Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Ohio Man Sentenced on Comp Fraud Charge
Oct 10 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Springfield man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Jeff Hamm was sentenced to three months incarceration, a...
Ohio Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 7 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Columbus man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Souhil Sabbagh was sentenced to one year probation and ordered...
Five Charged in Md. Auto Accident Scam
Oct 6 2004 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced the filing of felony insurance fraud, felony theft and conspiracy charges against Michael Horner, former owner of Contemporary Auto in Harford County, and four...
Mass. Indicts ‘Big Dig’ Workers for Comp Fraud
Oct 4 2004 // Four men, including three “Big Dig” workers, were indicted last week in Massachusetts in unrelated cases for allegedly receiving workers compensation payments totaling more than $300,000 while holding down...
Allstate the Winner in Texas Chiropractic Lawsuit
Oct 1 2004 // A Dallas jury ruled on Friday that Texas’ largest chiropractic chain, Accident & Injury Pain Center Inc., reportedly conspired in a statewide scheme designed to defraud Allstate Insurance Company and Encompass...
Ga. Agent Charged with 13 Counts of Fraud
Oct 1 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said an investigation by his office resulted in the arrest of insurance agent in Lyons, Ga. Arrested was Meredith Dianne Sowell, who has been charged with 13 counts of insurance...
Baton Rouge Producer Suspended
Sep 30 2004 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that a Baton Rouge, La., insurance producer was issued a cease and desist order, along with a summary suspension of his insurance license, due to allegations of...
ISO’s Intellicorp, Markel Join Forces for Criminal Background Checks of Employees, Volunteers
Sep 30 2004 // IntelliCorp Records Inc., a nationwide provider of pre-employment screening services, and Markel Insurance Company have teamed up to provide camps, childcare centers, private schools and social service agencies with...
