Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mendoza Looks for Nov. Triumph in Calif. Commissioner Race
Oct 14 2002 // Insurance Journal senior writer Dave Thomas recently interviewed Republican Insurance Commissioner candidate Gary Mendoza, the former Commissioner of Corporations about the upcoming election and the current issues facing...
Seven Found Guilty in Texas of Alleged Water/Mold Scheme
Oct 11 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced that seven people who were arrested in the Houston-area in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud insurance companies by intentionally flooding homes and filing bogus...
AAI Backs N.J. Anti-Fraud Initiatives
Oct 10 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) applauded anti-fraud initiatives unveiled by New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey during the 5th Annual New Jersey Insurance Fraud Summit. “The measures announced today by the...
Mariposa, Calif. Man Arrested for WC Fraud
Oct 10 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division assisted deputies from the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Department in the arrest of a convicted sex...
Florida Agent and his Mother Arrested
Oct 9 2002 // Florida Department of Insurance investigators arrested a former licensed insurance agent and his mother, who served as office manager, on charges of selling insurance without a license and issuing fraudulent certificates...
Calif. Auto Fraud Ring Arrested
Oct 9 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, with the assistance of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), obtained arrest warrants for six suspects after a...
N.Y. Man Charged with Fraudulent Claim on House Fire
Oct 2 2002 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that Larry Dornburgh of Roseboom, N.Y. had been arrested and charged with two counts of insurance fraud. Dornburgh allegedly attempted to defraud both Utica...
Ohio Man Sentenced to Jail for WTC Fraud
Oct 1 2002 // A Court in Butler County, Ohio sentenced Ajay Chawla to serve one year in jail and pay a $1,500 fine following his conviction last August on charges of filing an insurance claim with CNA, stating that his father was...
Woman Faces 10 Fraud Counts
Sep 30 2002 // An Oakland woman was arraigned as the result of an investigation by the CDI’s Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Jeanette Deran, 52, surrendered to a $70,000 arrest warrant charging her with...
Modesto Woman Accused of Auto Ins. Fraud
Sep 30 2002 // Lakisha Nicole Langston, 22, of Modesto, Calif., surrendered to authorities in Stanislaus County on three counts of insurance fraud. Langston purchased an auto insurance policy from Infinity Insurance Company on Sept. 21,...
Encinitas, Calif. Man Accused of WC Fraud and Grand Theft
Sep 30 2002 // James Charles Isbell, 38, of Encinitas, Calif., was charged with seven counts of insurance fraud and one count of grand theft. According to investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI)Criminal...
Couple Arrested in Auto Fraud Scheme
Sep 30 2002 // Ricardo Ramirez, 25, and his wife Nicole Barlow, 23, both of Alta Loma, Calif., were recently arrested by CDI Investigators. Ramirez was arrested at a business location in Orange, Calif. and Barlow was arrested at her...
Texas Couple Facing Fraud Charges
Sep 27 2002 // Travis County District Attorney Ronald Earle announced that the Travis County Grand Jury returned indictments alleging that a Texas couple stole over $1 million from Colonial Casualty Insurance Company, a workers...
CDI Arrests, Charges Two in Felony Fraud Case
Sep 27 2002 // John Lee Sullivan, 50, of Applegate, Calif. and Debra Michell Sprigg, 42, of Sacramento were arrested and charged with two counts of felony insurance fraud. According to California Department of Insurance Criminal...
N.Y. Files Auto Fraud Charges Against 25 People
Sep 26 2002 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Insurance Superintendent Gergory Serio announced charges have been filed against 25 people allegedly involved in two auto insurance fraud rings operating in New York...
SAFECO’s Seibert Elected to NICB Board of Governors
Sep 25 2002 // Caryn Siebert, Seattle-based SAFECO’s vice president of claims, has been elected to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) Board of Governors. “SAFECO has always been a major player in the fight...
Ambroselli Cleared in Alleged Fraud
Sep 25 2002 // In a follow-up to a report in Jan. of 2001, Marco Anthony Ambroselli of Sacramento was found not guilty of the crime of a violation of Section 500 (a) (1) of the Penal Code of the State of California, (presenting a false...
Chicago Dr. Who Made Claims for Dead Patients Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Sep 23 2002 // Dr. Krishnaswami Sriram, 44, a cardiologist from Lake Forest pleaded guilty on Thursday to what prosecutors called a massive fraud scheme, admitting he claimed to have provided care for patients after they had died. The...
Santa Clara County, Calif. Crackdown on Fraud Results in Several Dozen Arrests
Sep 23 2002 // The Regional Auto Theft Task Force (RATTF), together with the Organized Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force, conducted a six-month undercover sting operation, “The Fast and the Fraudulent” resulting in felony...
Santa Maria, Calif. Man Arrested on Multiple Counts of Felony Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 17 2002 // Juan Antonio Acuna, 41, of Santa Maria, Calif. surrendered to authorities on Sept. 12, 2002, and was charged with seven felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud, three counts of perjury, and one count...
