Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FBI: Overall N.Y. Crime Rate Continues Decline; Car Thefts Down 13%
Sep 18 2006 // Overall crime rates continued to decline in New York during 2005 as vehicle thefts dropped almost 13 percent and robberies edged up from 2004, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation report. The rate of violent...
Ohio Grange VP Named Chairman for National Insurance Crime Bureau
Sep 14 2006 // Mark C. Russell, Grange Insurance vice president and chief administrative officer, has been named chairman of the Board of Governors for the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), a not-for-profit organization dedicated...
Former N.D. Agent Convicted of Fraud Loses Another Appeal
Sep 14 2006 // A Wimbledon, N.D. farmer and insurance agent, convicted in what was described as the largest farm fraud case in North Dakota history has lost another appeal. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also has rejected the...
San Diego Couple Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 14 2006 // A San Diego couple has been sentenced to one year in jail after conspiring to deceive medical professionals and employer out of thousands in grand theft and workers’ compensation fraud According to California...
AOL to Offer AIG’s ID Theft, Computer Coverage to Subscribers for Free
Sep 13 2006 // Free insurance coverage for identity theft and computer damage is among the premium security offerings AOL is making available to its dwindling base of paying subscribers. The move follows last month’s decision to...
Oregon Seeks to Revoke Agent’s License for Fraud
Sep 13 2006 // The Oregon Department of Consumer & Business Services (DCBS) is proposing to revoke the insurance agent’s license of a Lane County funeral home owner for allegedly filing false insurance claims. Carolyn R....
Roseville Broker Arrested for Grand Theft, Forgery and Insurance Fraud
Sep 12 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrest of insurance broker Mindy Elizabeth Latorre, 34, of Lincoln, Calif., for 58 felony counts of grand theft, forgery and insurance fraud. She was booked at...
La. State Police Book Lafayette Couple on Insurance Fraud Charges
Sep 11 2006 // A Lafayette, La., couple was arrested on charges of felony insurance fraud and theft, state police said. Shaundaniquea Senegal and her husband, Chase, are accused of intentionally defrauding their insurer when Mrs. Senegal...
San Diego Contractor To Pay Calif. State Fund $119,000
Sep 6 2006 // The owner of a San Diego area roofing company has been ordered to pay $119,000 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of the sentencing in a workers’ compensation insurance...
State Patrol Veteran Hired for Washington Anti-Fraud Unit
Sep 6 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has appointed a veteran of the State Patrol to manage the agency’s newly authorized insurance anti-fraud program. Capt. Robert Veliz of Yakima, a 26-year veteran of the...
Texas Regulators Announce July 2006 Enforcement Actions
Sep 5 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance recently announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during July. The actions include 24 license revocations, one license denial and fines and...
Five Seek to Define N.Y. Attorney General Role After Spitzer
Sep 5 2006 // Democrat Eliot Spitzer has tackled illegal trading on Wall Street and fraudulent deals in the insurance industry and sued the federal government to force environmental protections in his nearly eight years as attorney...
Washington appoints assistant attorney general
Sep 4 2006 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) said that the State Attorney General’s Office has assigned a full-time assistant attorney general, Susan R. DanPullo, to assist the agency in combating...
Get your motor runnin’ — not stolen
Sep 4 2006 // California received the dubious honor of most motorcycle thefts in the nation in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The Golden State recorded 9,110 thefts in 2005, compared with 9,213 in 2004. The...
WORKER’S COMP FRAUD $300 BILLION NATIONAL PROBLEM
Sep 4 2006 // The Illinois State Insurance Department receives reports of six alleged cases of workers’ compensation insurance fraud each week, according to Director Michael McRaith. Some reports accuse employers of fraudulently...
Washington appoints assistant attorney general
Sep 4 2006 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) said that the State Attorney General’s Office has assigned a full-time assistant attorney general, Susan R. DanPullo, to assist the agency in combating...
Get your motor runnin’ – not stolen
Sep 4 2006 // California received the dubious honor of most motorcycle thefts in the nation in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The Golden State recorded 9,110 thefts in 2005, compared with 9,213 in 2004. The...
Pursuing Auto Insurance Fraud as Organized Crime Pays Off
Sep 1 2006 // Investigators across the country are trying new tactics to crack down on the old problem of auto insurance fraud, using wiretaps, undercover agents and prosecutors who view the schemes and scams the same way they do...
Pa. Agent Accused of Stealing Premiums to Gamble Online
Aug 31 2006 // Criminal charges have been filed against a Potter County, Pa. insurance agent who is accused of stealing more than $21,000 in insurance premiums from clients for online gambling and other personal uses, according to...
Experts: Gas Prices a Factor in Insurance Fraud Car Fires
Aug 31 2006 // Faced with high gas prices, low trade-in values and other economic pressures, some people are setting fire to their cars and reporting them stolen in hopes of collecting insurance, business and law-enforcement experts...
