Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California’s State Fund Seminar on Workers’ Comp Fraud Draws Kern County Employers
May 20 2005 // As part of its commitment to fight workers’ compensation insurance fraud, State Fund held a seminar May 18 at the Valley Plaza’s Pacific Theatre where more than 200 Kern County employers heard State Fund and...
San Jose Chain Store Owners Plead Guilty in Workers’ Comp Scam
May 20 2005 // A San Jose, California husband and wife have pled guilty to charges of workers’ compensation premium fraud and will serve 14-month jail sentences and pay $2 million in restitution following a multi agency...
Jury, Spitzer Probing Possible AIG Criminal Indictments
May 20 2005 // A Reuters report on Friday stated that a New York grand jury is investigating potential criminal conduct by individuals at insurance company American International Group Inc. (AIG). According to the report, New York...
MetLife Auto & Home’s GrandProtect Includes ID Theft Cover in Package
May 19 2005 // MetLife Auto & Home announced the introduction of GrandProtect, a new comprehensive “package” policy that provides personal insurance protection for consumers with complex insurance needs. GrandProtect...
CDI Reveals Former Highland Framers Owners Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison, $3.1M Restitution
May 19 2005 // Investigators announced that Jay Neal Wright, 52, a former Bay Area businessman and owner of Highland Framers of Northern California Inc., was formally sentenced in Alameda County Superior Court to three years in state...
Calif. Contractor Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case; Will Pay State Fund $605,940
May 17 2005 // The owner of a Corona, California-based construction firm has begun serving a two-year jail sentence as part of his conviction on felony workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Lawrence S. Hatfield, 59, of Orange...
Calif. Woman Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
May 17 2005 // Sandra Canas, a resident of Daly City, California, pleaded guilty on May 11 to a felony charge of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Canas was arrested on Nov. 10, 2004, by investigators from the California...
Miamian Arrested for Health Plan Fraud
May 12 2005 // Enrique Angulo has been arrested in Miami-Dade County, Fla. by Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud investigators for defrauding hundreds of South Floridians in a discount health plan fraud...
Three Suspects Arraigned on Premium Fraud Charges
May 12 2005 // Three suspects were arraigned May 11 in Ventura County Superior Court in connection with a workers’ compensation premium fraud investigation conducted by the California Department of Insurance Fraud Division. Tomer...
Four Suspects Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 6 2005 // Authorities arrested four suspects May 6 after an extensive investigation into a workers’ compensation and payroll tax fraud scheme, one in which the suspects allegedly underreported the payroll of their Saratoga...
Sarasota Attorney Charged With Insurance Fraud
May 5 2005 // A Sarasota, Fla. attorney is facing an insurance fraud charge after state fraud investigators documented that he had continued to work while collecting more than $130,000 in disability benefits. Peter W. Martin, 58,...
FBI Targets Insurers in Widening Fraud Probe; Industry Responds
May 5 2005 // The insurance industry, already under scrutiny by state and federal authorities for various practices, now faces another questioner. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a probe of the insurance industry that...
Calif. Broker Arrested on Seven Counts of Grand Theft
May 4 2005 // Insurance broker Robert Stephen Rice, 56, was arrested on seven felony counts of grand theft at his home in Thousand Oaks, Calif., by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division. The arrest is the result of...
Former Claims Adjuster Arraigned on Grand Theft, Forgery Charges
May 4 2005 // A former American Financial Group claims adjuster/litigation specialist was arrested April 27 and charged with embezzling his employer out of more than $490,000 during his employment in the Los Angeles area office between...
Nationwide’s New Identity Theft Policy Also Available Through Independent Agents
May 2 2005 // Columbus, Ohio-based exclusive-agent carrier Nationwide Insurance announced that its new identity theft policy will also be available through independent agents appointed with Nationwide subsidiary Allied...
Former La. Producer Told to Cease and Desist
Apr 29 2005 // A former Louisiana insurance producer in Tangipahoa Parish was arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds, Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced. Department of...
Suspects Arrested in Alleged Car Theft Ring in California
Apr 28 2005 // Ten Thai nationals were arrested in California for allegedly participating in a car theft ring that caused $10 million (euro7.7 million) in losses to dealerships and insurances, police said. The suspects were arrested for...
State Fund Assists Investigation of San Diego Chiropractor Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 26 2005 // A San Diego chiropractor — who was charged with billing State Compensation Insurance Fund for treatment that was not rendered to injured workers and over billed for services — was ordered to surrender her...
N.J. Agency Target of Fraud Investigation
Apr 26 2005 // Vaughn McKoy, director, New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice and Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden-Brown have issued an alert asking Cumberland County residents who may have purchased insurance through the...
Fla. Congressmen Appalled: Investigations Reveal Some FEMA Inspectors Had Criminal Records
Apr 25 2005 // Florida members of Congress said Sunday they were appalled by revelations that some Federal Emergency Management Agency housing inspectors had criminal records. “There is just simply no excuse for this,” said...
