Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Ky. DOI Warns of Fraudulent Billing Scheme
Apr 1 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance, through its Insurance Fraud Investigation Division, is warning of a fraudulent insurance billing scheme reportedly being seen in the Commonwealth. According to J. Joseph Cohen,...
CDI Makes Progress in Fraud Cases
Mar 31 2003 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division announced recent developments in these cases: * ORANGE COUNTY, CA – On March 20, 2003, Sheila Nicholson, 29, was arrested and booked into the Orange County...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Cooperstown Insurance Agent in Fraud Scheme
Mar 31 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department announced the arrest of Shannon Whiteman of Roseboom, New York, an agent of the Bob Putnam Insurance Agency in Cooperstown, on charges of grand larceny and forgery. Her arrest...
Instant Rating for D&O, EPLI, Fiduciary, Crime
Mar 27 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Via their Web site, Dwyer & Associates can now offer retail agents the opportunity to input their client’s information on-line and instantly receive a quotation via email for D&O (for...
Instant Rating for D&O, EPLI, Fiduciary, Crime
Mar 27 2003 // Via their Web site, Dwyer & Associates can now offer retail agents the opportunity to input their client’s information online and instantly receive a quotation via e-mail for D&O (for profit entities),...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Camillus Man for Fraudulent Auto Theft Claim
Mar 24 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that an investigation into a suspected fraudulent motor vehicle theft insurance claim has resulted in the arrest of Steven P. Oslica, of Camillus, New...
NY Authorities Charge Four in $68,400 Workers Comp Fraud Scheme
Mar 20 2003 // Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, New York State Workers’ Compensation Fraud Inspector General John H. Burgher, Jr. and New York City...
N.Y. Assembly Passes “Watered-down” Fraud Bill
Mar 19 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers does not see many changes following passage by the New York Assembly Insurance Committee and the full Assembly of Committee Chairman Grannis’ fraud bill, which is now...
CDI Updates Fraud Developments
Mar 18 2003 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division announced recent developments in these insurance fraud cases. ·SACRAMENTO – On March 5, Daniel Gray, a reported fugitive, was arrested...
New PC Loss Survey Shows Accident Claims Outpace Thefts
Mar 18 2003 // Personal computer owners who filed loss claims in 2002 were nearly five times more likely to have experienced accidental damage than theft, according to a survey released by Safeware, The Insurance Agency Inc. Accidental...
