Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Floridians Receive Fraud Fighter Rewards
Dec 1 2006 // Three Floridians who provided key information that led to the arrests of four individuals for insurance fraud totaling more than $35,000 earned $2,500 in rewards. The Department of Financial Services has awarded $94,000 as...
N.Y. Man Sentenced for Fraud in Dairy Barn Fire
Dec 1 2006 // Peter Mravlja of Decatur, N.Y., was officially sentenced subsequent to his plea of guilty to felony insurance fraud following a joint investigation into a suspicious fire at his dairy barn on April 20, 2003, according to...
Lawrence, Mass. Man Pleads Guilty to Auto Insurance Fraud
Nov 30 2006 // A Lawrence, Mass. man pleaded guilty this week to an indictment charging that he participated in an auto insurance fraud scheme to bilk insurance companies out of thousands of dollars in false claims, according to state...
Motor Vehicle Theft Declines in California
Nov 29 2006 // California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has released the Department of Justice’s “Crime in 2006, January Through June” preliminary report showing property crime decreased by 2.8 percent compared to the...
Identity Theft Concerns Rise: Chicago Workers’ Data Mailed to Wrong People
Nov 28 2006 // Names, Social Security numbers and home addresses of nearly 1,740 former Chicago school employees were mistakenly mailed to other members of the group, prompting concerns the information could be used for identity...
Ark. Agent Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Nov 27 2006 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman reported that Carolyn Dixon, the owner of Dixon Insurance in Pocahontas, entered a negotiated plea of guilty to two counts of Insurance Fraud (Class D felony) and one...
Mo. Man Sentenced to Prison in Medicare Fraud Scam
Nov 22 2006 // The owner of two Kansas City-area medical supply businesses was sentenced Monday to three years in prison without parole for his part in a scheme that bilked Medicare out of millions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Gary A....
Mich. Flagstar to Appeal Ruling in Coverage Dispute with Chubb
Nov 22 2006 // Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. has announced that a federal judge dismissed its lawsuit against an insurance company in a coverage dispute. As a result, Flagstar will record a one-time charge in the fourth quarter of 2006 of...
Idaho Resident Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Nov 22 2006 // A Pocatello, Idaho, man received a one to seven year prison sentence for insurance fraud, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. Joshua K. Smith, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud and was sentenced in...
Ameriplan Settles Fraud Allegations for $200,000
Nov 22 2006 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison announced he has reached a settlement agreement with AmeriPlan to resolve allegations of insurance and securities fraud. In July, Morrison issued a cease and desist order after charging...
La. Man Sentenced in FEMA Fraud Case
Nov 21 2006 // A Zachary, La., man has been sentenced on fraud charges related to a hurricane relief program. Terry Watson, 40, was sentenced to two years probation, a $250 fine, $2,000 in restitution and 50 hours of community...
Laptop stolen from broker has Villanova
Nov 20 2006 // A laptop computer stolen from an insurance brokerage firm contained the names, birth dates and driver’s license numbers of more than 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members, the school said. No Social...
Philly: 35 charged in fraud sting; 1 in ring
Nov 20 2006 // Nearly three dozen people face fraud charges after federal authorities set up a phony chiropractic clinic in Philadelphia as part of a sting operation that focused on personal-injury claims from supposed automobile...
1 IN 4 IN U.S. SAY FINANCIAL, PERSONAL INFORMATION STOLEN
Nov 20 2006 // More than one in four Americans say their financial information or personal information has been stolen, sometimes by someone they knew, according to a recent survey. The study done for Experian, the credit rating agency,...
Employee crime is big threat to small companies
Nov 20 2006 // More than one in three (36 percent) private companies, many of which were uninsured, experienced an employee theft averaging nearly $350,000 within the past five years, according to research by the Chubb Group of Insurance...
Philly: 35 charged in fraud sting; 1 in ring
Nov 19 2006 // Nearly three dozen people face fraud charges after federal authorities set up a phony chiropractic clinic in Philadelphia as part of a sting operation that focused on personal-injury claims from supposed automobile...
Laptop stolen from broker has Villanova University insured student driver data
Nov 19 2006 // A laptop computer stolen from an insurance brokerage firm contained the names, birth dates and driver’s license numbers of more than 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members, the school said. No Social...
1 in 4 in U.S. sayfinancial, personal information stolen
Nov 19 2006 // More than one in four Americans say their financial information or personal information has been stolen, sometimes by someone they knew, according to a recent survey. The study done for Experian, the credit rating agency,...
Amica Adds Identity Theft Service
Nov 15 2006 // Amica Insurance has a new partnership with Arizona-based Identity Theft 911, a provider of identity fraud education and resolution services. Amica is providing its policyholders with access to the service. Identity Theft...
Ark. Insurance Scam Ring Convicted
Nov 14 2006 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that on Oct. 27, 2006, Curtis Moore of Jonesboro entered a negotiated plea of guilty to one count of Class B felony Theft of Property for his involvement in...
