Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Types of employee fraud
Oct 17 2005 // The operations manager for a $56 million bank controlled the suspense accounts entirely on her own. She reviewed the unposted report on a daily basis, clearing out items in the bank’s accounts. She manipulated...
Utah Governor Declares October Insurance Fraud Awareness Month
Oct 14 2005 // Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. has signed the Insurance Fraud Awareness Declaration making October Insurance Fraud Awareness Month. Joe Christensen, director of the Fraud Division, wrote and promoted the signing of this...
N.J. Toughens Identity Theft Protections for Consumers
Oct 13 2005 // New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey has signed into law a package of identity theft safeguards with some of the toughest protections in the nation against such fraud. Consumer advocates have hailed the new law as a model for...
W.Va. School Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to Two Counts of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 13 2005 // Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County, W.Va. has pleaded guilty in Kanawha County Circuit Court of two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. According to Insurance Commissioner Janet L. Cline, Villers knowingly...
N.C. PEO Operator Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
Oct 13 2005 // North Carolina’s first criminal case involving a professional employer organization that provides outsourced personnel services to other businesses has been resolved by the Department of Insurance. Insurance...
After Katrina: Mississippi Reports 1,300 On-Going Fraud Investigations
Oct 13 2005 // The Mississippi State Attorney General’s Office records show more than 14,000 complaints resulting after the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and about 1,300 active investigations. Grant Hedgepeth, Consumer Protection...
16 Charged in Lowell, Mass. Staged Accident Scheme
Oct 13 2005 // Nine individuals have been arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge, Mass. in connection with an insurance fraud scheme that included the staging of several motor vehicle collisions in Lowell, Tyngsborough, and...
Northern Va. Police Bust Staged Accident Ringleaders
Oct 12 2005 // Authorities are taking aim at ‘swoop and squat’ accident scams They call it the “swoop and squat’.’ A driver pulls in front of another vehicle and slams on the brakes, deliberately causing an...
Canadian Insurers Launch Toll-Free Crime Hotline for Consumer Tips
Oct 12 2005 // A bulletin from the Insurance Bureau of Canada gives details of a new anti-crime initiative, designed to make it easier for Canadians to report auto theft, insurance fraud, staged auto collisions and other crimes related...
W.Va. Indicts Employer, Employee for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Oct 12 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced one employer, Brett A. Starr was indicted last month by a Kanawha County Grand Jury on the felony offense of Workers’ Compensation Fraud. At the same...
S.C. Attorney General Adds Staff to Target Insurance Scams
Oct 11 2005 // South Carolina’s Attorney General’s Office is beefing up its Fraud Division staff to reduce a backlog of cases and answer critics who say the department isn’t tough enough on insurance scams. The office...
European Organization Tackles Health Care Fraud; Gee to Head EHFCN
Oct 10 2005 // Health care fraud is of as much concern in Europe as in the U.S. That’s the message from the second annual European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Conference. The European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network...
Boxing Manager Receives KO for Insurance Fraud
Oct 7 2005 // Internationally recognized boxing manager Henry Foster was arrested for insurance fraud in Miami after accepting $93,000 for disability payments when he was not working. John Dygon, a spokesman for Florida’s...
N.J. Man Charged in Auto Scam
Oct 7 2005 // New Jersey Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained an indictment charging a Passaic County man with conspiracy and...
Mich. House Passes Medicaid Whistleblower Act
Oct 6 2005 // The Michigan House of Representatives yesterday passed H.B. 4577, the Medicaid Whistleblower Protection Statute, by a 106-2 vote. Rep. David Law (R-Commerce Township) unveiled the legislation in March 2005. The statute...
Canadian Insurers Launch Toll-Free National Insurance Crime TIPS Line
Oct 6 2005 // Canada’s home, car and business insurers announced the launch of a national insurance crime TIPS line to make it easier for Canadians to report auto theft, insurance fraud, staged auto collisions and other crimes...
Mich. AG Charges Health Service with 31 Counts of Fraud
Oct 5 2005 // Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has charged a Macomb County-based corporation that provides in-home care and nursing services to severely handicapped patients with 31 counts of filing false Medicaid claims. Cox has also...
Employee Identity Theft and Discrimination Allegations
Oct 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: NAS Insurance Services’ EPLI program now covers employers for allegations of improper disclosure of confidential information resulting in identity theft. In addition, coverage for employers from...
As Motorcycle Theft Rates Soar, Survey Reveals Bikers’ Concern
Oct 3 2005 // With motorcycle theft rates climbing more than 55 percent* and bike sales soaring at unprecedented rates, a survey of motorcycle owners revealed that a full 49 percent are concerned about bike theft and 84 percent believe...
IIABA of W.Va. Conference and Expo in Shepherdstown
Oct 3 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline and leading West Virginia insurance instructors, experts and officials will address the Oct. 7 to 10 annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...
