Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N. Dak. Ins. Commissioner Issues Order Against Agent Following Fraud Convictions
Dec 9 2002 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman announced that his Department has issued a “Cease and Desist Order” against former Wimbledon insurance agent Duane Huber, following his recent conviction on 19...
Forum Concludes Reform of Fla. No-Fault System a Must
Dec 9 2002 // Far from being merely an insurance industry concern, no-fault fraud in Florida is a problem that affects every auto insurance consumer in the state. According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII),...
Top 5 Reasons Calif. Homeowners Insurance Rates are Rising
Dec 6 2002 // Representatives from the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) recently announced the top five reasons...
Quality Control Inspector Arrested for WC Fraud
Dec 5 2002 // California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Investigators announced the arrest of a Los Angeles resident for insurance fraud. CDI Fraud Investigators, with the assistance of the Los Angeles Police Department, arrested...
Pair of San Fernando Valley, Calif. Men Plead to Fraud Charges
Nov 29 2002 // As a result of a four-month investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Urban Auto Fraud Task Force in Valencia, two San Fernando Valley residents plead to insurance fraud charges. Timothy Caffery, 24,...
Sacramento Area Woman Arrested for Auto Fraud
Nov 28 2002 // A Fair Oaks, Calif. woman was arrested as a result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Shauna M. Lewis, 28, was booked into the Sacramento...
$100,000 in Stolen Equipment Recovered in Pa.
Nov 28 2002 // A new partnership between the National Equipment Register (NER) and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is beginning to put a dent in heavy equipment theft with the recovery of more than $100,000 in stolen equipment...
San Bernardino, Calif. Woman Arraigned on WC Fraud Charges
Nov 27 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arraignment of Emilia Sanchez, 37, of San Bernardino, Calif. Sanchez pled not guilty at...
Orlando Agent Charged with Selling Bogus Policies
Nov 26 2002 // Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher announced that Michael E. Rock of Orlando, was arrested on charges of soliciting thousands of Florida doctors to purchase fraudulent medical malpractice...
IDENTITY FRAUD EXPENSE COVERAGE SEMINAR ACCESSIBLE VIA ONLINE RECORDING
Nov 25 2002 // Property/casualty professionals can learn about coverage for identity fraud expenses by accessing an online recording of a Web seminar on the topic, held recently by the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS)....
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,...
