Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Regulators Take Auto Theft Awareness to Public Schools
Dec 4 2008 // The Department of Insurance Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (LATIFPA) has been conducting presentations at middle schools in Bossier City, Benton and Plain Dealing on Auto Theft...
Alabama Police Fear 2 Sought for Insurance Agency Fraud Have Fled
Dec 4 2008 // A Gulf Shores police investigator says two men sought for questioning in an alleged insurance fraud scheme on the Alabama Gulf coast may have fled to Turkey. Authorities want to question Benton Gray Harvey and Jonathan W....
Two California Men Charged in $18 Million Fraud Scheme
Dec 2 2008 // Two Southern California men have been charged with conspiring to defraud the State Compensation Insurance Fund of more than $18 million, according to the California Department of Insurance. David Zahler of Huntington Beach...
Texas Mutual: Fraudulent Doctor Surrenders License
Dec 2 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Ihsan Shanti, M.D. of Houston and Shanti Pain & Wellness Clinic pleaded guilty to felony workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Between January 2003 and March...
Mass. Court: Professional Liability Policy Excludes Document Theft
Dec 2 2008 // A document management company that allowed a client’s sensitive documents to be taken is not covered by a professional liability policy with an intellectual property exclusion, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial...
Texas Enforcement Actions Total $42K in October 2008
Dec 1 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions that became final during October include three license revocations and fines and restitution totaling $42,600. An order imposing disciplinary measures becomes...
A Good Win in North Carolina for Experience
Nov 30 2008 // New Chief Plans a Blog, Statewide Agent Meetings and a Solution for Coastal Property Owners and Insurers On Nov. 4, Democrat Wayne Goodwin won election as North Carolina Insurance Commissioner with 52 percent of the vote,...
Ex-Pennsylvania Judge Found Guilty of Insurance Fraud
Nov 30 2008 // A retired Pennsylvania appellate judge was convicted of mail fraud and money laundering after prosecutors said he lied about neck and back injuries in a fender bender to collect $440,000 from two insurance...
California Deploys Enforcement Officers in Santa Barbara
Nov 24 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has activated a disaster fraud task force in Santa Barbara, which includes the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud and Investigation Divisions, the Santa Barbara...
Ex-Pennsylvania Judge Found Guilty of Insurance Fraud
Nov 21 2008 // A retired Pennsylvania appellate judge was convicted of mail fraud and money laundering after prosecutors said he lied about neck and back injuries in a fender bender to collect $440,000 from two insurance...
Louisiana Agent Charged with Pocketing Fraudulent Commissions
Nov 20 2008 // A Baton Rouge, La., insurance agent has been arrested, issued a cease and desist order, a notice of license revocation and a fine for insurance fraud, theft and forgery. The Louisiana Department of Insurance alleges...
West Virginia Woman Sentenced to Jail for Insurance Fraud Over Jewelry
Nov 18 2008 // A West Virginian woman has been sentenced to up to 10 years for submitting false insurance claims for jewelry. According to state officials, Sherry Kay Peyton, of Williamstown, who plead guilty in May 2008 was sentenced on...
Closings Set in Insurance Fraud Trial of Former Pennsylania Judge
Nov 17 2008 // A federal court jury in Pittsburgh has had a long weekend to mull nearly three weeks of testimony in the fraud trial of a retired Pennsylvania appellate judge. Testimony wrapped up Thursday and the jury will return today...
California Sends Assistance to Fire Victims
Nov 17 2008 // California Commissioner Steve Poizner has deployed more than two dozen California Department of Insurance (CDI) fraud division investigators to assist local law enforcement at the Sayre Fire in Southern California. CDI...
Mississippi Katrina Report: No Fraud by State Farm
Nov 16 2008 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Cos. made questionable decisions in handling Hurricane Katrina claims, but a nearly two-year study found no pattern of fraud in Mississippi. The report by the Mississippi Insurance...
California Arrests Husband and Wife in $10,000 Insurance Fraud Scheme
Nov 14 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced the arrests of Robert and Lisa Franklin of Artesia, on five counts of felony grand theft, five counts of diversion of premiums. In addition, Mrs. Franklin was...
Washington Launches New Insurance Fraud Web Site
Nov 12 2008 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is using his office’s Web site to help fight insurance fraud. In an effort to protect consumers, the fraud section of the site has been expanded to educate people on...
Pennsylvania Judges Testify in Retired Judge’s Insurance Fraud Case
Nov 12 2008 // Several Pennsylvania judges appeared in a federal courtroom Monday to defend one of their own: retired Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce. Joyce, 59, is being tried on mail fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly...
Survey: Americans Worry Economy Poses Increased Risk to Crime
Nov 11 2008 // More than four in 10 Americans are worried that the current economic environment can expose their families to crime, according to a nationwide survey of 1,000 people. Many survey respondents also indicated that economic...
Texas Enforcement Actions for Sept. 2008 Include $160K in Fines
Nov 11 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during September include ten license revocations, two license denials and fines and restitution totaling...
