Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Crist, Butterworth Join University Presidents to Unveil Anti-Fraud Website
Feb 6 2006 // A new online national clearinghouse and research center to help fight fraud and other economic crimes has been announced jointly by Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist, former Attorney General Bob Butterworth,...
Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Fraud
Feb 6 2006 // Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Fraud When thinking of satellite images most think of in terms of space exploration, but not as showing up in courtrooms to help prosecutors prove crop insurance fraud. Now the...
COALITION AGAINST INSURANCE FRAUD LISTS 2005’S WORST INSURANCE CON ARTISTS
Feb 6 2006 // Scalpel-wielding surgeons and klutzy grave robbers were among the eight worst insurance swindlers of 2005, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Elected to the Insurance 2005 Fraud Hall of Shame, these scam...
Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud
Feb 6 2006 // Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud Associated Press account. Wingler was scheduled to go to trial but he decided in court to change his plea to guilty to six of the 13 charges against him. The...
Organized crime targets cargo containers
Feb 6 2006 // The Federal Bureau of Investigation conservatively estimates that cargo theft costs about $18 billion a year, while the General Accounting Office pegs the number between $20 billion and $60 billion a year. This figure...
Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Fraud
Feb 5 2006 // Fraud Roundup When thinking of satellite images most think of in terms of space exploration, but not as showing up in courtrooms to help prosecutors prove crop insurance fraud. Now the Agriculture Department’s Risk...
News Currents
Feb 5 2006 // Coalition Against Insurance Fraud lists 2005’s worst insurance con artists Scalpel-wielding surgeons and klutzy grave robbers were among the eight worst insurance swindlers of 2005, according to the Coalition Against...
LA doctor pleads not guilty in alleged health care scam
Feb 5 2006 // A doctor has pleaded not guilty to charges of bilking insurance companies by arranging unneeded surgeries with the cooperation of patients. Dr. Mamdouh Bahna, 58, who entered his plea in federal court, was taken into...
Organized crime targets cargo containers
Feb 5 2006 // The Federal Bureau of Investigation conservatively estimates that cargo theft costs about $18 billion a year, while the General Accounting Office pegs the number between $20 billion and $60 billion a year. This figure...
Fla. Doctor Arrested for Prescripton, Medicaid Fraud
Feb 3 2006 // A physician in Pasco County, Fla. has been charged with perscription fraud for illegally dispensing controlled substances and in two cases of billing Medicaid for the purchases. Attorney General Charlie Crist said...
‘Seniors vs. Crime’ Storefront Opens in Coral Springs, Fla.
Feb 3 2006 // A “Seniors Against Crime” storefront operation in Coral Springs, Fla. offers a “one-stop shopping” facility for elders who believe they have been victimized by fraud, including insurance fraud and...
Fla. Auto Fraud Taskforce Adds Second Prosecutor; Suggests Reforms
Feb 3 2006 // More manpower and legislative remedies are the answer to combating auto insurance fraud according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO. He announced the appointment of a second prosecutor, dedicated to putting criminals...
Trio Nabbed in Calif. Auto Vandal Scam
Feb 2 2006 // Two Sacramento residents and one Galt resident have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a “staged auto vandalism” ring, according to the California Insurance Commissioner’s office. The case...
Mass. Lawyer Hid Stolen Cezanne, Other Paintings for 28 Years
Feb 2 2006 // A retired Massachusetts lawyer secretly held seven stolen paintings, including a Paul Cezanne still-life worth millions of dollars, for 28 years because he wanted a 10 percent finders fee, the Boston Globe reported...
SEC Files Enforcement Action Against 5 Former Senior Executives of Gen Re, AIG
Feb 2 2006 // The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday filed an enforcement action against five former senior executives of General Re Corporation (Gen Re) and American International Group Inc. (AIG) for helping AIG mislead...
Nationwide Insurance, ID Theft Assist Grows Availability of Coverage
Feb 2 2006 // In conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week (Feb. 5-11), Nationwide Insurance and Washington, D.C.-based ID Theft Assist are expanding availability of their identity theft protection and recovery service. Over...
Md. Pair Nabbed in Benefits Scam
Feb 2 2006 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported that George and Barbara Meekins of Cambridge, Maryland have been arrested after being charged with felony theft and conspiracy to commit felony insurance fraud and...
N.J. Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $100,000 in Premium Money
Feb 1 2006 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn L. McKoy reported that a Cumberland County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to theft for stealing nearly $100,000 in insurance premium money from insurance...
Jury Acquits Minnesota Family in Agriculture Fraud Case
Feb 1 2006 // A federal jury deliberated about a day before returning acquittals for members of a Minnesota family accused of criminal charges in a large agricultural fraud case, the Associated Press reported. The defendants had been...
Baton Rouge, La., Woman Pleads Guilty in CE Credit Scam
Feb 1 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. reported that Marsha Lavernia Scott, aka Marsha L. Dillon, 3120 Lambert Drive, Baton Rouge, La., pled guilty on Jan. 23, 2006, to one count of filing false public records in...
