Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
No Instruction Book for Dealing With Employee Theft
Sep 20 2004 // No matter what your position in business—small business owner, supervisor, manager or president of a Fortune 500 company—if you have employees under you, you undoubtedly will at some point be personally affected by...
Insurers Report ‘Encouraging’ Progress in Crackdown on Auto Claim Fraud in N.Y.
Sep 16 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,...
38 People Arrested in California Insurance Scam
Sep 16 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 the past five days and...
Ala. A.G. Warns Against Price Gouging, Home Repair Fraud in Wake of Ivan
Sep 15 2004 // Alabama Attorney General Troy King warned unscrupulous contractors and businesses that he will be vigilant against those who seek to profit illegally at the expense of Alabamians who suffer damage and others who seek...
Chubb Report Highlights Employee Theft Concerns
Sep 14 2004 // A new survey from the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has found that three in five privately held companies report that it is likely that an employee will steal company funds or equipment this year. “Executives at...
Cincinnati Man Gets 5 Years Probation for Comp Fraud
Sep 10 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Hamilton County man has been sentenced for committing workers’ compensation fraud. Adolphus Hill was sentenced to five years of probation and...
Mass. Man Nabbed for Insurance Fraud
Sep 10 2004 // A Hopkinton, Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to misrepresenting to a contractor that he had workers’ compensation coverage for his employees and then filing a bogus claim with his homeowners’ insurance...
N.Y. Psychiatrist to Get Plenty of Couch Time; Receives 23-Count Indictment in Insurer Fraud Scam
Sep 10 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced that a Nanuet psychiatrist has been charged with defrauding government insurers of more than $1 million by billing for services never rendered. Dr. Justin Psaila, who...
Va. Disaster Victims Warned of Fraud Threat
Sep 8 2004 // Victims of Tropical Depression Gaston are reportedly in danger of being victimized again, this time by scam artists, disaster officials warned. One person reported getting a call saying he would get a disaster grant, but...
Ohio Man Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Sep 7 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Swanton man has been sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud. David Tressler was sentenced to five years of community control, ordered to pay...
First EU Healthcare Fraud Conference Set for 18-19 October in London
Sep 7 2004 // Expanding information and sharing intelligence will be the focus of Europe’s first ever Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Conference, scheduled to be held in London on 18/19 October 2004. The conference sponsors noted...
Former N.J. Neurologist Pleads Guilty to Scam
Sep 7 2004 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a former Essex County neurologist has plead guilty to Health Care Claims Fraud as part of a scheme to fraudulently bill an insurance company more...
Three Years Later: Industry Rebuilds from 9/11, But Doesn’t Forget
Sep 6 2004 // Robert Hartwig, senior vice president and chief economist for the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.), knows that while Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, will never be forgotten both inside and outside the insurance industry,...
Maryland Pursues Med-Mal Insurers and Special Legislative Session
Sep 6 2004 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer, Jr. has moved to end what his agency says is a comprehensive scheme of medical malpractice fraud aimed, particularly, at women’s clinics. Meanwhile, the state’s...
No Instruction Book for Dealing With Employee Theft
Sep 6 2004 // No matter what your position in business—small business owner, supervisor, manager, or president of a Fortune 500 company—if you have employees under you, you undoubtedly will at some point, be personally affected by...
Brownsville, Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud
Sep 2 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Jaime Cano of Brownsville, Texas, pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Travis County judge sentenced Cano to six months of deferred...
L.A. Broker Sentenced for Insurance Premium Theft
Sep 2 2004 // On Aug. 31, 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...
Farmers Sues L.A. Body Shop for Alleged Fraud
Sep 2 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...
Fla. Agent Facing Felony Fraud Charges
Aug 31 2004 // A Windermere, Fla. insurance agent who allegedly forged customers’ signatures and manipulated their trust to take out personal loans and earn fraudulent commissions may have scammed several Orange County residents...
Ohio Car Thefts Dropped 2%, Says Trade Group
Aug 31 2004 // Ohio’s auto theft picture improved last year as thefts decreased about 2 percent from 2002, according to estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), a property/casualty trade group. Based on auto theft...
