Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
N.J. Family, N.Y. Man Brake for Fraud
Aug 9 2004 // New Jersey Director of Division of Criminal Justice Vaughn McKoy announced that the Division of Criminal Justice, Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, obtained an indictment charging four individuals with conspiracy,...
Joint Investigation Nabs Louisiana Workers’ Comp Fraudster
Aug 9 2004 // Louisiana’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) reported recently that an attempt to cheat the state’s workers’ compensation insurance program has resulted in a prosecution and...
California State Fund Fraud Program Nets $5 Million from Convictions
Aug 9 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund’s anti-fraud program has enabled California district attorneys to win more than $5 million in restitution orders. The restitution judgments are reportedly a direct result of 155...
Fla. CFO Warns Against Bogus Insurance Offers
Aug 5 2004 // At least 150 pregnant women were reportedly lured into buying bogus health insurance by a man not even licensed to sell insurance, prompting Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher to issue a renewed warning...
Reputed Mobster Pleads Guilty to Staged Accidents, Insurance Fraud Charges in New York
Aug 4 2004 // A reputed member of the Bonanno crime family pleaded guilty to running a major insurance scam, which used a corrupt medical clinic in Queens to file millions of dollars in bogus insurance claims. Joseph Fratta, who was...
Three Suspects Arrested for Alleged Auto, Work Comp Insurance Fraud
Aug 3 2004 // Investigators arrested three people August 3 on numerous felony charges after a 3-year California Department of Insurance investigation into a chiropractic office, which uncovered numerous alleged auto insurance and...
