Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
W.V. Homeowner, Tenant, Indicted for Arson, Fraud
Sep 21 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline announced Wednesday that Deborah K. Wildberger and Michael T. Hovermale were indicted by a Morgan County grand jury Sept. 6 on charges of insurance fraud. Wildberger...
TDI Issues Reminder to Report Fraud
Sep 20 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance issued a reminder to insurance professionals in Texas that they have a duty to report insurance fraud. TDI’s bulletin stated: “Important and significant changes regarding the...
Calif. State Fund to Collect $66,355 in Fraud Case
Sep 20 2005 // Superior Court Judge Christopher G. Wilson ordered the owner of three Humboldt County bars to pay State Compensation Insurance Fund $66,355.00 in restitution for defrauding the workers’ compensation insurance...
Lawyers Plead Guilty in Fraud Ring
Sep 19 2005 // Two attorneys pleaded guilty in connection with a Southern California insurance fraud ring that allegedly staged vehicle collisions and filed false insurance company claims, according to state officials. Curtis Mitchell...
NAIC Introduces Online Fraud System
Sep 16 2005 // With the goal in mind to obtain uniformity in insurance regulation, address concerns expressed by the industry, and ultimately, to protect consumer interests, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has...
West Virginia Circuit Court Convicts Employer for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 15 2005 // Richard J. Custer Jr. has been convicted in Marshall County Circuit Court on felony a felony charge of making a false statement to the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission for providing false information...
N.Y. AG Spitzer Indicts Former Marsh Execs for Roles in Bid Rigging, Fraud
Sep 15 2005 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills on Thursday announced the indictment of eight former executives of insurance brokerage giant Marsh Inc. for their roles in a bid rigging...
Ky. Trucking Company Owner Charged With Fraud
Sep 13 2005 // The owner of a Lee County, Ky. trucking company near Frankfurt has been fined $10,000 and ordered to pay over $43,000 in restitution for submitting false information to the company’s workers’ compensation...
Survey Reveals Bikers’ Concern as Motorcycle Theft Rates Increase
Sep 13 2005 // With motorcycle theft rates climbing more than 55 percent according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, and bike sales soaring at unprecedented rates, a survey of motorcycle owners revealed that a full 49 percent are...
Former N.J. Chiropractor Charged in Billing Scam
Sep 9 2005 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, in conjunction with the Division of Consumer Affairs, has charged a former North Jersey...
Gen Re CEO May Face SEC Fraud Suit
Sep 9 2005 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc. announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission may file a civil fraud complaint against the chief executive, Joseph Brandon, of its General Re Corp. unit over a questionable insurance...
Wash. Man Sentenced for Defrauding L&I in Workers’ Comp Scam
Sep 9 2005 // Tracy Lee Owens of Sedro Woolley, Wash., has been sentenced to state prison for illegally collecting workers’ compensation wage-replacement benefits while working at another job. Owens, 42, was caught by Department...
Llorente Investigations to Manage Special Investigative Unit for Alaska National Insurance Company
Sep 8 2005 // Llorente Investigations, a Huntington Beach, Calif.-based investigation firm specializing in insurance fraud investigations, has announced it will provide the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) for Alaska National Insurance...
OneBeacon Offers ID Theft Coverage to Homeowners and Renters
Sep 7 2005 // To help its customers who become victims of theft of their personal information and face the hassle of restoring their identity, OneBeacon Insurance Group now offers identity theft resolution assistance and expense...
Ohio Agent Appeals Fraud Suspension
Sep 5 2005 // An Ohio insurance agent has appealed a five-year license suspension from the Ohio Department of Insurance for issuing fraudulent certificates to physicians who contracted for medical malpractice coverage. John Westhoven...
Malibu Man Charged with Grand Theft
Sep 5 2005 // A Malibu man who owned and operated various court reporting and translation services in La Canada-Flintridge and later in Malibu was caught allegedly submitting false invoices over five years totaling nearly $210,000 in...
Bay Area Agent/Broker Pleads Guilty
Sep 5 2005 // A former California insurance broker/agent faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in New York to conspiracy charges related to insurance fraud. The case stems from the findings of a joint investigation by the...
Miami PD Eliminates its Auto Theft Unit
Sep 5 2005 // Insurance agents in Miami and Dade County were dismayed to discover in late August that, “due to manpower shortages” the Miami Police Department disbanded its Auto Theft Unit. A PD spokesman told the Miami...
California Man Pleads Guilty
Sep 5 2005 // John Arcurio, of Fillmore, California, plead guilty June 22, to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud and insurance fraud. Arcurio was arrested in Kern County and transferred to the County of Ventura...
Mass. Auto Insurance Rates: How Low Will They Go for Next Year?
Sep 5 2005 // As the wheel that sets 2006 auto insurance rates in Massachusetts begins spinning, there is no doubt it will be pointing at a negative number when it comes to rest in about two months. The real mystery is just how negative...
