Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CDI Fraud Arrest
Jun 23 2003 // Gyan Singh, 55, of Sacramento, Calif., was arrested on one count of insurance fraud. Singh was allegedly involved in an auto accident with his 1997 Ford truck on Dec. 7, 2001. Investigators claimed that Singh reported to...
NICB Says Port, Border Areas Special Targets for Vehicle Theft
Jun 23 2003 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that nine of the top 10 metropolitan areas for vehicle theft are in or near ports and Canadian and Mexican borders or within easy reach of them. The 10 metropolitan areas...
Pickens Believes Competitive Market is Best Climate for Business
Jun 23 2003 // Mike Pickens Having served six years in his present office, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens has had an opportunity to see a number of changes in his state over the years. Pickens recently sat down with...
Allstate NJ, Encompass Lawsuit Seeks $22 Million in Fraud Damages from North Jersey MDs
Jun 19 2003 // Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company and its subsidiary, Encompass Insurance, announced the filing of civil actions under the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, in the Superior Court of New Jersey (Morris County),...
Florida’s Gallagher Applauds Anti-Fraud Law
Jun 18 2003 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher said the Pete Orr Insurance Anti-Fraud Act, which the governor recently signed into law, is expected to significantly boost efforts to prosecute operators of unlicensed...
Former Kentucky Agent Lands Fraud Sentence
Jun 17 2003 // The Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Department of Insurance announced a former Lexington insurance agent has been sentenced in Fayette Circuit Court on one felony count of fraudulent insurance acts. According...
Near North Hit With Fraud Charges
Jun 13 2003 // After charging Near North Insurance Brokerage Inc. owner Michael Segal for insurance and mail fraud in a scheme to allegedly embezzle $24 million from the company’s reserve fund, federal prosecutors are now charging...
Video Evidence Used in Texas Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Jun 11 2003 // Texas Judge Bill Bender in the 403rd Judicial District Court found Thomas O’Laughlin guilty of workers’ compensation fraud after O’Laughlin pleaded no contest. According to Texas Mutual Insurance Company,...
Calif. Broker Arraigned on Grand Theft Charges
Jun 11 2003 // Former insurance broker An Khai (aka Annie) Lu, 54, of Monterey Park, Calif., was arraigned on three counts of grand theft. The California Department of Insurance (CDI) revoked Lu’s insurance license in Oct. 2002 for...
Undercover Ops Attack Calif. Med-Legal Mills
Jun 10 2003 // Six people suspected of participating in medical-legal mills in the Sacramento area have been arrested after a two-year undercover investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division, Sacramento...
Arkansas Indicts Johnson on Fraud Charges
Jun 10 2003 // U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Bud Cummins and State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens, announced a 20-count federal indictment has been handed down against Jeffrey Ray Johnson for his alleged role...
San Diego Physician Arrested on 23 Counts of WC Fraud
Jun 9 2003 // A San Diego physician indicted on 23 counts of workers’ compensation-related insurance fraud and perjury has been arrested after a joint undercover investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud...
N.Y. Agent Arrested for Stealing Annuity Money from Clients
Jun 9 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio and Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas J. Spota announced the arrest of Michael C. Cammarota, 57, a life insurance agent and owner of Descap Financial...
Long Beach Woman Surrenders to Fraud Charges
Jun 9 2003 // A Long Beach, Calif., woman surrendered on an outstanding warrant related to felony insurance fraud charges. Yvonne Boyce allegedly slipped and fell while on the job in 1998 injuring her shoulder. She proceeded to receive...
Orange County Woman Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 9 2003 // Noel DeSota of Orange County was arrested by CDI fraud investigators and sentenced to serve 60 days in Orange County Jail, complete 120 hours of community service, three years probation, and pay a $200 court fine. DeSota...
Calif. Couple Surrenders on Fraud Charges
Jun 9 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...
Vallejo, Calif. Broker Sold Fraudulent Policies
Jun 9 2003 // A search warrant was served by CDI investigators to former insurance broker Jimmie Earl Jackson, of Vallejo, Calif. Jackson was operating Jaxon Insurance Services in Vallejo. CDI revoked Jackson’s insurance license...
Texas Construction Co. Owner Indicted for WC Fraud
Jun 6 2003 // Mary Lou Mott, owner of Zaval-Tex Construction Company, and her office manager, Louise Humberson, are facing felony charges following a Travis County (Texas) grand jury indictment. According to Texas Mutual Insurance...
Three Men Indicted in N.Y. Motorcycle Fraud Ring
Jun 2 2003 // Eliot Spitzer, New York’s Attorney General, and State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio jointly announced the arrest of three men, Michael Colon, Rafael Feliz and Fermin Gonell, named as defendants...
Baldwinsville, N.Y. Man Arrested for Making Fraudulent Property Claims
Jun 2 2003 // It was a busy week for the New York Insurance Department’s Fraud Squad. In addition to arresting three men charged in a motorcycle scam ring in the Bronx (see previous article), Superintendent Gregory V. Serio also...
