Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Woman Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
Apr 12 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrest of Charleen Smith, 37, for automobile insurance fraud after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI). Smith, who was involved in...
N.H. Gets Full Time Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Apr 11 2006 // Catherine Tucker has been appointed insurance fraud prosecutor for New Hampshire, the Attorney General’s office announced. Tucker’s appointment represents a commitment between the state Insurance and Justice...
N.Y. Arrests Oneonta Tire Store Owner on Arson Charges
Apr 11 2006 // A 38-year-old Oneonta, New York businessman has been arrested on charges of insurance fraud and arson related to a fire that occurred at Monser Brothers Tire Sales, Inc. in Oneonta, in August 2002. Jeffrey Gelbsman, 38, of...
Calif. Corrections Sergeant Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 7 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrest of Sacramento resident and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Correctional Sergeant Steven Michael Shadden, 32, on April 4, 2006,...
Licensed La. Bail Bond Business Owner, Employee Arrested
Apr 6 2006 // A licensed Monroe, La., bail bond producer has been arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly allowing an unlicensed employee to write and sign bail bonds on behalf of the producer’s business, the...
Calif. Theft; Fraud Suspects Surrender
Apr 5 2006 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the surrender of Wanda Cleveland, 49, Willie Cleveland, 50 (husband and wife) from Whittier; Farrell Cobbs, 42, of Victorville and his brother Wade Cobbs III, 44, of Los...
Maryland Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Auto Insurance Fraud, AG Reports
Apr 4 2006 // A Gaithersburg man has been sentenced in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County after having pleaded guilty to felony insurance fraud last October, according to Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. The...
MAINE ADOPTS ID THEFT LAW
Apr 3 2006 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci has signed a law that clarifies the process of cleaning up credit reports of people who become identity theft victims. The law takes effect later this year. Rep. Carol Grose’s clarifies that...
KAN. AND MO. LEGISLATURES CONSIDER PROPOSALS TARGETING INSURANCE FRAUD
Apr 3 2006 // The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud is reporting that the Kansas and Missouri legislatures are considering proposals that would require insurers to report suspected frauds and allow the insurance department to issue...
Washington Legislature moves quickly in election year
Apr 3 2006 // Washington’s legislature wrapped up a short session in March, addressing its budgets and tackling “many controversial issues,” including Columbia River water, medical malpractice and gay rights, according...
Maine adopts ID theft law
Apr 3 2006 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci has signed a law that clarifies the process of cleaning up credit reports of people who become identity theft victims. The law takes effect later this year. Rep. Carol Grose’s clarifies that...
Liberty Mutualsuccessfully argued that the ‘clear and convincing
Apr 3 2006 // evidence’ standard is not required under N.J.’s fraud law. News Currents N.J. Supreme Court lowers bar for proving customer fraud The New Jersey Supreme Court has set an easier standard of proof for an...
News Briefs
Apr 3 2006 // Kan. and Mo. legislatures consider proposals targeting insurance fraud The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud is reporting that the Kansas and Missouri legislatures are considering proposals that would require insurers to...
Closer Look: Auto Fraud
Apr 3 2006 // PIP case referrals to state fraud fighters have soared 327 percent from 2002-2003 to 2004-2005. Actual street arrests have grown nearly 75 percent, and cases sent for possible prosecution have soared nearly 50 percent,...
News Currents
Apr 3 2006 // Washington Legislature moves quickly in election year Washington’s legislature wrapped up a short session in March, addressing its budgets and tackling “many controversial issues,” including Columbia...
PIP Bill Moves on to Florida Senate Healthcare Committee
Mar 31 2006 // After revising a bill to extend the Florida no-fault auto insurance system to remove a proposed medical fee schedule, the Senate has passed it on to the Healthcare Committee for further consideration. Members of the...
California Employer Arrested for Wrongly Accusing Employee of Workers Comp Fraud
Mar 31 2006 // A San Bernardino, Calif., employer has been arrested for wrongly accusing an employee of workers compensation fraud, according to the California Department of Insurance. Matthew Day, 26, was arrested after surrendering...
Washington Gains New Fraud Bureau
Mar 29 2006 // Washington State has approved the state’s first fraud bureau and added a fraud prosecutor. Gov. Christine Gregoire signed SB 6234 into law late Tuesday. The measure decisively passed the state House and Senate...
Ohio Pair Indicted for Alleged Fraud, Money Laundering Tallying $200,000
Mar 28 2006 // The Coalition Against Consumer Fraud and the Ohio Department of Insurance have reported that two former dental office employees, Alberta Fay Clark and Tammie Creamer, have been indicted for alleged insurance fraud, theft...
Frankel Resentenced for Nearly 17 Years for $200M Insurance Fraud
Mar 27 2006 // A federal judge in New Haven, Conn. ordered Martin Frankel to serve the same sentence he got in 2004 for stealing $200 million from insurance companies, nearly 17 years in a federal prison. The former financier was ordered...
