Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
12 Charged with Claims Fraud from 2004 Casino Bus Crash in Pa.
Sep 6 2007 // Twelve people have been charged in Pennsylvania with insurance fraud in a 2004 casino bus crash that authorities allege was staged so the passengers could cash in by filing bogus injury claims. The crash occurred on April...
Mich. Auto Parts Maker Delphi Announces Settlement of Fraud Lawsuit
Sep 4 2007 // Struggling auto parts maker Delphi Corp. announced on Friday, Aug. 31 that there is a settlement of lawsuits by investors who have accused the company’s former managers of fraud. The plaintiffs, including about...
Everett Man Who Faked Hate Crime Gets Three Years for Arson
Sep 4 2007 // A man who admitted torching a friend’s grocery store in Everett, Wash., in a plan by the two to collect insurance and make the fire look like a hate crime has been sentenced to three years in prison. Naveed Khan, 25,...
N.C. Man Enters Plea Agreement on Insurance Fraud Charge
Aug 31 2007 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced today that Nathan James Sigmon pleaded guilty last week to one felony count of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. Sigmon, age 24 of Newton, N.C., was...
Florida Woman Charged with Selling Fake Insurance Cards
Aug 31 2007 // Florida Division of Insurance Fraud officials arrested a Tampa woman who allegedly sold fraudulent automobile coverage insurance cards. Margaret Stillings, 49, who was doing business at 4170 E. Hillsborough Ave., was...
U.S. Mine Industry Worried About Thefts of Emergency Air Packs
Aug 31 2007 // Underground coal miners in the United States are facing a new and apparently growing safety threat: the theft of emergency air packs. Authorities say the devices have been disappearing from mines, particularly in the state...
Texas’ July Enforcement Actions Result in $1.2M in Fines, Restitution
Aug 30 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during July. The actions include seven license revocations, a license denial and fines and restitution...
Benson, N.C., Resident Arrested on Insurance Fraud Charges
Aug 28 2007 // North Carolina Officials arrested and charged a Benson man with fraudulently burning a dwelling, burning personal property and obtaining property by false pretense. Franklin Lee Hollis, 68, of 3394 Woods Crossroads Rd.,...
W. Va. Man Jailed on Insurance Fraud Charge
Aug 28 2007 // A West Virginia man who previously pleaded guilty to one felony count of insurance fraud, is in a regional jail for committing insurance fraud, according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Cline said Bradley...
Former N.D. Agent Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges
Aug 28 2007 // A former insurance agent accused of defrauding investors in at least three states out of about $4 million has pleaded not guilty to 38 counts in North Dakota. David Skjerven, 60, who now lives in Sedona, is accused of...
Fugitive Arrested in $500,000 Auto Fraud Scam
Aug 28 2007 // A Sherman Oaks, Calif., man has been arrested for insurance fraud, grand theft, identity theft, and federal charges, the California Department of Insurance reported. Moshe “Sanny” Assoulin, 35, was arrested in...
Former Wash. Mayor Charged in Fraud Scheme with Slain Trooper
Aug 27 2007 // Detectives investigating the killing of a former state patrol sergeant last year say they learned that he was involved in an insurance scam with another trooper. That second trooper, Douglas Merino, 51 — who is also...
Former New Mexico Insurance Regulator Indicted
Aug 27 2007 // Former New Mexico state insurance regulator Joe Ruiz has been indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly misusing his office by soliciting payments from insurance companies in exchange for reducing regulatory...
Okla. AG Warns of Home Repair Fraud in Aftermath of Storms
Aug 23 2007 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson issued a warning to consumers of the potential for home repair scams following the state’s recent severe weather. “The wind and rain carried with them enormous...
Californian Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 23 2007 // A Pomona, Calif., man has been convicted for workers’ compensation insurance fraud, announced the California Department of Insurance. On Aug. 14, 2007, Manuel Carreon, 45, was convicted on one felony count of...
Fla. Drivers Told Property Damage Liability Still Needed If No-Fault Expires
Aug 22 2007 // Florida drivers will still need to purchase property damage liability insurance even if the state’s no-fault insurance system disappears Oct. 1, a lawyer for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles...
Fla. Officials Arrest Several on Insurance Fraud Schemes
Aug 21 2007 // Florida officials arrested eight individuals accused of various insurance fraud schemes including auto body damage, Personal Injury Protection, and hurricane claim fraud. Two of the arrested persons face up to 55 years in...
Former Ark. Insurance Agent Sentenced in Theft Case
Aug 21 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced former insurance agent John Phillip Middleton, a Van Buren resident with an office in Fort Smith, has been sentenced by Judge James Cox, Sebastian County...
Texas Mutual: 4 Sentenced for Fraud in Workers’ Comp Cases
Aug 21 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that four workers’ compensation claimants were sentenced, in separate cases, for fraud. The claimants collected a combined $17,346 in benefits they were not entitled to, the...
Pa. Judge Suspended Over Insurance Fraud Charges to Retire
Aug 21 2007 // Suspended Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges of mail fraud and money laundering, but abandoned his re-election campaign and said he plans to retire when his term expires in...
