Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Homeowners want insurance carriers to offer identity theft coverage
Nov 5 2006 // More than 40 percent of consumers would like their homeowners insurance carrier to offer coverage for identity theft, according to a study released by J.D. Power and Associates. The “2006 Homeowners Insurance...
Okla. Man Charged with Home Repair Fraud
Nov 3 2006 // An Oklahoma City man was charged with six felony counts of home repair fraud after an investigation by Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s Consumer Protection Unit. Alfred W. Soulek, 56, allegedly took more than...
Calif. State Fund To Recieve $35,000 in Restitution
Nov 3 2006 // An employee of a Chatsworth, Calif., construction company has been ordered to pay $35,263 in restitution to the California State Compensation Insurance Fund in a workers’ compensation insurance fraud case. Alejandro...
35 Charged in Personal Injury Insurance Fraud Sting in Philly
Nov 2 2006 // Nearly three dozen people face fraud charges after federal authorities set up a phony chiropractic clinic as part of a sting operation that focused on personal-injury claims from supposed automobile accidents, authorities...
1 in 4 in U.S. Say Financial, Personal Information Stolen
Nov 2 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 survey released this week. The study done for Experian, the credit...
1991 Honda Most Stolen Vehicle
Nov 1 2006 // For 2005, the most stolen vehicle in the nation was the 1991 Honda Accord, according to Hot Wheels, the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s companion study to its annual Hot Spots auto theft report. The study examines...
La. Agent Arrested, Charged with Forgery and Fraud
Nov 1 2006 // A Rayville, La., insurance agent was shut down on charges of fraud and misappropriation of funds, Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced. Tracy E. Antley, 44, was ordered to cease and desist from...
Texas Truck Driver’s Fraud Conviction Nets Jail Time
Nov 1 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Arthur Menard of Spring, Texas, pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges and a Travis County district court sentenced him to 14 months in jail. The...
Employee Crime: Big Threat to Small Companies
Oct 31 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...
J.D. Power: Homeowners Want Carriers to Offer Identity Theft
Oct 30 2006 // More than 40 percent of consumers would like their homeowners insurance carrier to offer coverage for identity theft, according to a study released by J.D. Power and Associates. The 2006 Homeowners Insurance Study reported...
Gallup, N.M., Man Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Case
Oct 30 2006 // A Gallup, N.M., glass repair shop owner has been sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to five counts of insurance fraud. State District Judge Robert Aragon accepted the plea earlier this month from...
N.M. Fraud Bureau Hosts National Fraud Directors Conference
Oct 30 2006 // The New Mexico Insurance Fraud Bureau, a bureau of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Insurance Division, is hosting the 2006 National Insurance Fraud Directors Conference in Santa Fe, N.M., on Oct. 30- Nov....
Second Criminal Complaint Filed Against Placer County Broker
Oct 27 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi is asking consumers across the state to contact the California Department of Insurance (CDI) if they believe they have been victimized by Roseville insurance broker Mindy...
Ohio Man Convicted and Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 27 2006 // A Brecksville, Ohio man was convicted and sentenced to one felony count of workers’ comp fraud. A building surveillance security camera captured Jerome J. Dobies delivering phone books to an Ohio Bureau of...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Arrested on Alleged Fraud Charges
Oct 26 2006 // A Matthews, N.C. licensed insurance agent was arrested and charged with nine felony counts of obtaining property by false pretense and is under a $50,000 secured bond at the Union County Jail. According to Insurance...
Mich. H.E.A.T. Increases Stolen Property Recovery by $2 Million
Oct 25 2006 // Michigan celebrated the 21st anniversary of the H.E.A.T. (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) program with its annual award program this week. According to the official release, since its inception in 1985, H.E.A.T., with its...
Chatsworth, Calif. CEO and Wife Arrested for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 24 2006 // Three suspects in connection with a workers’ compensation premium fraud investigation conducted by the California Department of Insurance (CDI), Fraud Division have been arrested. A felony complaint was issued by the...
Mich. Attorney General Issues Alert About New Identity Theft Scam
Oct 24 2006 // Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox is warning consumers to be aware of a telephone scam in which phony information is transmitted through Caller ID as a ruse to con individuals into providing illicit callers with sensitive...
P/C market takes hold of rapidly developing identity theft solutions
Oct 23 2006 // Identity-related fraud is a virulent crime, with 3.5 times the aggregate losses of all property crimes, such as burglary, larceny and vehicle theft, reported last year. In today’s technology- information-driven...
Bustamante and Poizner in the final campaign stretch
Oct 23 2006 // From holding the line on new reforms to reducing uninsured motorists, a fair share of work lurks ahead for California’s soon-to-be-chosen insurance commissioner. Front-runners fighting for the honor of regulating...
