Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Father & Son Plead Guilty to Grand Theft
Nov 25 2002 // A three-year investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division and Investigation Bureau led to the arrest of two Sacramento residents on one charge each of grand theft. Charles Edward Dunbar,...
Trio Charged with Auto Fraud, Conspiracy
Nov 25 2002 // Investigators with the CDI Organized Auto Fraud Interdiction Task Force arrested a Rio Linda, Calif. woman, along with her former common-law husband and his brother-in-law on multiple charges of auto insurance fraud and...
Costa Mesa Janitor Charged with WC Fraud
Nov 25 2002 // Gary Yost, 41, was arrested at his residence in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Oct. 30, 2002, and was charged with nine felony counts of insurance fraud related to an alleged industrial injury Yost previously sustained. On May 5,...
CRACKDOWN ON AGENTS IN LA.
Nov 25 2002 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served cease and desist and summary suspension orders to licensed insurance agent Tommy Ray Dean of Shreveport, the day after the department served a C&D...
MAN CHARGED WITH WC FRAUD
Nov 25 2002 // The Scurry County (Texas) Grand Jury indicted Jake V. Silva on charges of fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits; he was reported to have continued working while collecting temporary income benefits...
N.Y. Fraud Investigation Results in 71 Arrests
Nov 22 2002 // Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and New York State Insurance Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, announced today that 28 car owners and 43 other individuals have been arrested...
Truck Drivers Arrested for WC Fraud
Nov 20 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrest of two truck drivers this week. Both cases are being prosecuted by the...
N.Y. Woman Arrested on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Nov 19 2002 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of Garifalia Christea, 48, of Flushing, New York. She is charged with grand larceny, insurance fraud, falsifying business records and violation of the...
ISO, ALR Announce New System to Report Theft of High-Value Stolen Property by Insurers
Nov 19 2002 // The Art Loss Register (ALR) and Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) announced an enhanced property-loss reporting system that will increase the efficiency of reporting the theft of high-value stolen property by...
Hacendia Heights, Calif. Man Pleads No Contest
Nov 18 2002 // On Nov. 13, 2002, as a result of a two-year investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, Keith Aaron Hayes, 49, a resident of Hacienda Heights,...
Shreveport, La. Agent Shut Down
Nov 12 2002 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served cease and desist and summary suspension orders to licensed insurance agent Tommy Ray Dean of Shreveport, the day after the department served a C&D...
Calif. Pair Sentenced in Insurance Premium Fraud Case
Nov 12 2002 // Two Sacramento area women pled guilty to charges of insurance fraud as a result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Janet Mae Gudgel,...
Woman Charged with 40 Counts of Ins. Fraud, Theft, Arson
Nov 11 2002 // Marcia Johnson, 42 , of Alpine, Calif., recently pleaded not guilty to charges of insurance fraud, burglary, grand theft, theft from an elder and arson, in the case of a 71-year-old missing man, according to the Inland...
Antelope, Calif. Man Faces Auto Fraud Charges
Nov 11 2002 // Rafael Gonzalez, 30, of Antelope, was arrested by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division on two felony counts of insurance fraud. Gonzalez purportedly reported...
Convicted Sex Offender Arrested for five Counts of WC Fraud
Nov 11 2002 // Mario Moreno, 45, was arrested in Mariposa, Calif. and booked into the Mariposa County Jail on a $250,000 bail felony warrant. The criminal investigation conducted by CDI’s Inland Empire Regional Office revealed that...
Utah Resident Gets Six Months for WC Fraud
Nov 8 2002 // Ogden, Utah resident Robert Paul Martinez, 30, was recently sentenced to 180 days in jail for insurance fraud. Second District Court Judge Ernie W. Jones sentenced Martinez Oct. 16, 2002, on charges of workers’...
L.A. Woman Arrested on Ins Fraud, Perjury and False Impersonation
Nov 8 2002 // A Los Angeles resident was arrested in North Hollywood on Nov. 1, as the result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Nvart Rose Semizyan...
Ballard Sues Farmers Over Accusations
Nov 6 2002 // Austin, Texas-based homeowner advocate, Melinda Ballard, announced she filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court against Farmers Insurance (Farmers) and its paid spokesman for falsely accusing her of committing...
Former Miami Policeman Charged With Buying Accident Reports
Nov 5 2002 // Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher announced that a former City of Miami police officer is facing numerous felony charges after he allegedly bought more than 280 police accident reports for $25 each...
Fla. Construction Co. Head Charged with Fraud
Nov 4 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance announced that the president of Megen Corporation is facing charges of insurance fraud, forgery, and uttering forged documents stemming from the underwriting of a construction surety...
