Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
RTW Rehab Pays W.Va. Commission $40,000 Restitution, Fined $50,000
Jun 29 2006 // RTW Rehabilitation Services Inc. of Baltimore, Md. has pleaded guilty to one charge of mail fraud in federal court in Charleston, W.Va. and ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution to the West Virginia Offices of the...
Texas Department of Insruance Announces April Enforcement Actions
Jun 28 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during April. The actions include four license revocations, three license denials and fines and...
Former N.J. Cop Gets 1-Year for ‘Chop-Shop’ Car Insurance Fraud
Jun 28 2006 // A former Hillside, New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to one year in jail and barred from public employment for taking part in a chop shop insurance scheme. Dennis Melendez, who had been on the Hillside...
Miami-Dade County, Fla. Couple Arrested for $69,000 Medicaid Fraud
Jun 28 2006 // Two Miami-Dade County residents have been arrested for attempting to defraud the Florida Medicaid program out of more than $69,000, according to Attorney General Charlie Crist. Hortensiz I. Escoto and Ricardo Isidro Escoto...
Lutherville, Md. Agent Accused in Commercial Premium Fraud
Jun 27 2006 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported the filing of felony insurance fraud and felony theft charges against Joseph J. Muehleison, an insurance agent and former president of Commercial Lines Corporation...
Three in La. Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Jun 26 2006 // Two Baton Rouge, La., men and a Donaldsonville attorney face charges of conspiring to defraud an insurance company of $100,000, according to the Louisiana State Police. Investigators believe Glenn Davis, 55, and Jessie...
N.D. Commissioner Not Satisfied with Humana Response on Security Thefts
Jun 26 2006 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman says attorneys will draft a proposed order to be sent to a company next week in response to the theft of personal information from some of its customers. Poolman said the...
Gov. Bush Signs Florida Auto Insurance Fraud Legislation
Jun 26 2006 // Anti-fraud legislation that cracks down on and reins in auto insurance fraud was signed June 26 by Gov. Jeb Bush. The action applauded by Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO, who oversees law enforcement agencies involved in...
Kan. Insurance Commissioner Candidates Face Off as Primary Nears
Jun 23 2006 // Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger and candidate hopeful State Rep. Eric Carter got to the point, so to speak, recently when they spoke before members of the Wichita Association of Health Underwriters. A point...
Twenty Arrested in Los Angeles for Alleged Insurance Fraud
Jun 23 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the early morning arrests of 20 suspects involved in a staged auto collision ring dubbed “Operation Freeway Squat.” The bust targeted a major auto...
Florida Releases Its Annual ‘Top-10 Fraud List’
Jun 21 2006 // The Florida Department of Financial Services has released its annual “Top-10 Fraud List,” summarizing 10 of the costliest or boldest securities, finance and insurance fraud scams investigated by the DFS...
California Family Business-Owners Arrested on Fraud
Jun 21 2006 // Californians Clyde and Jackie Sewell, both 52, owners of North Pointe Enterprises Inc., and their daughter, Toni Studer, 30, were arrested at their place of business. The Sewells, who are residents of Elverta, Calif., were...
State Fund Receives Nearly $600,000 in Restitution from San Diego County Contractor
Jun 20 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has received restitution of $599,817 from the owner of a San Diego framing company convicted of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Robert H. Rodriguez, 50, of...
AIG Says Computer Theft in Midwest Contains Personal Info of Thousands
Jun 20 2006 // A theft of computer equipment containing personal information about 970,000 individuals was recently confirmed by American International Group Inc., (AIG). The theft took place on March 31st at one of AIG’s Medical...
Top 10 metro areas with highest auto theft rates
Jun 19 2006 // Modesto, Calif. Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev. Stockton, Calif. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz. Visalia/Porterville, Calif. Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, Wash. Sacramento/Arden-Arcade/ Roseville, Calif. San Diego/Carlsbad/ San Marcos,...
Despite Bush veto, Florida legislators vow to revive no-fault bill in 2007
Jun 19 2006 // Irate Florida legislators, upset after Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed the state’s no-fault auto insurance law, are vowing to place the topic of no-fault insurance and the personal-injury-protection bill on the front burner...
Top 10 metro areas with highest auto theft rates
Jun 19 2006 // 1. Modesto, Calif. 2. Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev. 3. Stockton, Calif. 4.Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz. 5. Visalia/Porterville, Calif. 6. Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, Wash. 7.Sacramento/Arden-Arcade/ Roseville, Calif. 8. San...
Modesto, Calif. ranked car theft capital of the nation
Jun 19 2006 // The rural Stanislaus County community that’s grabbed unwanted headlines as home of convicted killer Scott Peterson and former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit now has another unflattering distinction: The nation’s car...
Pride Industries Employee Arrested for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jun 16 2006 // A Sacramento man has turned himself in for insurance fraud. Darren Stanton was a long term employee of PRIDE Industries, an employer of people with disabilities, according to LWP Claims Solutions Inc. On March 28, 2005,...
N.H. Alleges Fraud in ING Handling of State Retirement Plans
Jun 15 2006 // New Hampshire securities officials have charged units of Dutch financial services giant ING Groep NV with taking undisclosed payments for promoting poor investments to state employees in their individual retirement...
