Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maryland Anti-Fraud Efforts Net $450K in Restitution
Jan 11 2008 // Nineteen insurance fraud cases were adjudicated in Maryland in the last three months of 2007, resulting in nearly $450,000 in restitution ordered paid, the state’s Insurance Administration said. The prosecutions were...
Mass. Horse Farm Charged with Workers’ Comp Premium Fraud
Jan 10 2008 // Update: On Nov. 3, 2008, Christopher Mersereau and his corporation, Stoneymeade Farm LLC, located in Concord, Mass., entered into an agreement with the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley resolving charges originally...
Personal Data at Risk after Utah Workers’ Comp Fund Laptop Stolen
Jan 8 2008 // Worker’s Compensation Fund, one of Utah’s largest insurance companies, is working to recover a laptop stolen from an auditor’s car that held personal data records for some 2,800 people. The laptop was...
N.C. Woman Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud
Jan 8 2008 // West Virginia officials announced that a Raleigh County woman pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits exceeding $3,800.00. On May 15, 2007, a Raleigh County Grand Jury indicted Angel...
Kentucky Insurance Agent Arrested on Fraud Charges
Jan 8 2008 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance Fraud Division arrested a Somerset, Ky., insurance agent last month following an indictment on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud and four felony counts of possession of a forged...
Texas Mutual Fraud Investigators Earn ACFE Certification
Jan 8 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported it recovered more than $1 million in workers’ compensation fraud last year. The company also announced that Texas Mutual investigators Victoria Quintana and William Muhr earned...
Virginia Governor Seeks ID Theft Protection, Credit Freeze Measure
Jan 7 2008 // Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said last week that he will ask the General Assembly to pass legislation guarding against identity theft and credit fraud. Kaine made the announcement at the Virginia headquarters of the...
Insurance Application and Drivers License Fraud Lead to Arrests in Fla.
Jan 7 2008 // Florida officials arrested seven Floridians accused of posing a risk to Florida’s and the nation’s security by fraudulently obtaining Florida Commercial Driver Licenses. The investigation is ongoing and...
Insurance Fraud Expert from La. AG’s Office Picked for Inspector General
Jan 7 2008 // Louisiana’s Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal picked a lawyer in the state attorney general’s office as Louisiana’s new inspector general, a position intended to investigate executive branch fraud and...
Court Reduces Damages Award for Virginia Identity Theft Victim
Jan 3 2008 // A federal appeals court has reduced the damages awarded to a Virginia woman in an identity-theft suit against Equifax Information Services. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit last Thursday reduced the mental...
Idaho Upset over Toyota Ads
Jan 3 2008 // The Idaho Department of Insurance (DOI) has joined forces with the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a Washington group that includes insurers, law enforcement officials and consumer groups, in expressing concern over...
NYC Police Nab 2 for Selling Stolen Equipment to Business Owners
Dec 31 2007 // The New York City Department of Investigation says two men hawking stolen fire extinguishers have been arrested on charges of grand larceny and reckless endangerment. Sergey Vishnev and Maxin Ilim, both of Brooklyn,...
No-Fault Auto Insurance Requirement Back in Force in Florida Jan. 1
Dec 31 2007 // Florida drivers will have personal injury protection coverage added to their policies Jan. 1 as the state returns to a no-fault system after a three month break. Most people won’t have to do anything to comply with...
Pa. Man Accused of Pushing Car off Mountain to Make Theft Claim
Dec 31 2007 // A Pennsylvania man pushed his Ford Mustang down a mountain as part of a scheme to claim it was stolen, authorities said. Richard Way Jr., 28, pushed the car down an embankment along Wopsy Mountain in Blair County last...
Texas Enforcement Actions Result in $4.5M in Fines, Restitution
Dec 28 2007 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during November include three license revocations, two license denials, and fines and restitution totaling $4,495,150, the Texas...
Oregon Detectives Seek Victims of Insurance Fraud
Dec 28 2007 // Portland Police Bureau Fraud Detectives and investigators from the State of Oregon Insurance Division of the Department of Consumer & Business Services have executed a search warrant at Trautman Perrin & Hale...
Brazil Museum Uninsured for Stolen Picasso
Dec 27 2007 // Brazil’s premier modern art museum had no insurance on paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari stolen in a brazen burglary, the museum’s spokesman said on Saturday. Three thieves, armed with nothing...
Workers Comp Fraud Sweep Nets 8 in N.Y.
Dec 21 2007 // The New York State Insurance Fund said a fraud sweep in Nassau County resulted in the arrests of eight people who allegedly took a combined $938,000 in fraudulent workers compensation benefits. The arrests came after a...
Kentucky Man Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Dec 18 2007 // Kentucky officials indicted a Louisville man on a felony count of insurance fraud after allegedly submitting an altered receipt for nearly $4,000 to State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. Robert L. Whiteside, 39, presented a...
Survey Shows Phishing Attacks in 2007 Caused $3B in Damages
Dec 18 2007 // Phishing attacks in the United States soared in 2007 as $3.2 billion was lost to these attacks, according to a recent survey. The survey found that 3.6 million adults lost money in phishing attacks in the 12 months ending...
