Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alabama Congressional Aide Indicted on Insurance Fraud Charges
Oct 4 2022 // A congressional aide in Alabama has been indicted on insurance fraud charges and was placed on leave from her job. Alabama news outlets reported that Sherry McCormick, an aide to U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, turned...
Claims Adjuster Charged With Stealing $28K, IDs of Victims of Massachusetts Gas Explosion
Oct 4 2022 // A claims adjuster working for Columbia Gas has been indicted in connection with stealing more than $28,000 and the identities of four victims of a 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura...
Ex-Health Executives Plead Guilty in Arkansas Fraud Case
Oct 3 2022 // Two former executives of a Missouri health nonprofit have pleaded guilty to their roles in a corruption scheme that ensnared several Arkansas elected officials and lobbyists, federal prosecutors said. Bontiea Bernedette...
New York Surgeon Pleads Guilty to Participating In $31M Trip-and-Fall Fraud
Oct 3 2022 // A New York doctor last week pled guilty to performing unnecessary surgeries as part of a scheme by doctors and lawyers to obtain insurance reimbursements and other compensation from fraudulent trip-and-fall accidents,...
California Doctor Prescribing Unneeded Drugs Guilty of Insurance Fraud
Sep 30 2022 // A physician pleaded guilty to defrauding California’s Medi-Cal system by prescribing unnecessary drugs to more than 1,000 patients, prosecutors said. Dr. Mohammed El-Nachef entered pleas in Orange County to one count...
Michigan Farmer to Pay $1.2 Million Settlement Over Crop Insurance Fraud
Sep 28 2022 // Gaylord D. Lincoln and G. Lincoln Farms, LLC, located in Springport, Michigan, have agreed to pay $1,200,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for...
Unlicensed Louisiana Agent Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Sep 28 2022 // In June 2021, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit New Orleans Field Office (LSP-IFAT-NFO) began an investigation into a Marrero business providing fraudulent insurance policies. Troopers...
New York Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to $30K Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Sep 28 2022 // A New York bus driver faces sentencing for fraudulently collecting more than $30,000 in workers’ compensation wage indemnity benefits by falsely claiming that she was unable to work as a result of a disability,...
US Starts Criminal Probe Into PG&E Role in California Wildfire
Sep 27 2022 // Federal officials have initiated a criminal investigation into PG&E Corp.’s potential role in starting California’s largest wildfire of the year. On Sept. 24, the US Forest Service removed one of the...
Michigan Dept. of Insurance to Hold Catalytic Converter Theft Prevention Event
Sep 26 2022 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is partnering with the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the Lansing Police Department (LPD), and Shaheen Chevrolet to offer motorists a free...
Louisiana Town Settles Dispute Over Fraudulent FEMA Claims
Sep 26 2022 // A Louisiana town is preparing to settle a 20-year dispute with the Federal Emergency Management Agency by making a repayment of $163,102. The Town Talk of Alexandria reports that the Town of Ball Council voted unanimously...
New York AG’s Financial Fraud Suit Against Trump Details Insurance Scenarios
Sep 22 2022 // Donald Trump and the Trump Organization used false and misleading statements of financial condition to obtain favorable real estate loans and insurance coverage over the last decade, according to a 222- page civil...
Michigan Veteran Gets Five Years for Fraud over Faked Injuries
Sep 22 2022 // A Michigan veteran has been sentenced to five years in prison after investigators who followed him discovered he had faked injuries that allowed him to claim more than $260,000 in federal benefits. Joseph Gray, 53, of...
White House Touts $1 Billion in Grants to Fight Cybercrime
Sep 19 2022 // The Biden administration has called on states and local governments to apply for new cybersecurity grants worth $1 billion over four years. The move is part of US efforts to beat back attacks from criminal hackers, who...
Hot Wheels: 5 States Top the List for Stolen Cars
Sep 19 2022 // Colorado led the nation in 2021 with the highest overall vehicle theft rate but California once again held the top spot for the number of cars stolen overall. That’s according to the National Insurance Crime...
How Fraud Probe for Florida’s Guarantee Insurance Led to Payroll, Tax Convictions
Sep 14 2022 // The name Guarantee Insurance is not one that is likely to be recalled with fondness by many Floridians. The workers’ compensation carrier in 2017 was declared insolvent, a rarity in what is one of the most profitable...
Oil Company Settles Criminal Cases In California Spill
Sep 12 2022 // An oil company on pleaded guilty in federal court to negligently discharging crude off the Southern California coast when its underwater pipeline ruptured last year, a spill that closed miles of shoreline and shuttered...
Hot Spots for Hot Cars: Colorado Leads U.S. in Vehicle Theft Rate, California in Overall Thefts
Sep 6 2022 // Texas, California, Florida, Illinois, and Colorado are all places where your car is most likely to be gone in 60 seconds. Vehicle thefts have skyrocketed in many areas of the U.S., according to the recently released...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft, Operating Fraudulent Agency
Sep 5 2022 // Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was arrested in relation to a scheme that involved him allegedly stealing multiple victims’ identities and using them to open...
Paper Finds Employers Increasingly Willing to Hire Workers With Criminal Records
Sep 2 2022 // Newswise — A new paper in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that many American businesses are willing to hire workers with criminal records. Such companies become even...
