Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pa. Pair Try to Dig Out of Fraud Charges Involving Snowmobile
Mar 3 2006 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett reported that criminal charges were filed against two Solanco High School teachers accused of deceiving State Farm in a fraudulent insurance claim for less than $800 to repair a...
Former San Diego Broker Sentenced in Premium Theft Scam
Mar 3 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Friday reported the sentencing of former San Diego insurance broker Roberto Molina Jr., 55, to 180 days in jail and three years of probation stemming from an...
S.C. Big ‘I’ Conference: Officials to Discuss Insurance Fraud, ‘Hot Topics’
Mar 2 2006 // Insurance fraud and “hot topics” facing the insurance industry will be discussed by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and Director of Insurance Elanor Kitzman during the March 22 and 23 annual...
Hawaii Leads Nation in Motorcycle Theft, Says Progressive
Mar 2 2006 // Honolulu motorcycle riders are most likely to have their bikes stolen, although the city is the 53rd largest metropolitan area, according to a recent study by Progressive Group of Insurance Companies. A motorcyclist in...
TDI Reports More Than $171K in Fines and Restitution in January
Mar 1 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during January. The actions include three license revocations, two license denials and fines and...
Pair Convicted in Calif. for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
Mar 1 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the convictions of two suspects, Wade Peebles, 55, and Gigi Peebles, 41, for workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud, payroll tax fraud and conspiracy,...
Ohio Insurance Department Unveils Top 10 Insurance Cases for 2005
Feb 28 2006 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin reported the Department’s “Top 10” insurance fraud cases for 2005, which involved a total of more than $5.5 million. The Department reorganized its...
Broward County Woman Arrested for Double-Billing
Feb 27 2006 // A Broward County, Fla. woman, who attempted to collect twice on her hurricane claim, has been arrested following an investigation by detectives with the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance...
Scoliosis Treatment Center Owner Charged with Fraud in La.
Feb 24 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., reported that Arthur Copes, 5710 North Shore Drive, Baton Rouge, La., surrendered to Attorney General Special Agents on 117 counts of insurance fraud for his alleged...
Calif. Attorney Surrenders on Grand Theft Charge
Feb 23 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced that on Feb. 9, 2006, attorney Marilyn P. McCumber, 68, self-surrendered to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. She pled guilty to felony grand theft for...
AIIA Supports Alabama Insurance Fraud Bill HB627
Feb 22 2006 // Alabama HB627, defining insurance fraud and making it easier for Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell to join in with neighboring states to crack down on fraud, has gained the support of the Alabama Independent Insurance...
Baton Rouge, La., Man Arrested in Business Auto Insurance Scam
Feb 22 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., reported that special agents from his office, in a joint effort with members of the fraud section of the Louisiana Department of Insurance, arrested Walter Glenn McMillan,...
Wash. Approves Anti-Fraud Unit
Feb 22 2006 // Washington state officials have amended and approved legislation that would create an insurance anti-fraud unit in the insurance commissioner’s office, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of...
Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority Notes Top 10 Pa. Fraud Cases of 2005
Feb 22 2006 // An antiques dealer, an auto mechanic and even a couple of insurance agents are among the dishonored on 2005’s Top Ten Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud cases list, released this week by the Insurance Fraud Prevention...
CALIFORNIA CREATES WEB SITE
Feb 20 2006 // The California Department of Insurance has launched a new Web site to fight workers’ compensation fraud . The site, accessible on the California Department of Insurance (CDI) web site (www.insurance.ca.gov), will...
Two Suspects Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
Feb 19 2006 // Fraud Roundup Two Elk Grove, Calif., residents were arrested on insurance fraud charges related to the alleged staged theft, arson, and subsequent insurance claim for a vehicle belonging to one of the suspects. According...
Former Gen Re, AIG Execs Plead Not Guilty to Reinsurance Fraud Charges
Feb 17 2006 // As a federal probe into the insurance industry widens, four former top executives of giants General Re and American International Group are pleading not guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges. The Justice Department has...
Ky. Insurance Regulator Says Stiff Penalties Handed out in Fraud Cases
Feb 17 2006 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance reported that recent Kentucky court actions indicate judges are increasingly handing out stiff sentences for insurance fraud-related crimes. “We hope the word is getting out that...
Neb. Man Found Guilty of Insurance Fraud, Sentenced to Prison
Feb 16 2006 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance recently released information about the conviction and sentence of Robert C. Fisher. Fisher, who was doing business as Fisher Auto Glass Inc., was found guilty and sentenced in the...
Pa. AG Charges Former Prison Guard and SEPTA Worker with Fraud
Feb 16 2006 // A former SCI Chester Corrections Officer and former SEPTA employee waived his preliminary hearing Monday on charges that he repeatedly forged the signatures of his doctor and a SEPTA Employer Records Clerk, to illegally...
