Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Man Wanted for Mass. Auto Fraud Captured in Dominican Republic
Jan 15 2006 // Two brothers from Lawrence, Mass. who are both on the state’s most wanted fugitives list were captured lays Friday in the Dominican Republic, state police said. Andres Maldonado, 21, is the alleged trigger man in a...
N.Y.’s $5M in Grants to Combat Auto Theft, Insurance Fraud
Jan 15 2006 // The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services has awarded more than $5 million to 29 law enforcement agencies in 16 counties throughout the state to support local programs to combat motor vehicle theft and...
Boynton Beach Lawyer Arrested for Faking Auto Theft Report
Jan 13 2006 // Jay Unger, a self-employed lawyer in Boynton Beach, Fla. has been arrested for filing a fake auto-theft report in Melbourne for two motorcycles and a rental trailer. He was charged with grand theft, filing a false police...
Ind. Farm Bureau Insurance Co. Supports Victims of Fraud: Agent Arraigned this Week
Jan 13 2006 // Indiana Farm Bureau’s Chief Executive Officer, Jerry Canada, recently voiced the company’s steadfast commitment to continue to work with investigators as well as to support policyholders who were victims of...
Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Insurance Fraud
Jan 12 2006 // Satellites have been connected with space explorations, monitoring crop conditions around the globe, helping commodities markets price the product and more. Few of us think of satellite images showing up in courtrooms to...
Stronger Punishment Sought for Identity Theft in Okla.
Jan 12 2006 // With almost 2,000 cases of identity theft in Oklahoma in 2004, State Rep. Steve Martin believes it’s time to increase deterrence by hiking the penalties upon conviction. Martin filed House Bill 2109, which would...
Grange Insurance Group Partners with Identity Theft911
Jan 12 2006 // The Seattle-based Grange Insurance Group has partnered with Identity Theft 911 LLC to provide free identity theft resolution services to its homeowner and farmowner policyholders. Identity Theft 911 also will assist...
State Farm Works with “Thieves” to Prevent Auto Thefts
Jan 11 2006 // Earl Hyser and his co-workers figure out how to steal 30 to 60 cars every year. But they aren’t thieves. “We go back to the manufacturer and say, ‘Listen, I get a lot of phone calls on this. It’s...
W.Va. Workers’ Compensation Claimant Sentenced to Six Months for Fraud
Jan 11 2006 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, has announced that Jason C. Davenport pleaded guilty last month to one misdemeanor offense of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation benefits, and has been...
St. Paul Travelers, ICBA Partner to Offer Identity Theft Insurance
Jan 11 2006 // St. Paul Travelers, a provider of property casualty insurance, and the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) are now offering ICBA member banks access to coverage, where approved, to assist identity theft victims...
Unlicensed Texas Health Care Provider Sentenced in Fraud Scheme
Jan 10 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance, working in conjunction with the Collin County District Attorney’s Office, recently secured a criminal conviction against Don A. Bauer of Plano for insurance fraud. TDI said Bauer...
Roofer To Pay Calif. State Fund $117,000 in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Jan 10 2006 // A San Joaquin County, Calif., Superior Court Judge has ordered Lodi resident Joseph C. Campbell, 39, to pay $117,000 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund, as a result of his conviction on...
