Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arkansas Agent Arrested on Fraud Charges
Dec 23 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced the arrest of Steven Edward Gwin, who has been charged with a class D felony count of Fraudulent Insurance Act. A Jan. 20, 2004 court date has been set in Pulaski...
LDI Employees Face Fraud Charges
Dec 22 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that two department employees have been arrested for Public Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Public Bribery. According to the LDI, in February 2001 the Louisiana State Police...
Miami Clinic Owner, Four Others Arrested in Auto Fraud Scheme
Dec 19 2003 // A Miami clinic owner and four others are in jail on charges of reportedly staging an accident after the clinic owner crashed his HUMVEE into two other cars in a scheme to collect insurance payments, according to...
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud Reports Convictions Rise Nearly a Third
Dec 19 2003 // Alice Ross, an engaging 71-year-old grandmother, died when her Buick was rammed by a car packed with gang members allegedly staging a crash in Brooklyn to make fake injury claims against insurance companies. Increasingly,...
Fla. Outpaces Nation in Fraud Convictions
Dec 19 2003 // Florida once again leads the nation in the number of insurance fraud convictions and cases presented for prosecution, according to a study released this week (see National news) by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a...
Calif. Commissioner Issues Statement on Settlement of Executive Life Case
Dec 19 2003 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi praised the U.S. Attorney’s Office for its work in securing a $770 million settlement of the criminal case against Credit Lyonnais and others involved in the Executive Life...
Allstate, Encompass Seek $17 Million in N.J. Fraud Lawsuit against Chiropractors, Related Co.’s
Dec 19 2003 // Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company and Encompass Insurance announced that they have filed a multi-million dollar civil complaint, under the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, in the Superior Court of Morris...
LDI Employees Face Fraud Charges
Dec 19 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that two department employees have been arrested for Public Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Public Bribery. According to the LDI, in February 2001 the Louisiana State Police...
Buttafuoco Among 11 Charged With Auto Repair Fraud
Dec 19 2003 // Nine owners or employees of area auto repair shops were arrested and charged today with auto insurance fraud following a lengthy investigation by a multi-agency task force headed by the District Attorney’s Bureau of...
Insurance Fraud Hall of Fame Welcomes Newest Members
Dec 18 2003 // The nation’s top convicted insurance swindlers of 2003 were elected to the Insurance Fraud Hall of Fame by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (www.InsuranceFraud.org). The scheme team was dishonored for insurance...
IBC Selects “Top Ten” Canadian Insurance Frauds of 2003
Dec 18 2003 // Insurance fraud isn’t a uniquely American phenomenon, as the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s recent announcement shows all too clearly. Our neigbors north of the border have also chosen their “top ten”...
Pa. Man Charged in Arson-for-Hire Fraud Scam
Dec 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Pennsylvania man has been charged by the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with reportedly participating in a scheme to get rid of...
Alliance in Support of S.C. Anti-Fraud Proposal
Dec 16 2003 // A proposal to create and fund an insurance fraud investigation and prosecution framework in South Carolina reportedly has the support of the Alliance of American Insurers. The Omnibus Insurance Fraud and Reporting Immunity...
N.Y. Announces Arrest of 4 Psychotherapists on Insurance Fraud Charges
Dec 15 2003 // New York State Insurance Superintendent Gregory Serio, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, and NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly jointly announced the filing of charges against four psychotherapists who fraudulently billed...
Visual Analytics Announces Launch of Insurance Fraud Detection System in Korea
Dec 15 2003 // The Korean Financial Supervisory Services (FSS) has launched an insurance Fraud Detection System, developed by Visual Analytics, Inc.’s award winning product, VisuaLinks. The agency said it had implemented and will...
Impact of Crime
Dec 15 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is offering Masterpiece Family Protection to its homeowners policyholders. Family Protection coverage can help defray a broad range of expenses if the policyholder...
Calif. Chiropractors, Med Clinic Owner Charged with Fraud
Dec 12 2003 // Two Southern California chiropractors and a medical clinic owner were arrested on charges of workers’ compensation fraud following two investigations by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud...
Crackdown on N.Y. No-Fault Fraud Reportedly Begins to Pay Dividends as Costs Show Slight Decline
Dec 10 2003 // The vigorous crackdown on insurance fraud and abuse spearheaded by New York’s insurance companies, law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, and supported by tough insurance department regulations and a statewide...
Sen. Speier Applauds Lawsuit Against Caliber Collision Center
Dec 10 2003 // State Senator Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo cos.) applauded State Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Fresno County District Attorney Elizabeth Egan for filing a $50 million fraud lawsuit against Caliber Collision...
Calif. Duo Sentenced to Federal Prison in Fraud Scheme
Dec 8 2003 // 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...
