Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AG SUES ID THEFT PROTECTION CO.:
Oct 25 2004 // The Oklahoma attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against an Arizona telemarketing company after the company allegedly offered Oklahoma consumers a bogus identity theft protection service, Attorney General Drew...
38 People Arrested in Calif. Insurance Scam
Oct 25 2004 // On Sept. 15, authorities completed arresting 38 people for alleged auto insurance fraud at more than 30 auto body shops in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. The suspects were arrested over five days and booked into...
IBC: Subaru Impreza Tops List of Most Stolen Vehicles
Oct 20 2004 // The Subaru Impreza WRX 4DR AWD holds two dubious distinctions this year: the top spot on Insurance Bureau of Canada’s (IBC) top 10 list of the country’s most frequently stolen vehicles, as well as topping the...
Evaluating Overcharges: Should Your Company Pursue Claims Against Brokers and Carriers’
Oct 20 2004 // Editor’s note: This is a commentary piece submitted by David E. Wood of the law firm Wood & Bender. The recent suit by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer alleging price-fixing and deceptive practices by...
Mass. Couple Drive Into Auto Fraud Conviction
Oct 20 2004 // Two former Pittsfield, Massachusetts residents who reportedly submitted false claims to an auto insurance company were found guilty of insurance fraud, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced. Myriam Mojica, 40, and Rafael...
Former N.J. Carrier Employee Sentenced
Oct 19 2004 // New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a former Middlesex County insurance carrier employee has been sentenced to prison for reportedly falsifying overtime records in order to...
N.J. Women Pulled Over in Fraud Scam
Oct 19 2004 // New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained a State Grand Jury indictment charging an...
Impact of Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Felt at Marsh and Beyond
Oct 18 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s filing last Thursday of charges against giant insurance broker Marsh for alleged commercial account steering and bid rigging has already had significant impact on Marsh and...
N.J. AG Notes Racketeering Convictions of Pair in Multi-Million Dollar Staged Accident Conspiracy
Oct 16 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Union County man and a Middlesex County man were convicted this week of racketeering, conspiracy, Health Care Claims Fraud and theft for their roles in a...
W. Va. Workers’ Comp Investigator Receives Award
Oct 15 2004 // A West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission fraud and abuse investigator was to be honored on Friday for her work by the U.S. Department of Justice. Lisa Prater, manager of the Fraud & Abuse Investigations...
Ambulette Companies, Two Principals Offer Guilty Pleas in N.Y. No-Fault Billing Scam
Oct 14 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and State Insurance Superintendent Gregory Serio announced guilty pleas to two separate indictments by owners of several ambulette companies for submitting fraudulent transportation...
N.J. Plastic Surgeon Indicted for Third Time on Insurance Fraud Charges
Oct 14 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that An Essex County-based board-certified plastic surgeon has been indicted by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor for a...
N.J. Office Charges Philadelphia Man With Participation in Auto Scheme
Oct 13 2004 // Vaughn McKoy, director, Division of Criminal Justice, announced that New Jersey’s Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has charged a Philadelphia man with conspiracy and theft as part of a $23,000 automobile...
Multiple Arrests in Two California Fraud Cases
Oct 12 2004 // Two separate investigations have resulted in nine arrests on felony insurance fraud charges, including one suspect who was extradited from Arizona and a tenth suspect still at large outside the U.S., officials announced on...
MASS. GRAND JURY INDICTS 16:
Oct 11 2004 // Sixteen People, Including Three Lawyers, Four Chiropractors, And An Insurance Agent Have Been Indicted By A Special Grand Jury In Essex County For Their Alleged Involvement In Auto Insurance Fraud In Lawrence. The 16 Were...
N.Y. SEES PROGRESS AGAINST FRAUD:
Oct 11 2004 // The fight against insurance fraud in New York is producing encouraging results as the cost of the average auto injury claim under the state’s no-fault insurance system declined by 20 percent between 2002 and 2003,...
L.A. Broker Sentenced for Premium Theft
Oct 11 2004 // Lory Caballero, of Eagle Rock, Calif., a licensed insurance agent and owner of L.C. Insurance Agency, was convicted of one count of felony grand theft. She was sentenced to five years of formal probation, 20 days of...
Farmers Sues L.A. Body Shop for Alleged Fraud
Oct 11 2004 // Farmers Insurance Exchange has begun serving civil summons and complaints upon a Los Angeles body shop and its director, accusing them of taking part in a scheme designed to defraud Farmers and its policyholders. The civil...
Feeling the Crunch
Oct 11 2004 // Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system has been a hot topic in recent months – although the system has been on the industry’s radar for some time now. A recent study by the Oregon Department of...
N.J. Agent Charged in Theft of Sales Commissions
Oct 10 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Monmouth County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to theft charges for stealing more than $43,000 in insurance sales commissions to which he was not...
