Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Releases 2005 User Funding/Fraud/Uninsured Employer & Subsequent Injury Fund Rates
Dec 6 2004 // The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has issued 2005 assessment rates for User Funding, Anti-Fraud Programs, the Uninsured Employer Benefit Trust Fund and the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund. State...
L.A. Business Owner Sentenced for Comp Fraud
Dec 6 2004 // A Los Angeles business owner was sentenced to pay $1.8 million in restitution and fines this week after a three-year joint investigation involving the California Department of Insurance found he had underreported wages at...
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Crime Insurance
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California Leads Nation in Auto Theft Rates for 2003
Dec 6 2004 // No South Central states in the top 10 list. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2003, car thieves were most active in California. Six of the nation’s 10 hottest spots for...
California Leads the Nation in Auto Theft Rates for 2003
Dec 6 2004 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2003, car thieves were most active in California. Six of the nation’s 10 hottest spots for vehicle theft rates are in California, while the...
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Dec 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Co. has a new line of crime insurance for all types of public entities. The policy offers protection against the most common fidelity threats, including losses due to employee...
Pair Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 6 2004 // An Inyokern, Calif. couple who reportedly bilked the workers’ comp system out of more than $76,000 in a disability scheme was sentenced to prison Nov. 16 on the charges and ordered to pay $102,706 in restitution and...
Corona Man Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 3 2004 // Luis Roberto Diaz, of Corona, Calif., surrendered to the San Bernardino Superior Court on November 22, 2004, after being charged with two counts of grand theft, three counts of insurance premium fraud, one count of...
La. Repair Shops Under Fraud Investigation
Dec 2 2004 // As many as 25 New Orleans-area auto repair shops might be connected to about 700 false claims filed with Shell Oil Co. for fuel gauge repairs, according to the head of the Louisiana state police insurance fraud...
Owner of Maintenance Company that Worked for UCLA, Rose Bowl Charged in Fraud Scam
Dec 2 2004 // The 61-year-old owner of a building maintenance company that did work for UCLA and the Rose Bowl has been charged with multiple counts of filing between $600,000 to $900,000 in fraudulent workers’ compensation...
S.C. Legislature to Discuss Insurance Fraud
Dec 1 2004 // During the past five years, insurance fraud complaints have grown by 61 percent in South Carolina, while the average U.S. family pays an extra $1,030 in insurance premiums each year to cover the cost of medical, auto, and...
Nev. Man Sentenced in Fraud Case
Nov 29 2004 // Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Alex John Elias, 40, of Reno, was sentenced after pleading guilty to felony insurance fraud before Judge Kosach in the Second Judicial District Courthouse. Kosach...
Fla. Employer of Workers Killed at July Construction Site Accident Charged with Fraud
Nov 26 2004 // The employer of two workers killed in a July construction accident on a Hobe Sound work site has been arrested and charged with workers’ compensation fraud, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher...
Former Indianapolis AFLAC Sales Manager Who Fled to Belize Charged With Fraud
Nov 24 2004 // A former Indianapolis insurance executive who fled to Central America has been indicted for what federal prosecutors said Thursday was a $3 million fraud scheme. The indictment against James R. Harrold, 61, was returned...
Suspects in “Paper Collision” Insurance Fraud Ring Still at Large
Nov 24 2004 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced several arrests in a large, “paper collision” insurance fraud ring. He also asked the community to assist in locating three members who remain at...
N.Y. Superintendent Calls for Auto Rate Reassessment as Fraud-Fighting Successes Drop Insurers’ Losses
Nov 23 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio on Tuesday announced the commencement of an immediate and broad-based review of auto insurance rates for private passenger vehicles in New York State. Insurance companies...
Arrests Net Miami Clinic Owner, ‘Patients’ On Insurance Fraud Charges
Nov 23 2004 // A dozen individuals suspected of organizing or participating in staged crashes and filing false insurance claims were arrested today in Miami by insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services on...
Idaho Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Nov 23 2004 // Chad Croner, 30, of Meridian, Idaho was sentenced to one to five years in prison for insurance fraud, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. Fourth District Judge Joel Horton suspended the sentence and ordered Croner to...
