Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Suffolk County N.Y. Sweep Nets 18 on Charges of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 1 2003 // Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota announced the arrest of 18 people on charges of grand larceny, insurance fraud and other crimes related to defrauding New York’s State Workers’ Compensation...
Former Gov. of Philippines Booked on $2 Mil Felony Warrant
Jun 30 2003 // Eduardo Rodriguez, 61, a former governor of Quezon Province in the Philippines, was held to answer on multiple charges, including reportedly faking the deaths of his mother-in-law and wife to illegally collect more than...
AIA Joins in Filing Amicus Brief in Support of Reg 68 Changes
Jun 27 2003 // The American Insurance Association announced that it has joined with other trade associations to file an amicus brief with the New York Court of Appeals in support of the changes in the no-fault auto insurance Regulation...
Calif. Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Jun 26 2003 // Gwendolyn Henson, 40, of Montclair, Calif. pled guilty last week to insurance fraud charges and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years of formal probation. California Department of Insurance (CDI) fraud...
Allstate, Liberty Mutual File $1M Lawsuit in Alleged Ky. Fraud Scam
Jun 26 2003 // Allstate Insurance Company and Liberty Mutual Group announced they jointly filed a federal RICO lawsuit against a Kentucky doctor and owners of several medical clinics and billing companies in that state. The defendants in...
La. Agent Issued C&D Order For Selling Bogus Coverage
Jun 26 2003 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that a Lafayette insurance agent was served a cease and desist order and his insurance license was suspended for allegedly misappropriating insurance premiums...
Calif. Man Arrested for Two Counts of WC Fraud
Jun 25 2003 // California Department of Insurance (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...
Couple Involved in Fraud Scam Sentenced
Jun 23 2003 // Basheba and Cedric Peoples, both 35, of Las Vegas were sentenced for their alleged involvement in an internal insurance fraud scheme victimizing California State Automobile Association (CSAA). The suspects were sentenced...
Fraud Bust Leads to Five Arrests
Jun 23 2003 // An undercover operation bust led to five arrests in San Bernardino County, Calif. The California Department of Insurance’s (CDI) Urban Auto Task Force arrested Dr. Michael Loader, 49, a chiropractor, of Claremont;...
Couple Pleads Guilty To Insurance Fraud
Jun 23 2003 // Zenaida Buenaflor, 49, and Phillip White, 49, both of Stockton, Calif., pled guilty to insurance fraud. The couple surrendered to authorities on two felony counts of insurance fraud, grand theft and perjury. Buenaflor paid...
Insurance Fraud Arrest
Jun 23 2003 // Brian Pelech, 33, of Ontario, Calif., was arrested and charged with two felony counts of insurance fraud. In Aug. 1999, Pelech allegedly slipped between scaffolds resulting in injury to his right knee requiring surgery,...
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...
