Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Study: States Getting Tougher on Fighting Fraud
Mar 20 2007 // States are taking a more proactive approach to fighting insurance fraud, with a 6.4 percent overall rise in fraud convictions between 2004 and 2005, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. In its recent study...
Washington Appoints Advisory Board for Fraud Unit
Mar 19 2007 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has appointed a special advisory board to monitor the effectiveness of the agency’s newly launched fraud unit. Earlier this year, the agency’s eight-member...
FBI: Internet Crimes Range from Auction Fraud to Murder Threats
Mar 16 2007 // When it comes to crime, the Internet is like a Swiss Army knife—a multi-purpose tool that’s easy to use and highly versatile. That’s made clear, says the FBI, by the 2006 annual report just issued by its...
Ohio Hosts Insurance Fraud Seminar March 15
Mar 14 2007 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has announced that the 2007 Insurance Fraud Seminar will be conducted Thursday, March 15 at Quest Conference Centers, 8405 Pulsar Place, Columbus, Ohio. Co-hosts are the Ohio Chapter of the...
Firefighters Still Fighting Calif. Blaze Started with Stolen Car
Mar 14 2007 // Highway security videotape could hold clues about who torched a stolen car and triggered a fierce wildfire near the hills southeast of Los Angeles. Investigators believe the 2,036-acre brush fire in the Anaheim Hills...
Former La. Cop, Wife, Plead Not Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Mar 14 2007 // A former Shreveport, La., police officer and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an allegedly altered police report. Ronald Small and his wife, Tracey, entered the plea Mar. 12 in state district court...
People
Mar 12 2007 // Three members of the Kansas Insurance Department, Ted Clark, Anti-Fraud director, Larry Bruning, chief actuary, and Neil Woerman, director of Information Technology, have been appointed to leadership positions within the...
Identity theft: A ‘catch phrase for the new millennium’
Mar 12 2007 // Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security breaches at governmental entities and major corporations, the primary methods of confiscating the information necessary to commit identity theft turn out to...
Identity theft advice from the Federal Trade Commission
Mar 12 2007 // Common methods of identity theft: Dumpster diving. Collecting bills and other sources of personal information from trash bins. Skimming. Stealing credit/debit card numbers by using a special storage device when processing...
Stolen painting found in Spielberg’s home
Mar 12 2007 // Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Art Crime Team (ACT) have located an original Norman Rockwell painting, “Russian Schoolroom,” stolen during a burglary in Clayton, Mo., in 1973. It was...
Fraud Charges Filed Against 5 in 2005 Kansas Fire
Mar 9 2007 // Attorney General Paul Morrison announced fraud charges Wednesday against five people accused of fraudulently trying to obtain grant or insurance money for a fire that destroyed a large portion of historic downtown Fort...
Last Person Convicted in Texas Staged Accident Fraud Ring
Mar 9 2007 // The ninth and last defendant in a staged auto accident insurance fraud ring was convicted of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity in Dallas County District Court on February 27, 2007, the Texas Department of Insurance...
Bill to Protect Victims of Identity Theft Clears Okla. Senate
Mar 8 2007 // A bill to give greater protection to victims of identity theft recently passed the Oklahoma State Senate. The measure, Senate Bill 567, was authored by Sen. Randy Bass as a result of an incident in his...
Calif. Man Caught for Arranging “Theft” of Truck
Mar 6 2007 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division have arrested a Newhall, Calif., man for allegedly staging the theft of his high-end pickup truck in a scheme to defraud his auto insurance...
FBI Finds Stolen Norman Rockwell Painting in Spielberg’s Home
Mar 6 2007 // Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Art Crime Team (ACT) have located an original Norman Rockwell painting, Russian Schoolroom, stolen during a late night burglary in Clayton, Missouri in 1973. It was...
TDI Orders Nearly $900K in Fines, Restitution in January Actions
Mar 6 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during January. The actions include nine license revocations, two license denials and fines and...
Small London Company Uses Computer Archive to Help Find Stolen Art
Mar 5 2007 // The request was simple enough: Lloyd’s underwriters had been approached to insure the movement of seven paintings, including one by Cezanne, from Russia to London for valuation and sale. So Lloyd’s contacted...
La. AG Says Contractor Fraud Fugitive Arrested in Fla.
Mar 5 2007 // Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., recently announced that his office has arrested an individual suspected of defrauding numerous homeowners in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Charles Parish who were trying to repair their...
Fraudulent Auto Crash Claims Result in Arrest in La.
Mar 5 2007 // The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit announced it arrested Becky Roberts, of West Monroe, in Ouachita Parish on Feb. 23, 2007, for insurance fraud (2 counts) and forgery. State Police said an investigation...
Pomona Woman Arrested After Tracking Device Leads to Stolen Car
Mar 5 2007 // A Pomona, Calif., woman has been arrested after authorities followed a signal from an electronic tracking device installed in a car she reported stolen, officials said. Elva Padilla surrendered to authorities after...
