Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NYSID Announces Arrest of Former Insurance Broker for Fraud
Mar 10 2003 // Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Fabian Illera, a former insurance broker, who was charged with insurance fraud, forgery, criminal possession of a forged instrument, falsifying business...
Arrests for Insurance Fraud and Grand Theft
Mar 10 2003 // Two men were arrested and charged with felony insurance fraud and grand theft after being investigated by the Special Investigation Unit within State Farm Insurance and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud...
Broker Charged with Grand Theft
Mar 10 2003 // Judith Elizabeth Dominquez, 44, a former Huntington Park, Calif. insurance broker, appeared in Superior Court for arraignment following the filing of a felony complaint by the Huntington Park District Attorney’s...
Segal Sells Near North Brokerage; New Accusations Loom
Mar 10 2003 // February brought good news and bad news in the saga of Chicago-based Near North National Group owner Michael Segal. The good news: He found a buyer for his brokerage operations. The bad news: Federal prosecutors filed...
Truck Driver Charged in $78,500 Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 7 2003 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory Serio, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, and New York State Workers’ Compensation Fraud Inspector General John Burgher Jr., announced that a truck...
Atnip Pleads Guilty to Computer Fraud in Tenn.
Mar 6 2003 // Gary Atnip, a Tennessee accountant who allegedly helped funnel $18 million to financier Martin Frankel in an insurance fraud scheme, pleaded guilty in Tennessee Court to state charges of computer fraud. According to the...
N.Y. State Opticians Co-Owner Arrested on Fraud Charges
Mar 5 2003 // New York Superintendent Gregory Serio and Albany County District Attorney Paul Clyne announced the arrest of Dierdre Wolberg, co-owner of State Opticians in Albany, N.Y. Wolberg was arrested for Grand Larceny in the 3rd...
White Collar Crime Seminar Comes to Chicago
Mar 5 2003 // A seminar in Chicago will examine the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on corporations, their officers, directors and employees, and insurance coverage. The seminar on white collar crime is hosted by DRI, a...
Calif. Commissioner Enlists Help of DAs to Reform WC System
Mar 5 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi pushed his workers’ comp reform agenda further along by enlisting the help of the state’s 58 county district attorneys (DA) in combating employee and employer...
N.Y. Bake Shop Owner Arrested for Fraud
Mar 4 2003 // New York Superintendent Gregory Serio along with the Broome County Bureau of Fire Investigation and the Deposit Police Department announced the arrest of George S. Cushner, Jr. Cushner, the owner of Sweets and East Bake...
Calif. Commissioner Enlists Help of DAs to Reform WC System
Mar 4 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi pushed his workers’ comp reform agenda further along by enlisting the help of the state’s 58 county district attorneys (DA) in combating employee and employer...
CDI Updates Fraud Cases
Mar 3 2003 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigation Division and the Fraud Division announced recent developments in these insurance fraud cases: ·ANAHEIM – Gary Stromme, 47, originally...
Fla. Lawmakers Unveil Anti-Fraud Bills
Feb 28 2003 // Two Florida lawmakers, reportedly keenly aware of how insurance fraud is hurting consumers, have filed legislation designed to crack down on fraud perpetrators in the state. Sen. Bill Posey (R, Dist. 24) and chairman of...
Serio Says NY Court of Appeals to Hear Reg. 68 Case; NYSID Continues Anti-Fraud Fight
Feb 28 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio told a Capital District luncheon crowd on Tuesday that his Department has just learned that the New York Court of Appeals has granted leave for plaintiffs to...
Nev. Resident Pleads Guilty to Ins. Fraud
Feb 26 2003 // Michael Allen Lessley, 35, pled guilty to felony insurance fraud before Nevada Judge Connie Steinheimer in the Washoe County Courthouse. Lessley reported his red 1995 Mustang stolen in order to allegedly receive money from...
NY Man Arrested in WTC Life Insurance Fraud
Feb 26 2003 // NY authorities announced the arrest of Merle D. Hover of Glen Aubry, New York, on charges of insurance fraud and attempted grand larceny stemming from a fraudulent claim he submitted stating that his daughter was killed in...
Career Criminal Sentenced for Fraud
Feb 24 2003 // A former resident of Jupiter, Fla. was sentenced in Martin County Circuit Court to 20 years in prison after pleading no contest to fraud and grand theft charges stemming from his use of aliases in a scheme to reportedly...
Anaheim Agent Pleads Guilty to Felony Counts of Grand Theft
Feb 24 2003 // An Anaheim agent was arrested as the result of an investigation by California Department of Insurance’s (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch. Gary Stromme, 47, was arrested at his Anaheim business office on May 9,...
Contractor Arrested for Premium Fraud
Feb 24 2003 // Fraud investigators of CDI’s 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...
Woman Arrested on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Feb 24 2003 // Kathryn Marie Corso, 53, was arrested at her residence and charged with two felony counts of insurance fraud, one count of grand theft and one count of perjury. Investigators reported that Corso filed a workers’...
