Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Agent Arrested for Alleged Fraud
Aug 30 2004 // The Louisiana State Police Fraud Unit arrested a Leesville, La., insurance agent and Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators issued the man a Cease and Desist Order and Summary Suspension of his license for...
Fla. Tree Service Owner Cut Down on Fraud Charges
Aug 25 2004 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist announced price gouging charges against a Jacksonville man accused of charging 10 times the going rate to cut trees felled by Hurricane Charley in Volusia County. The Attorney...
“Scream” Theft Focuses Attention on Art Insurance
Aug 24 2004 // The theft on Sunday of Edvard Munch’s famous painting, The Scream, has provoked a number of comments and analysis from the world’s media. Discussions have focused on the work’s iconic importance as a...
West Virginia WCC Receives Record Premiums
Aug 23 2004 // The West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission on Monday, Aug. 2 received more than $52 million in premiums, a new single-day record that exceeds the previous mark by nearly a half-million dollars. Deposits by...
LOUISIANA FRAUDSTER NABBED:
Aug 23 2004 // Louisiana’s Workers’ Compensation Administration reported that a joint effort by the Louisiana Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration and the State Attorney...
BATON ROUGE AGENCY SHUT DOWN:
Aug 23 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance shut the doors of Banner Insurance Agency Inc. at two Baton Rouge locations, according to Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley. The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit executed...
Three Suspects Arrested for Alleged Auto, Work Comp Insurance Fraud
Aug 23 2004 // Investigators arrested three people Aug. 3 on numerous felony charges after a 3-year California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigation into a chiropractic office, which uncovered numerous alleged auto insurance and...
California Brothers and Employee Arrested in Alleged Felony Fraud Case
Aug 23 2004 // Brothers Sam Saeid Afghani, of Agoura Hills, Calif., and Siamac A. Afghani, of Calabasas, Calif., as well as employee Renee Laws, of Encino, Calif., were to be arraigned August 24 for their suspected roles in a fraud case...
N.J. Man Pulled Over in Auto Theft Ring
Aug 20 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Hudson County man has been charged by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with being the leader of an auto theft...
Maryland Pursues Unauthorized Med-Mal Insurers
Aug 20 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. Redmer issued a cease and...
Calif. Professor Convicted in Staged Hate Crime Case
Aug 20 2004 // A Claremont McKenna College psychology professor was convicted Wednesday of falsely reporting her car was vandalized and spray-painted with racist and anti-Semitic slurs while she was speaking at a campus forum on racial...
NICB: Fla. Hurricane Victims Beware
Aug 19 2004 // Victims of Hurricane Charley in Florida may be the target of unscrupulous contractors and others who prey on people who are beginning to rebuild their homes and businesses, warns the National Insurance Crime Bureau...
Pecoraro Sentenced in La. for Fraud Conspiracy
Aug 19 2004 // A man who was on the lam for 11 years from Louisiana’s 1990s insurance scandals was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2004 to less than two years in prison, the Associated Press reported. Nofio Pecoraro Jr., 54, pleaded guilty...
Former TWC Employee Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges
Aug 18 2004 // U. S. Attorney Johnny Sutton reported that 55-year-old Irma M. Richie, a former Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) employee, her daughter, 35-year-old Mary A. Richie and son-in-law 35-year-old David Murillo pled guilty to...
Two Suspects Still at Large in California Contractor Bond Fraud Case
Aug 17 2004 // Authorities are seeking two men suspected of participating in a scam that used phony insurance certificates and fake contractor bonds to win bids on public works projects. Three other suspects have already been arrested...
PCI Supports NAIC Drafting Note Change; Criminal Background Check Model Should Be Delayed
Aug 12 2004 // A news release from the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America notes that insurers continue to recommend putting the brakes on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ proposed criminal...
Vt. Crime Project Pays for Windshield Repairs
Aug 11 2004 // A new pilot project in Burlington, Vermont will give up to $250 to help cover the cost of a smashed car window as long as the smashing took place in the city. The victim, who needn’t live in Burlington, must have a...
Farmers Insurance Cautions Vehicle Owners on Windshield Replacement Scams
Aug 10 2004 // Driving with a cracked or broken windshield puts both drivers and their passengers at risk. In fact, insurance companies in some states are required by law to waive the deductible for damaged or broken windshields in an...
W. Va. Woman Sentenced in Comp Fraud Case
Aug 9 2004 // A Charleston woman has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation and ordered to pay full restitution to West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission after pleading guilty to conducting a...
PERRY TAKES AIM AT FRAUD:
Aug 9 2004 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently issued a directive to all state agencies to establish wide-ranging efforts to detect and eliminate fraud in government programs. “Fraud increases the price employers pay for...
