Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. Towing Owner Pulled Over for Comp Fraud
May 17 2004 // The owner of a towing company with local government contracts has been charged with failing to provide workers’ compensation for his employees, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom...
Three Individuals Arrested in Separate Fraud Cases
May 17 2004 // The California Department of Insurance, Fraud Division (CDI) was involved in the arrest or surrender of three individuals in three separate cases. On May 6, Gaetano Chirco, 55, of San Jose, self-surrendered in Santa Clara...
Minn. Insurance Regulator Pushes for Fraud Unit
May 17 2004 // Commissioner Glenn Wilson is attempting to get legislators to establish an insurance fraud prevention unit within his department, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. A bill doing just that passed the Senate Commerce...
Toledo Man Gets 30 Days for Comp Fraud
May 17 2004 // A Toledo man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for committing workers’ compensation fraud, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. William Douglas was sentenced to 30 days jail time, two...
LOUISIANA AGENT SHUT DOWN:
May 17 2004 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner J. Robert Wooley said Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served New Orleans agent, Tanya Maria Price, with cease and desist orders and suspended her individual and agency...
Fraud Comes in All Shapes and Sizes
May 17 2004 // Within minutes of recently posting a new poll question on our Web site (www.insurancejournal.com), we quickly learned what some in the insurance industry think of Near North National Group’s Michael Segal. As...
Identity Theft – It Can Happen to You
May 17 2004 // As an industry, insurance has been sold to protect people from all kinds of loss. Most of that coverage is around insuring property against loss due to a variety of risks including theft. But in today’s day and age,...
Fla. Pays $15,000 to Fraud Tipster
May 17 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher authorized a $15,000 reward to be paid to a Miami man who provided state insurance fraud investigators with information leading to the arrest and successful prosecution of a...
Owners of Insolvent Fla. Company Charged with Theft, Racketeering and Conspiracy
May 14 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that four officers of the former Miami-based Aries Insurance Company have been charged with diverting more than $60 million from the company. Aries was...
State Fund Awarded $834,000 in Work Comp Fraud Case
May 14 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund will collect approximately $834,000 in restitution from the principals of an El Cajon-based (San Diego County) construction company. San Diego residents Milton Perry Smith and his wife,...
N.Y. Woman Arrested on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
May 13 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of a Schenevus woman for defrauding the Workers’ Compensation system out of more than $23,000. It is alleged that Marie Banks, 41, wrongfully...
N.J. Chiropractor Has Back Up Against Wall; Guilty Plea Offered in Fraud Case
May 13 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Morris County chiropractor has pleaded guilty to theft for billing an insurance company for chiropractic treatments never performed. According to Vaughn McKoy,...
Fla. Man Busted for Selling Fake Cards
May 12 2004 // A Florida man has been charged with selling fraudulent motor vehicle insurance cards to nearly 200 South Florida drivers, at least a dozen of whom are now facing charges for using the fake cards, Florida’s Chief...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing from 9/11 Disaster Relief Funds
May 11 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Union County man who fraudulently obtained more than $42,000 in Sept. 11 survivor benefits by claiming he had been displaced from his Manhattan employment as a...
Sacramento Minister Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 11 2004 // On May 7, a Sacramento County Superior Court Judge sentenced Benjamin L. Barnes, 37, to 300 days in jail, five years of probation and ordered him to pay State Compensation Insurance Fund $60,000 in restitution following...
Fla. Agent Charged with Theft
May 10 2004 // A Florida insurance agent is facing criminal charges and loss of his license over charges that he stole premiums from numerous customers, including the Brazilian Missionary Community Church, Corp. Jerrod Keith Zelanka, 27,...
N.Y. Woman No Jewel; Arrested on Fraud Charges
May 7 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio and Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau on Friday announced the arrest and indictment of a Manhattan resident for attempting to collect $262,000 in an insurance...
New Orleans Agent Shut Down for Misappropriating Funds; Submitted 21 False Annuity Applications
May 6 2004 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner J. Robert Wooley announced that Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served New Orleans agent, Tanya Maria Price, 38, with cease and desist orders and summary suspensions of her...
Fla. Woman Charged with Selling Phony Insurance Cards
May 4 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced the arrest Monday of a woman who reportedly sold phony motor vehicle insurance cards to an undercover insurance fraud investigator with the Department of...
N.Y. Dept.’s of Insurance, State Recognize Arson Awareness Week, Encourage New Yorkers to Join Fight
May 4 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio and Secretary of State Randy Daniels on Monday recognized national “Arson Awareness Week” by encouraging New Yorkers to protect themselves from arson-related...
