetts Trucker Convicted of Insurance Fraud
Sep 20 2011 // A Massachusetts truck driver has been convicted of insurance fraud in New Hampshire for lying about damage to his truck, according to officials. New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny and Attorney General...
Louisiana Court Orders Injunction Against Insurance Fraud Ring
Sep 19 2011 // A Louisiana court has ordered a permanent injunction against members of an insurance fraud ring, banning them from further involvement in the insurance business in that state. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon...
California Bail Bond Agents Arrested For Kidnapping, Extortion and Insurance Fraud
Sep 15 2011 // Three Northern California bail bondsmen have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping clients for the purpose of extortion and insurance fraud. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones made the announcement on Thursday that bail...
Conn. Supreme Court to Take Up Ex-NFL Player’s Fraud Claim Against Lawyers
Sep 14 2011 // The Connecticut Supreme Court will take up a fraud lawsuit by ex-NFL player and investment firm founder Bob Simms against his ex-wife’s lawyers, brushing aside a lower court decision barring the claim. Simms, a...
Mississippi City Police to Send E-mail Crime Alerts
Sep 13 2011 // The Columbus, Mississippi Police Department is launching the Columbus Business Alert initiative, an effort to inform local businesses of crime information as it is happening. Police department spokeswoman Terrie Songer...
Louisiana Court Orders Injunction Against Insurance Fraud Ring
Sep 9 2011 // Insurance regulators in Louisiana say a court has ordered a permanent injunction against members of an insurance fraud ring, banning them from further involvement in the insurance business in that state. Louisiana...
Mississippi Wrongful Death Suit Alleges Hate Crime
Sep 8 2011 // The family of a black man who authorities say was run over by a white teenager in a truck in Jackson, Mississippi has filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the alleged hate crime. The lawsuit accuses seven white teenagers of...
California Self-Insured Restaurant Group Wins Fraud Conviction
Sep 8 2011 // The California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corp. (CRMBC) is holding up a new conviction as success story in its ‘intensified campaign’ against workers’ compensation fraud. Jeanette Gallo pleaded no contest...
Ohio Chiropractor Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Sep 6 2011 // A Fairfield, Ohio, chiropractor who pled guilty in July to felony workers’ compensation fraud has been ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $200,000. Bruce E. Holaday, owner...
Florida ‘Fraud Dog’ Bringing Insurance Cases to TV
Sep 5 2011 // Insurance fraud is so big it could be getting its own reality television show. The show, called the “Fraud Dog,” is in pilot production, and will star Linda Webb, a former AIG insurance claim executive and...
Boston Bodybuilding Firefighter Acquitted of Disability Fraud
Sep 5 2011 // A Boston firefighter who claimed disability benefits due to a back injury but still competed as bodybuilder has been found not guilty of fraud by a federal jury. Albert Arroyo was acquitted by a jury in U.S. District Court...
South Carolina Targets Copper Theft
Sep 5 2011 // South Carolina law enforcement officers and insurers hope a new state law will cut down on thieves destroying air-conditioning units, farm equipment and other property to sell the copper inner parts for scrap. No law can...
Ex-workers Sue San Diego for Pension Fraud
Sep 2 2011 // A lawsuit filed Friday seeks millions of dollars in damages for more than 300 current and former city workers accusing the city of San Diego of pension fraud. It stems from demands that the workers, including retirees, pay...
Former Oklahoma Attorney Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Embezzlement
Sep 2 2011 // A former Tulsa, Okla., attorney has been sentenced in Tulsa County District Court to 10 years in prison for embezzling more than $1 million in clients’ benefits, Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced. William...
Insurance Firm Owner Sentenced for Wire Fraud in Minnesota
Sep 1 2011 // A federal judge in Minneapolis has sentenced an insurance company’s owner to more than three years in prison for stealing nearly $2 million from two associations his firm served. Judge Joan Ericksen sentenced...
Former Nebraska Insurance Claims Examiner Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
Aug 31 2011 // An Omaha man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud while he was working as a claims examiner for an insurance company. The U.S. attorney’s office says that William Bouda faces up to 20 years in prison when he’s...
Florida Targets Check Cashing Firms for Aiding Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 30 2011 // Florida officials, law enforcement officers and trade groups are lining up in an effort to stop checking cashing companies from facilitating workers’ compensation fraud in the construction industry. Headed up by...
North Dakota Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Aug 29 2011 // A former insurance agent in North Dakota on Aug. 24 pled guilty to wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for North Dakota. U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Alan R. Henning, 58, of...
Two Defendants Spared Prison in Rhode Island Insurance Scheme
Aug 29 2011 // A federal judge on Thursday spared an ex-Rhode Island radio host and a former North Providence politician prison time for their roles in a $40,000 home insurance fraud scheme. Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi sentenced former...
