Latest Fraud Headlines

All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.

CDI Arrests 15 Suspects in Interstate Crime Ring

Jan 29 2003 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced Jan. 28 that it recently led a multi-agency law enforcement fraud investigation that resulted in the arrests of 15 individuals. The arrests by CDI’s Urban Auto...

Illinois Exec. Sentenced for Fraud Scheme

Jan 29 2003 // A trucking executive convicted in federal court for defrauding the town of Cicero, Ill., of $12 million-plus in an insurance scheme was sentenced to more than 12½ years in prison, according to the Chicago Tribune. John...

Over 900 Fraud Cases Reported in S.C. in 2002

Jan 27 2003 // Courts in South Carolina ordered nearly $168,000 in fines and restitution to be paid in 2002, the result of the 914 cases of insurance fraud that were reported to Office of the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud...

CDI Makes Developments in Fraud Cases

Jan 27 2003 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch announced these recent developments in insurance fraud cases: CDI investigators in conjunction with the Citrus Heights Police...

Truck Drivers Arrested for WC Fraud

Jan 27 2003 // Gerald Boiner, 30, of Rancho Cuca-monga, Calif., was arrested Nov. 12, 2002 by CDI Fraud Investigators. Boiner alleged that he injured his back and wrist on Aug. 7, 2001, from an on-the-job fall. As a result of the pain he...

Former Adjuster Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud

Jan 24 2003 // An insurance adjuster faces a maximum sentence of five years and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to mail fraud in U.S. District Court in Lexington, Ky. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Wail J. Lodhi of...

AIA Says NY Senate Has Opportunity for Real No-fault Reform

Jan 24 2003 // A recent bulletin from the American Insurance Association indicates that the New York State Senate’s consideration of a proposed auto insurance reform package “presents a real opportunity to fix a broken...

Louisiana Agent Booked for Theft, Misappropriation

Jan 24 2003 // A Slidell, La. insurance agent was charged on numerous counts of theft and misappropriation, the latest in a series of insurance fraud arrests around the state, according to acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert...

First Floridian Auto & Home Offers Identity Theft Coverage

Jan 22 2003 // First Floridian Auto and Home Insurance Company of Tampa now offers Identity Fraud Expense Coverage in Florida. According to the company First Floridian homeowners and tenants policyholders can be covered for expenses...

CDI Makes Progress on Fraud Activity

Jan 22 2003 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch announced these recent developments in insurance fraud cases: ·Preliminary hearing decision of the San Diego Superior Court...

NYSID Annual Fraud Report Shows Progress

Jan 17 2003 // New York State Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio has submitted the NYSID’s Annual Report on the operations of the Insurance Frauds Prevention Act and the activities of the Insurance Frauds Bureau for...

Florida Insurers Present Senate Committee with PIP Fixes

Jan 14 2003 // Representatives of the Florida insurance industry, including the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), outlined to a Senate committee an all-inclusive package of reforms designed to address the state’s...

PIANY Tells NY Legislators of Need for Auto and Labor Law Reform

Jan 14 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York held its first legislative meeting of the year last Thursday, and addressed two major issues on which they want members of the Senate and Assembly to take action during the...

Ariz. Fraud Suspect Arrested for Witness Tampering

Jan 13 2003 // On Dec. 13, 2002, James Kovacs was arrested in Tucson, Ariz. on an outstanding warrant charging him with witness tampering. The Pima County Fugitive Task Force arrested Kovacs who is now awaiting trial in Santa Cruz County...

Calif. Pair Arrested on Felony Ins Fraud

Jan 13 2003 // Two Stanislaus County men were arrested on felony insurance fraud charges following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance, Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Robert L. Pritchett,...

To Catch a Thief-State DOI’s Work Hard to Keep Agents in Line

Jan 13 2003 // A quick browse through the Web sites of state insurance commissioners across the country on any given day in any given year is bound to turn up at least one account of regulators cracking down on an insurance agent for a...

Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry

Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...

New Year…New Fraud Scams…New Fraud Solutions

Jan 13 2003 // Most people wake up on New Year’s Day and make a resolution: lose weight, exercise more, spend more time doing the things you enjoy. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) woke up on New Year’s Day 2003...

Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry

Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...

To Catch a Thief-State DOI’s Work Hard to Keep Agents in Line

Jan 13 2003 // A quick browse through the Web sites of state insurance commissioners across the country on any given day in any given year, is bound to turn up at least one account of regulators cracking down on an insurance agent for a...