Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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’...
LOUISIANA AGENT FACES CHARGES
Feb 24 2003 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley confirmed that a Monroe, La. insurance agent was arrested as a part of an ongoing statewide crackdown on insurance fraud being conducted by the La. Department of...
CDI Makes Progress with Fraud Cases
Feb 21 2003 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division announced recent developments in these insurance fraud cases: ·Mauricio Acosta, 23, was arrested at his residence without incident and booked...
Frankel Co-Conspirator Pleads Guilty in Ark. Court
Feb 21 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that a guilty plea to a felony charge of violating the maintenance of home office records law has been entered for Gary Atnip, an alleged co-conspirator with Martin...
Workers’ Comp Insurers Must Check Criminal List When Claim is Filed
Feb 19 2003 // Unless a claim is filed, workers’ compensation insurers reportedly would not know if an employee’s name is included in the infamous Specialty Designated National (SDN) list of criminals and terrorists targeted...
N.Y. Dept., Albany County D.A. Announce Arrest of Albany Lawyer
Feb 18 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio and Albany County District Attorney Paul Clyne announced the arrest of Leonard Krouner Esq., 55, of Loudonville, N.Y., for reportedly fraudulently obtaining disability...
False Identity Leads to Guilty Pleas in Fraud Cases
Feb 18 2003 // District Court Judge John S. McGroarty accepted the guilty pleas of Warren Wright, 63, formerly of North Las Vegas, on two felony counts of insurance fraud. Wright agreed to pay $12,763.38 in restitution to the insurance...
Allstate Adjustor Found Guilty in Fraud Conspiracy
Feb 14 2003 // An insurance adjustor who allegedly defrauded Allstate Insurance Company and several Allstate-insured homeowners who suffered damages during the 1994 Northridge earthquake was recently convicted of federal fraud...
Fla. Construction Owner Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 14 2003 // A Brevard County, Fla., construction company owner has been charged with workers’ compensation insurance fraud after investigators with the Florida Department of Financial Services made an unannounced visit to one of...
Soda Delivery Driver Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 14 2003 // Armando M. Villesca Sr. of Fort Stockton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. A Travis County District Court judge ordered Villesca to submit to three years of community...
Florida Roofing Co. Owners Face Fraud Charges
Feb 11 2003 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that the owners of an Orange County roofing company were arrested for workers’ compensation fraud and organized fraud. Investigators with the...
