Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Man Surrenders to Fraud Charges on Account of Horseplay
Jul 22 2003 // A Foresthill, Calif. man surrendered to authorities on three felony counts of insurance fraud after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division. Arley John Ronsonet, 29, was booked into...
N.Y. Officials Announce Arrest in 9/11 Auto Fraud Case
Jul 22 2003 // New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and New York State Insurance Superintendent Gregory Serio announced the arrest of Peter Perouza, 32, who is charged with insurance fraud and grand larceny stemming from a...
Mother and Son Face Fla. Auto Accident Fraud Charges
Jul 22 2003 // A woman and her son are facing insurance fraud charges after the two allegedly faked injuries from an automobile accident, according to the Florida Department of Financial Services. AIG Insurance Co. reported the...
As Summer Heats Up, So Does Vehicle Theft
Jul 21 2003 // While some of us may be living easy at the beach or in the mountains during the summer, it’s typically the season when auto thieves do most of their work. And it’s also a time when vehicle theft watchers come...
Couple Surrenders on Fraud Charges
Jul 21 2003 // Ron Stahr, 40, of Hawthorne, Calif., and Michele Morlet, 24, of Whittier, Calif., surrendered themselves to CDI investigators in Los Angeles on arrest warrants which charged them with filing false insurance claims. In the...
Fresno Man Arrested on Fraud Charges
Jul 21 2003 // Investigators with CDI Investigations Branch arrested Juvencio Salazar, 38, of Fresno, on June 17 on a $5,000 felony warrant. Salazar is charged with a single count of insurance fraud and could face up to five years in...
Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Jul 21 2003 // Gwendolyn Henson, 40, of Montclair, Calif., pled guilty to insurance fraud charges and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years of formal probation. CDI fraud investigators arrested Henson for the felony insurance...
Calif. Man Arrested for WC Fraud
Jul 21 2003 // CDI Fraud Division investigators, with the assistance of the Glendale Police Department, arrested Robert Galante, 45, of Simi Valley, on a felony warrant charging him with two counts of workers’ comp fraud. If...
CDI Busts Auto Fraud Ring
Jul 21 2003 // Eight people were arraigned recently on charges of insurance fraud and assault with a deadly weapon resulting from an ongoing investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division, the California...
TEXAS CO. GUILTY OF WC FRAUD:
Jul 21 2003 // Travis County District Judge Patrick Keel has found that a San Antonio janitorial company lied about its payroll to get workers’ compensation coverage so it could pursue lucrative government contracts. According to...
N.J. Man Charged with $300,000 Fraud and Theft
Jul 18 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Hudson County businessman has been charged by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with stealing more than $300,000 in...
FBI Knew of Stolen Segal E-mails
Jul 18 2003 // The government admitted in a court filing that they were aware that a hacker sent stolen e-mail documents to three government witnesses even before former Near North owner Michael Segal’s arrest on racketeering and...
N.J. Podiatrist Sentenced for Medicaid Fraud
Jul 17 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former Hudson County podiatrist has been ordered to reimburse the Medicaid Program nearly $6,000 for billing the cost of fraudulently obtained prescription drugs to...
N.J. Father & Son Charged With Fraud
Jul 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Bergen County father and son – the owner and office manager respectively of a Bergen County dental office – have been charged by the Division of...
N.J. Woman Charged With Using Phony Auto Insurance Card
Jul 15 2003 // New Jersey’s Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an Essex County woman has been charged by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with allegedly possessing a...
N.Y. Man Arrested for Fraudulent Claim in Home Fire
Jul 14 2003 // New York Superintendent Gregory Serio announced that Samuel Gardner, 41, of Kent, New York, was arrested and charged with Insurance Fraud, Arson and Attempted Grand Larceny. On July 28, 2002 Mr. Gardner’s home was...
N.Y. Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy in $1M Scam
Jul 14 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a New York man has plead guilty to conspiracy for his reported role in helping to finance a scheme designed to fraudulently collect on a million-dollar insurance...
Wash. Man Ordered to Pay $20,300 for WC Fraud
Jul 14 2003 // A 52-year-old Olympia, Wash. man, Richard Sundblad, has been ordered to pay $20,300 in penalties and Wash. Department of Labor and Industries benefits he collected while secretly working. An investigation into Sundblad...
Calif. Trio Charged with 28 Counts of Auto Fraud
Jul 14 2003 // Three suspects were arrested and charged with 28 felony counts after an investigation by multiple agencies into a staged auto collision ring in the Los Angeles area, which cost insurance companies an estimated $1 million...
Anonymous Informant Awarded $1,000
Jul 14 2003 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that, thanks to a recent anonymous tip, it is ready to recover over $8,200 in restitution and save over $26,000 in estimated future income benefits. Additionally, the confidential...
