Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
First Female Fraud Investigator Joins Kentucky Office of Insurance
Jan 24 2006 // Sheryl E. Gordon of Louisville, Ky. has become the first female fraud investigator in Kentucky Office of Insurance history. “We are extremely proud of Gordon’s accomplishments and look forward to the...
Despite Rising “Cyber Crime” Threat Available Coverage Often Ignored
Jan 23 2006 // While most companies are well aware of the threats “cyber crime” poses to their computer systemsand data bases, many of them remain unaware of the availability of coverage to help deal with the damages caused...
San Diego Man Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 23 2006 // A former employee of a San Diego custom kitchen cabinet company was sentenced in San Diego County Superior Court on one count of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walsh ordered...
Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud
Jan 23 2006 // A former South Dakota insurance agent has changed his plea in a fraud case. Ryan Wingler, 33, of Sioux Falls, is accused of taking more than $170,000 from elderly South Dakota customers between 2004 and 2005 while acting...
Louisville surgeon sentenced for Medicaid fraud
Jan 23 2006 // Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced that oral surgeon Robert Michael Clear was sentenced to three years in prison on felony Medicaid fraud charges. The Jefferson Circuit Court sentence was probated for five...
W.Va. claimant pleads guilty of workers’ compensation fraud
Jan 23 2006 // Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County, W.Va. has been sentenced to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Villers was sentenced Dec. 16 in the Circuit Court of...
Wash. anti-fraud auto insurance bill wins committee approval
Jan 23 2006 // In Olympia, Wash., a legislative committee amended and passed legislation that is designed to assist consumers injured in intentional “road rage” collisions — and protect insurers against auto insurance...
WASH. COMMISSIONER KREIDLER WANTS FRAUD UNIT TO INVESTIGATE STAGED ACCIDENTS
Jan 23 2006 // Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler wants to create a new fraud unit to investigate staged traffic accidents. Those can involve a network of lawyers, doctors, chiropractors and physical...
IRC: Insurance Fraud, Buildup Add Some $400M to Calif. Auto Injury
Jan 23 2006 // A recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) study of auto injury insurance claims puts a hefty price tag on the cost of claim abuse in California. In 2002, between $319 million and $432 million in bodily injury liability...
Mass. Man Pleads Innocent in Alleged Fraud That Killed Grandmother
Jan 22 2006 // Two brothers from Lawrence, one charged with murder and the other with manslaughter in unrelated cases, were ordered held without bail after pleading innocent at their arraignments in Salem Superior Court on...
Fraud Alert
Jan 22 2006 // A Florida corporation and its owner selling fraudulent contracts for home health care services to senior Floridians has been sued by Attorney General Charlie Crist. Clearwater-based Intrust Home Care and its president, Roy...
People
Jan 22 2006 // The Insurance Council of Texas elected James Langford as chairman of its Board of Directors effective Jan. 1, 2006. Langford is the assistant vice president of compliance, regulatory and governmental affairs, and training...
Calif. Hands Down Convictionsfor Violating Contractor Licensing Laws
Jan 22 2006 // Fraud Roundup Ventura County, Calif., District Attorney Gregory Totten reported that the office’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Division recently obtained two convictions for violation of the California...
Wash. Commissioner Kreidler wants fraud unitto investigate staged accidents
Jan 22 2006 // Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler wants to create a new fraud unit to investigate staged traffic accidents. Those can involve a network of lawyers, doctors, chiropractors and physical...
La. State Police Arrest Orleans Parish Man for Fraud Attempt
Jan 19 2006 // The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit reported that an Orleans Parish man has been arrested on a felony insurance fraud warrant. The arrest evolved from a complaint by a private insurance company. The Louisiana...
PCI Testifies in Support of Insurance Fraud Bureau Bills
Jan 19 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) testified in Olympia, Wash., in support of two bills that would create the Washington’s first insurance anti-fraud unit in the insurance...
La. Agent Charged with Pocketing Customer Premiums
Jan 19 2006 // A Bogalusa, La., insurance agent was arrested and issued a cease and desist order for alleged felony theft and withholding of insurance premiums, the Louisiana Department of Insurance said. The DOI ordered Patricia...
Wash. Commissioner Offers Testimony for Dedicated Unit to Combat Fraud
Jan 18 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler offered testimony this week on commissioner-request legislation that would establish an anti-fraud unit within the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. Washington is one of...
7 Suspects Arrested in Calif. Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 16 2006 // Seven suspects in California’s San Joaquin Valley region have been arrested for workers’ compensation fraud that cost insurers $900,000, and duped the state out of some $676,000 in payroll taxes, according to...
Wash. Anti-Fraud Auto Insurance Bill Wins Committee Approval
Jan 16 2006 // A key legislative committee this week amended and passed legislation in Washington that is designed to assist consumers injured in intentional “road rage” collisions – and protect insurers against auto...
