Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Carson City, Nev. Businessman Sentenced for Fraud
Feb 18 2004 // Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Tye Fortuna, 31 of Big Fork, Montana was sentenced recently by Judge Michael R. Griffin in the Carson City District Courthouse after pleading guilty to felony insurance...
Toledo Man Gets 30 Days for Comp Fraud
Feb 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...
Two Fla. Residents Face Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Feb 13 2004 // Two Florida men are facing workers’ compensation fraud charges after insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services conducted investigations of numerous construction sites in and around...
Poolman Launches N.D. Fraud Unit, Awareness Ad Campaign
Feb 12 2004 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman announced that a new fraud unit and insurance fraud awareness media campaign are starting statewide. The new unit, which will serve to investigate and deter insurance fraud,...
Fla. Dental Assistant Charged with Insurance Fraud
Feb 12 2004 // A Florida dental assistant is facing charges of workers’ compensation fraud, grand theft and perjury after reportedly failing to tell her most recent employer that she had collected a $17,000 workers’ comp...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Phony Auto I.D. Card
Feb 12 2004 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Camden County man has pleaded guilty to possessing a phony automobile insurance identification card in order to avoid obtaining legitimate...
Flood Outlines Fraud-Fighting Needs at TCIF
Feb 12 2004 // Elliott Flood, vice president of special investigations for Texas Mutual Insurance Company, addressed the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud (TCIF) recently. Flood discussed workers’ compensation fraud, one of...
N.Y. Senate Hears Testimony on No-fault Frauds
Feb 11 2004 // The New York Senate’s Standing Committee on Insurance, heard from a number of interested parties, including various industry groups, regarding growing concerns about insurance fraud, particularly staged accidents,...
BOGUS OPERATOR SHUT DOWN:
Feb 9 2004 // An Alexandria, La. man was served with a cease and desist order by Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators. The order prohibits him from conducting any kind of insurance business in Louisiana. It states...
Is it the End for the Innocent Spouse’
Feb 9 2004 // Since 1986, Texas has recognized an innocent insured exception to otherwise non-covered claims. The innocent insured doctrine usually involves arson or other intentional destruction of property by one insured and a claim...
Workers Aren’t the Only Comp Cheats
Feb 9 2004 // Within the insurance industry—and even outside it—workers’ compensation fraud is typically associated with malingering employees who fake an injury in order to collect compensation and some paid...
Spotlight on Colorado
Feb 9 2004 // I recently had the opportunity to interview Colorado Commissioner Doug Dean to discuss the most prominent issues facing the Colorado insurance market. While Colorado may not be the hotbed of insurance maladies (like, say,...
NEVADA FIRST IN FRAUD CONVICTIONS:
Feb 9 2004 // Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that the Nevada Department of Justice, Insurance Fraud Unit, obtained more convictions per capita than any other state. The statistics for insurance crimes were compiled by the...
Identity Theft
Feb 9 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Travelers Property Casualty Corp announced the availability of its new master policy to cover identity theft expenses. Financial institutions or other commercial businesses can purchase this policy on...
Faked Death Gets Fraud Conviction
Feb 9 2004 // Nev. Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that District Judge Donald M. Mosley sentenced Purificacion Lobitos, age 56, to a maximum term of 32 months with a minimum term of 12 months in the Nevada Department of...
Calif. Duo Sentenced to Federal Prison
Feb 9 2004 // Two Southland men were sentenced to federal prison for their convictions on charges related to a scheme in which one embezzled money from his employer and funneled it to members of his softball team. Angel Uribe, 33, of...
No Brake Yet for Personal & Commercial Auto
Feb 9 2004 // The auto insurance market has come a long way since Travelers wrote the first third-party policy for Gilbert J. Loomis’s one-cylinder car in 1897. “I’ll never insure a gasoline can on wheels,”...
Orlando Agent Pleads No Contest to Fraud
Feb 6 2004 // An Orlando, Florida insurance agent has pleaded no contest to organized fraud and unlawful sale of insurance for soliciting doctors to buy bogus medical malpractice coverage. Michael Rock, 34, was arrested on the charges...
Fla. Man Posing as Psychotherapist Charged with Fraud
Feb 5 2004 // A Pompano Beach, Fla. man reportedly posing as a psychotherapist is facing numerous felony charges for filing insurance claims for counseling sessions. Lubomir Lacho, 52, reportedly collected more than $11,000 after...
Ky. Agents to be Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Feb 3 2004 // According to the Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Office of Insurance, two individuals have been convicted of committing fraudulent insurance acts. Mark A. Calitri, 34, of Richmond was found guilty of two...
