Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. Man Arrested for Fraudulently Reporting Auto Theft to Further Scheme
Apr 18 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of Ricky DeSantis of Rochester, who was charged with insurance fraud, attempted grand larceny and falsifying business records. It is alleged that on...
Brooklyn Man Arrested for Selling Fraudulent Auto Insurance to Neighbor
Apr 17 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of Raphael Benjamin of Brooklyn, New York, who was charged with insurance fraud, forgery, grand larceny and falsifying business records. It is alleged...
Florida Officials Ban Agent From Ins. Industry
Apr 17 2003 // A Lehigh Acres, Fla. insurance agent can no longer legally transact insurance in Florida after pleading guilty to charges of misappropriating insurance premiums. The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that...
N.J. Woman Pleads to Guilty to Forging Phony Prescriptions
Apr 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Hudson County woman pled guilty to forging drug prescriptions as part of a reported scheme to obtain controlled drugs through the use of fraudulent...
Trio of N.J. Residents Charged with Receiving Stolen Cars, Fraud
Apr 14 2003 // New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that three North Jersey men have been charged via separate Passaic County Grand Jury indictments with conspiracy, receiving stolen property and theft by...
Progressive Seeks Damages Against Fla. Chiropractic Clinic for Fraud
Apr 14 2003 // Four Progressive Corp. subsidiaries have filed a civil suit against First Chiropractic Clinic of Orlando, First Chiropractic Clinic of Pine Hills and its principal, Mirlourdes Beliard-Hopkins, and chiropractors Jodie Ellis...
Former N.Y. Opticians Billing Clerk Arrested for Altering Benefit Forms
Apr 11 2003 // New York Superintendent Gregory Serio and Albany County District Attorney Paul Clyne announced the arrest of Caroline Burr-McCann, 35, a former billing clerk for State Opticians who is charged with insurance fraud. An...
Staff of Florida Medical Clinic Charged With PIP Fraud
Apr 10 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that a former Miami clinic owner and two of his medical staff were charged with fraudulently billing four insurance companies for treatments never...
Fla. Governor, Lt. Governor Announce Workers’ Comp Reform
Apr 9 2003 // Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Lt. Governor Toni Jennings announced comprehensive workers’ compensation reforms at a rally of Florida homebuilders at the state’s Capitol. At the rally, Bush commented that part...
Silva Ordered to Pay for Texas Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 8 2003 // The 132nd District Court in Scurry County, Texas, sentenced Jake V. Silva to two years imprisonment (probated to five years on probation) and 160 hours of community service after finding him guilty of fraudulently...
Reno Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Apr 7 2003 // Nev. Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Michael Vierra, 57, pleaded guilty before Judge Jerome Polaha in the Washoe County Courthouse to conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. The investigation and prosecution...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Webster Couple for Insurance Fraud
Apr 7 2003 // NYSID Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio and Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering announced that a joint investigation with Allstate Insurance Company’s Special Investigations Unit has resulted in the...
SIIS and TACT to Hold Fraud Prevention Seminar
Apr 7 2003 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service (SIIS) and the Texas Action Council on Theft (TACT) announced they will hold a continuing education/training seminar for insurance executives, claims personnel and other...
Insurance Fraud Arrests
Apr 7 2003 // An investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the arrests of Robert L. Pritchett, 28, of Patterson, Calif. and Francisco Fernandez, 37, of Newman, Calif. Pritchett was booked into...
Fraud Ring Leads to Three Arrests
Apr 7 2003 // Three individuals were arrested after allegedly taking part in a large-scale auto fraud ring that involved lawyers, chiropractors and doctors from California. Juan Reyes Marrufo, 35, Maricela Armenta, 34, and Cristina...
Woman Pleads Guilty to WC Charges
Apr 7 2003 // Marsha Arlene Johnson, 47, of Inglewood, Calif., pleaded guilty to a felony charge of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Johnson was ordered to pay full restitution in the amount of $28,861.77, and received five...
Contractor Arrested for Premium Fraud
Apr 7 2003 // Fraud investigators from the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office arrested Thomas Turner, 57, of Fremont, Calif. The San Mateo County District...
San Francisco Adjuster Convicted for Insurance Fraud
Apr 7 2003 // Allstate Insurance Company and several Allstate-insured homeowners were allegedly defrauded after the 1994 Northridge earthquake by insurance adjuster, Harry Miller, who was recently convicted of federal fraud charges. A...
Insurance Fraud Fugitive Arrested
Apr 7 2003 // A fugitive, Daniel Gray, 43, was arrested on two felony counts of insurance fraud at a Sacramento courthouse, after appearing for an unrelated matter. In Feb. 2001, the United Services Automobile Association (USAA),...
Two Calif. Officers Involved in Insurance Fraud
Apr 3 2003 // A Merced County, Calif. sheriff’s detective and a deputy under investigation on suspicion of insurance fraud resigned and confessed to being involved in an off-duty felony criminal act, according to the Modesto...
