Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Okla. AG Files Suit Against Telemarketer Selling Identity Theft Protection
Sep 29 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...
Grand Jury Indicts 16 Including Lawyers and Agent for Alleged Lawrence, Mass. Auto Fraud
Sep 23 2004 // Sixteen people, including three lawyers and four chiropractors, have been indicted by a special grand jury in Essex County for their alleged involvement in auto insurance fraud in Lawrence. The 16 were summonsed for...
CWCI: New State Law Mandates Bilingual Fraud Language with TD Checks
Sep 23 2004 // Last week, Governor Schwarzenegger signed SBX4-2 (Speier), a workers’ compensation fraud bill that, among other things, revises the fraud notice that insurers and self-insured employers must include on or with an...
Husband and Wife Arrested for Alleged Insurance and Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 22 2004 // Modesto residents Dr. Kyon Maung Teo, D.D.S. and his wife, Kin Thor Pang were arrested as part of a sweep conducted from Sacramento to San Diego to apprehend 21 people suspected of defrauding the state’s Medi-Cal...
D.C. Fraud Bureau Warns On Sidewalk Sale
Sep 22 2004 // Scam Artists Impersonating GEBCO Insurance Agents The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) Fraud Bureau is warning consumers to be careful of potentially fraudulent insurance agent or...
Cincinnati Man Sentenced on Comp Fraud Charge
Sep 20 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. Insurers’ Rate and Agents’ Commission Bids Add Up to 9.3%
Sep 20 2004 // A request by Massachusetts agents for a 32 percent boost in commissions brings the overall private passenger auto insurance rate hike sought by the industry for 2005 to 9.3 percent, up from the original 5.8 percent figure,...
LOANS LEAD TO AGENT’S ARREST:
Sep 20 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...
CALIFORNIA WORK COMP FRAUDSTERS TO BE POSTED ON WEB:
Sep 20 2004 // Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed into law AB 2866, legislation that requires individuals and companies convicted of workers’ compensation insurance fraud to be posted on the Web, according to the Gilroy...
Wis. Woman Convicted on Fraud Charge
Sep 20 2004 // Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager announced that an Oneida County woman was convicted of fraud and sentenced by Judge Steven Ebert in Dane County Circuit Court. Barbara Bergman, of Rhinelander, pled no contest...
OHIO CAR THEFTS DROPPED 2%:
Sep 20 2004 // Ohio’s auto 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 survey results of 17 major Ohio city...
MJM Investigations, Royal & SunAlliance Partner in Fight Against Fraud
Sep 20 2004 // With insurance fraud reportedly totaling an average of $80 billion a year, North Carolina-based MJM Investigations Inc. and Royal & SunAlliance have inked an agreement that emphasizes the commitment of both companies...
Two Suspects Still at Large in California Contractor Bond Fraud Case
Sep 20 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...
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...
