Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report: New York Fraud Investigations Yielded 755 Arrests Last Year
Mar 17 2009 // Investigations by The New York State Insurance Department Frauds Bureau led to 755 arrests in 2008 — a slight increase over 2007 and and the highest arrest total since 2004, the department said. “Arrests for...
Retired Pennsylvania Judge Appeals Fraud Conviction
Mar 16 2009 // A retired Pennsylvania Superior Court judge is appealing his conviction on charges of falsely collecting $440,000 from insurance companies. Michael Joyce was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in federal...
Insurance Fraud by Telemarketers Targeted in Texas
Mar 12 2009 // The chairman of the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud says telemarketers continue to harass the victims of auto accidents whether they have been injured or not. The group is endorsing a bill being introduced in the Texas...
Crime Victims’ Compensation Claims Reviewed in North Carolina
Mar 12 2009 // A North Carolina commission may pay out about $1.4 million to reimburse crime victims for out-of-pocket expenses they incurred related to crimes committed against them. The Crime Victims Compensation Commission heard a...
Retired Pennsylvania Judge Gets 46 Months in Jail for Fraud
Mar 12 2009 // A retired Pennsylvania Superior Court judge was sentenced to three years, 10 months in prison Tuesday for falsely collecting $440,000 from insurance companies after being injured in a slow-speed fender bender. Michael...
Texas Mutual Fraud Investigations Recover $4.1M in 2008
Mar 11 2009 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that it saved or recovered $4.1 million through its workers’ compensation fraud investigations in 2008. According to the company, the $4.1 million includes: claimant fraud...
New Jersey Teen Hurt in Stolen Auto Denied Medical Benefits
Mar 9 2009 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court said a passenger in a stolen vehicle can’t collect medical benefits under an auto insurance policy, even if the person doesn’t know the vehicle was stolen. Last week’s 5-2...
Shrinking Budgets Stem Fraud Fighting Efforts
Mar 9 2009 // Fewer Fraud Bills To Be Debated in West With the downtrodden economy rumbling through the West, momentous and game-changing fraud bills will be in short supply this year. Lawmakers’ time and patience will be soaked...
Former New Jersey Police Officer Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Mar 6 2009 // A former Camden City, New Jersey police officer has been sentenced for insurance fraud for falsely claiming that vans used by his patient transportation business were only being driven for personal use, according to state...
South Carolina Police Say Camera Helps Recover Stolen Cars
Mar 5 2009 // The police chief in North Charleston, South Carolina says a new camera system that can check license plates in an instant is so good at finding stolen cars and tags, he wants to set up a camera in high crime areas. Chief...
Economic Crisis Fuels UK Corporate Fraud, Corruption Warns Marsh/Kroll
Mar 4 2009 // Marsh, and its MMC risk consulting affiliate Kroll, have warned that UK firms are exposed to heightened fraud and corruption risks this year as a result of the global recession. “In addition, many insurance policies...
Mass. Man Faces Insurance Fraud Charges Over Broken Tooth Claims
Mar 4 2009 // A Massachusetts man has been arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court in connection with allegedly submitting false dental injury reports to insurance companies in order to receive cash settlements. Tod Schaffer, 42, is charged...
Insurance Fraud Arrests and Convictions on the Rise in Virginia
Mar 3 2009 // The Insurance Fraud Program (IFP) of the Virginia State Police said it made 307 arrests for insurance fraud last year — a 47 percent increase over the previous year. In addition, convictions for insurance fraud in...
Ex-CEO Greenberg Sues AIG, Alleges Securities Fraud
Mar 2 2009 // American International Group Inc., whose $61.66 billion quarterly loss was the largest ever for a U.S. company, has been sued for securities fraud by former Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg. Greenberg,...
Wisconsin Bill Would Allow Fraud Suits Over Home Sales
Feb 27 2009 // Duped home buyers could sue the sellers for fraud under a bill approved by the Wisconsin Senate. The bill would reverse a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision last year that barred civil fraud lawsuits stemming from...
California AG Sues to Block Fraudulent Workers’ Comp Scheme
Feb 27 2009 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. filed a lawsuit to stop the Contractors Asset Protection Association Inc. from engaging in what he called a “sophisticated and fraudulent scheme” to cheat the...
Nebraska Trial in Florida Insolvent Insurer Case Put on Hold
Feb 25 2009 // The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a judge to put a new trial on hold in a multimillion-dollar insurance dispute and follow the high court’s ruling from last summer. Last June, the Supreme Court threw out the...
Without Insurance, Race Car’s Theft May Mean End of Racing Team
Feb 25 2009 // A pickup truck and a trailer containing an expensive open-wheel race car have been stolen from the parking lot of an Oklahoma City motel, police said. Eugene Nolen of Indianapolis said the $250,000 loss could mean the end...
Missouri Deals with Rash of Cattle Thefts; Farm Bureau Offers Reward
Feb 24 2009 // A rash of cattle thefts in southwest Missouri has prompted two organizations to offer a total of $10,000 in rewards for help catching the crooks. Authorities report that hundreds of animals have been loaded onto trucks and...
New Mexico Bill Lets Courts Combine Fraud Losses
Feb 20 2009 // The New Mexico Senate passed a bill that would increase insurance fraud penalties by empowering courts to combine the insurance money stolen by multiple schemes into one larger dollar amount that triggers longer sentences...
