Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Study Reportedly Shows Lack of Reform is Corrupting N.Y. Auto System
Jul 31 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers reports that a recently completed new study shows that a lack of anti-fraud safeguards in New York State’s auto insurance system has caused New Yorkers to develop more permissive...
Calif. Agent Charged with Grand Theft
Jul 28 2003 // Grand theft charges were filed against a licensed agent and owner of California-based SAAB Insurance Services. Irma Hernandez, 33, of Downey, was arrested and charged with two felony counts of grand theft and booked into...
1 in 3 Americans OK With Inflating Insurance Claims
Jul 25 2003 // One in three U.S. adults say that it is all right to exaggerate insurance claims under certain circumstances, according to a recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) survey. These respondents agreed that it is acceptable to...
Md. Man Jailed for Attempted Fraud
Jul 24 2003 // Calvin Gregory, aka Calvin Green, was sentenced to one year in jail with all but 86 days suspended and one year probation for attempted insurance fraud against IWIF, Maryland’s largest workers’ compensation...
N.J. Man Sentenced for Receiving Stolen Property
Jul 23 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Passaic County man was sentenced by Union County Superior Court Judge Rudy Coleman on a charge of receiving stolen property for possessing a stolen...
Truck Driver Found Guilty of Theft Against IWIF
Jul 22 2003 // A route truck driver working for a Baltimore County trucking company was recently found guilty of felony theft against IWIF, Maryland’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company, in Baltimore County...
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...
