Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CARFAX Sends Out Alert on Auto Fraud Scam
Nov 17 2003 // CARFAX, a provider of the vehicle history report, is warning the public about a type of automobile fraud that reportedly involves both a stolen vehicle and a stolen identity – a vehicle’s identity, that is. The...
4 NYPD Officers, 12 Others Charged in Auto Fraud Case; OneBeacon Helped Investigators
Nov 17 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department announced that 16 people, includng four current and one former NYPD officer, have been charged with grand larceny and other offenses in the theft of nearly a quarter of a million...
Hyundai Tiburon, Subaru Impreza Top Canada’s Stolen Auto List
Nov 14 2003 // For the fourth year in a row, the Hyundai Tiburon (2-door) has the distinction of holding the top spot on Insurance Bureau of Canada’s (IBC) top 10 list of the country’s most frequently stolen vehicles. This...
N.Y. Department Notes 5% Overall Auto Rate Reduction by State Farm Mutual
Nov 13 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that the Insurance Department has approved a State Farm Mutual Insurance Company overall rate reduction of 5% on their private passenger automobile rates which...
Former N.J. Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Claims Fraud
Nov 13 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former Bergen County chiropractor previously convicted of insurance fraud has pleaded guilty to additional charges, including Health Care Claims Fraud for...
Nev. Man Found Guilty of Felony Insurance Fraud
Nov 13 2003 // Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Patrick Lee Miller was found guilty of a felony insurance fraud, making false representations to an insurance company. The matter was heard in Humboldt County’s 6th...
N.J. Sentences Man on Fraud Charges
Nov 12 2003 // Vaughn McKoy, Director, New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice, announced that a Hudson County man has been ordered to perform community service and pay a $5,000 civil penalty for falsely reporting that his car...
N.J. Couple Sentenced as Part of $500,000 Fraud Scam
Nov 4 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Camden County husband and wife charged as part of a multiple-defendant insurance fraud scam have been ordered to repay an insurance company more than $25,000 for...
N.J. Office of Fraud Prosecutor Charges Pa. Woman with Bilking Money from State Disability Fund
Nov 3 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has charged a Pennsylvania woman with theft, forgery and falsifying documents for allegedly...
Rosemead Broker Arrested for Grand Theft, Forgery
Nov 3 2003 // A former insurance broker has been arrested on nine felony counts of grand theft and one felony count of forgery totaling $73,990, according to CDI investigators. Ronald Nhi Bang, 34, allegedly collected premiums from at...
Couple Faces Five Years for WC Fraud
Nov 3 2003 // A Grass Valley, Calif., couple faces up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $50,000 after an investigation by CDI Fraud Investigators resulted in multiple felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance...
Calif. Trio Pleads Guilty to Scheme
Nov 3 2003 // Three men pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts on Sept. 10 involving an automobile insurance fraud scam that was exposed during a three-year joint investigation by CDI, California Highway Patrol, National Insurance...
Orange County Man Charged with Grand Theft
Nov 3 2003 // A former Yorba Linda, Calif. insurance agent was arrested at his home recently after allegedly collecting $6,800 in insurance premiums but never placing the insurance order to obtain coverage. Gregory Baker, 51, was...
The Garamendi Plan: Workers’ Compensation Reform Phase II
Nov 3 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi outlined the second phase of his workers’ compensation reform plan Oct. 21. The reform legislation that he helped shape during the first phase of this effort is...
Kan. Fraud Unit Takes On Battle Against Crime
Oct 31 2003 // The Kansas Department of Insurance’s new fraud unit announced its first prosecution. Acting in concert with the Attorney General and Douglas County District Attorney Christine Kenney, the Unit has filed a 14-count...
Former Fla. Agent Charged with Theft
Oct 30 2003 // A former Florida insurance agent is facing several felony charges for allegedly stealing more than $36,000 from a fund he was managing for Modern Woodmen of America. Michael D. Peck, 56, was arrested last Friday on charges...
Austin Company Found Guilty of Fraud
Oct 27 2003 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Texas Home Exteriors Inc. of Austin pleaded guilty in the 331st Travis County District Court to a third-degree felony in a workers’ compensation fraud case. The company...
N.Y. Court of Appeal Rejects Reg 68 Challenge, Praised as Victory Against Fraud
Oct 22 2003 // The New York Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld the state Insurance Department’s right to implement the reforms contained in Regulation 68, which would require notice of a “no-fault” claim to be...
Calif. Commissioner Unveils Second Phase of Reform Plan
Oct 22 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi outlined the second phase of his workers’ compensation reform plan Oct. 21. The reform legislation that he helped shape during the first phase of this effort is...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty In Sale of Phony MVC Documents
Oct 21 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an Essex County man has reportedly pleaded guilty to selling fictitious Motor Vehicle Commission documents to an undercover State Investigator assigned to the...
