Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Dismisses J.P. Morgan Fraud Claim
Sep 17 2002 // A federal judge has dismissed J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s fraud claim levied against 11 insurers, possibly derailing the company’s attempt to gather approximately $1 billion in losses resulting in trade...
Fla. Investigators Bust Fraud Ring
Sep 16 2002 // Florida fraud investigators charged the owner of two Edgewood chiropractic clinics with organized fraud and grand theft, the result of an investigation into an alleged scheme to cheat insurance companies out of over $2...
Campbell vs. State Farm: U.S. Supreme Court May Resolve Issue
Sep 16 2002 // Outrageous! A travesty of Justice! Should be reversed! Both sides have probably said that at one time or another as the case of Campbell vs. State Farm worked it’s way through Utah’s court system, culminating...
Trio Charged with WC Fraud and Tax Evasion
Sep 16 2002 // Benito Storniolo, 44, Laura Storniolo, 40, and Angelo Cardarelli, 37, all of San Francisco, were arrested for workers’ compensation premium fraud and tax evasion as the result of an investigation by the California...
Woman Aided Clients in Fraud Scheme
Sep 16 2002 // The CDI’s Criminal Investigations Branch announced the arrest of Margaret Lawanda Cook, 51, of El Sobrante, Calif. on eight counts of insurance fraud stemming from false workers’ comp and automobile...
Husband, Wife Charged with Auto Fraud
Sep 16 2002 // Hugo Tapia Lopez, 42, and his wife, Angelica Rivera, AKA Angelica Rivera Munoz, 45, of Arbuckle, Calif., were arrested and booked into the Colusa County Jail as the result of an investigation by the CDI’s Criminal...
Iowa Insurance Agent Ordered to Pay $332,000 in Investment Fraud Case
Sep 13 2002 // Iowa insurance agent Edwin Pace was ordered to reimburse $302,000 to investors, and $30,000 in commissions to the state, plus costs and attorney’s fees, following a court ruling that he had sold fraudulent...
Cicero Names New President After Insurance Fraud Convictions
Sep 12 2002 // Cicero’s Board of Trustees named Ramiro Gonzalez as the new town President, to serve out the remaining term of Betty Loren-Maltese, following her conviction as part of a ring that bilked the city of around $12...
Texas Man Gets Time for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 10 2002 // James Webb of Houston was sentenced to 18 months in state jail by the Travis County, Texas, District Court for allegedly defrauding the workers’ compensation system by collecting workers’ comp benefits for...
Mass. Fraud Bureau to Host Claims Fraud Conference
Sep 9 2002 // The Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts will host a conference Nov. 7-8 to discuss new technologies and techniques used to prevent insurance claim fraud. Entitled “Insurance Claim Fraud: Developing the Models and...
Oakland Woman Surrenders on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Sep 6 2002 // An Oakland woman was arraigned as a result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Jeanette Deran, 52, surrendered to the Alameda County Superior...
Fla. Roofing Company Owners Face Fraud, Racketeering Charges
Sep 3 2002 // Father and son owners of a Bay County, Fla. roofing company were hit with charges of racketeering and workers compensation fraud stemming from schemes the two allegedly used to avoid more than $1.5 million in premiums for...
Fraud Fighters Tackle Individuals Looking to Exploit Disaster
Sep 2 2002 // Among those combating this problem has been the New York Department of Insurance. New York Insurance Commissioner Gregory Serio said his department has actively coordinated with other law enforcement agencies to...
ANNUAL FRAUD CONF. MEETS
Sep 2 2002 // The International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU) will host the 17th Annual Insurance Fraud Training Conference Sept. 8-12 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event will feature 34 workshops covering...
Couple Arrested for Fraud
Sep 2 2002 // Two Sacramento county area residents, Julie Ann Gonzales, 30, and Umberto Rene Gonzales, 32, were arrested on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud as the result of an investigation by the California Department of...
Roofing Co. Engages in Fraudulent Activities
Sep 2 2002 // The death of a roofing company employee has resulted in the arrest of four Bay area residents on multiple felony counts including manslaughter, insurance premium fraud, unemployment insurance tax violations, labor code...
Police Dispatcher Arrested for Fraud
Sep 2 2002 // A Vacaville, California Police Department dispatcher was charged with three counts of felony insurance fraud. Lenette Weishaar, 42, of Vallejo, Calif. allegedly injured her lower back on Oct. 26, 1994, when she slipped and...
Friends Arrested on Auto Fraud Charges
Sep 2 2002 // Emmanuel Benavides Torres, 25, and Oscar Gomez Martinez, 26, were arrested on insurance fraud and arson charges. According to the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, a Suspected Fraudulent Claim...
Disc Jockey Caught in Fraud Scheme
Sep 2 2002 // Kenneth W. Fitzwater, 46, of Citrus Heights, Calif., was arrested at his residence on five counts of insurance fraud. According to CDI investigators, Fitzwater was injured when he fell from a ladder while working for...
Man Arrested for 19 Counts of WC Fraud
Sep 2 2002 // An Orange County man was arrested at his Westminster home on 19 felony counts of insurance fraud. On Feb. 1, 2001, Nasir Husain, 59, allegedly informed his supervisor at Johnson Controls Inc. that while working on an air...
