Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hot Wheels for Sale! NICB Lists Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles
Apr 18 2005 // The nation’s motor vehicle thieves continue to find the most popular automobiles as their primary targets for feeding the underground need for replacement parts and for export to foreign countries, reports a new...
TTrio Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
Apr 18 2005 // On March 16, investigators from the Fresno County Urban Organized Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force and officers from the Stockton Police Department arrested Amberjeet Kaur Gill, of Stockton; Pete Vargas, Jr., of Fresno; and...
Calif. Student Arrested in Fraud Case
Apr 18 2005 // Alisa Louise Yates, and her husband, Gregory Daniel Yates, both of Buttonwillow, were taken into custody as a result of investigations by the California Highway Patrol, CDI’s Fraud Division, and the Kern County...
Man Sentenced for Work Comp Fraud
Apr 18 2005 // Gregg Leo Curwick, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, has been sentenced by the Kern County Superior Court for workers’ compensation insurance fraud after a joint investigation by the CDI’s Fraud Division, the...
NO CRIMINAL CHARGES LIKELY AGAINST AIG:
Apr 18 2005 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer reassured the business world and those affiliated with American International Group that criminal charges are not likely to flow from his department’s continuing investigations...
R.I. Lawmakers Eye Identity Theft Penalties
Apr 12 2005 // Rhode Island Rep. Al Gemma (D-Dist. 20, Warwick) wants to establish strict standards for identity theft protection and penalties for its violation. A bill he has filed will be heard today before the House Committee on...
N.C. Agents Detour Auto Fraud Ring Responsible for 480 Crashes, $2 M in False Claims
Apr 12 2005 // Six Chatham and Randolph County, N.C. residents suspected of masterminding an extensive auto insurance fraud ring which staged an estimated 480 auto crashes and defrauded more than $2 million have been arrested as the...
La. Romance Writer Booked on Insurance Fraud Charges
Apr 7 2005 // Louisiana state police say a New Orleans-based romance writer’s $1.8 million insurance claim for two diamond-encrusted bracelets was itself a romance: an extravagant story lacking basis in fact. Preposterous, says...
Unlicensed S. Fla. Psychotherapist Arrested for Bilking Patients, Providers
Apr 7 2005 // Florida insurance fraud investigators have arrested an unlicensed psychotherapist a second time for reportedly practicing psychotherapy without a license and fraudulently billing insurance companies for his services....
Harris County Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Apr 6 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Eric Scheffey’s Harris County Bone and Joint Clinic Association pleaded guilty recently to fraud-related charges. The insurer said the guilty plea marks the end of a...
La. Man Pleads Guilty in CE Credit Scam
Apr 5 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. announced that Leo Vincent Jacob of Covington, La., has pled guilty to six counts of filing false public records in a criminal scheme that involved hundreds of insurance...
La. Sheriff’s Deputy and Two Others Accused of Insurance Fraud
Apr 4 2005 // The assistant chief sheriff’s deputy in Avoyelles Parish, La., and two other men are accused of defrauding an insurance company of $18,000, according to the Associated Press and the Alexandria Daily Town Talk. FBI...
Fla. Agent Charged for Grand Theft; Accused of Not Forwarding Premium
Apr 4 2005 // An Ormond Beach, Fla. man has been accused of not forwarding insurance premiums to his underwriter and charged with grand theft after a New York insurance agent reported the incident to the Flagler Beach Police...
Push Underway for Tough Fla. Insurance Fraud Laws
Apr 4 2005 // Tough legislation to increase fraud penalties in Florida for filing fraudulent auto crash reports that can be used to bilk insurance companies, to strengthen consumers’ rights to sue operators of unauthorized...
Q&A With Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger
Apr 4 2005 // Interviewed by Kevin B. O’Reilly When Insurance Journal last spoke with Sandy Praeger, she was only months into the job. Kansans elected the Republican as insurance commissioner in November 2002. Back then she was...
Agents Beware: Due Diligence is Now Required
Apr 4 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
County Employee Not Guilty of WC Fraud
Apr 4 2005 // An Indian River County. Fla., jury found a former county employee not guilty on charges of workers’ compensation fraud, perjury in an official proceeding and third-degree grand theft. Ernest Rider of Falls Creek,...
14 Floridians Arrested in PIP Fraud Ring
Apr 4 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced the arrests of 14 individuals in Tampa–including a former sheriff’s deputy–for patient brokering. The patients were “sold” to at...
Agents Beware: Due Diligence is Now Required on Brokers
Apr 4 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
TDI February Enforcement Actions = $1.3 M in Fines and Restitution
Apr 4 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance recently announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner José Montemayor that became final during February. The actions include four license revocations, one license denial, and fines...
