Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
