Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Yuba City, Calif. Woman Surrenders on Fraud Charges
Jun 13 2002 // A Yuba City, Calif., woman surrendered herself to authorities last week in Sacramento County as a result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance, Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud...
Calif. Auto Body Shop Owner Sentenced for Fraud
Jun 12 2002 // An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s...
Highmark Scores High Marks Against Health Fraud
Jun 11 2002 // Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc., a part of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield organization has wrapped up an enviable record in combating health care fraud, with 33 convictions and 33 indictments in 2001 and first quarter 2002 as a...
Fresno, Calif. Man Arrested for Auto Fraud
Jun 11 2002 // Chandeep Singh Purewal surrendered in Fresno County (Calif.) Superior Court last week and was arraigned on two counts of auto insurance fraud. If convicted, Purewal could face up to five years in state prison and/or a...
Auto Fraud and Theft
Jun 10 2002 // Investigators with the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested a Modesto man on two counts of insurance fraud. If convicted, Jose Munoz could face up to five years in state prison and/or a...
Auto Theft
Jun 10 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Myautosaver.com is offering an auto theft guarantee. Available by appointment and through brokers. All passenger vehicles are eligible including: autos, SUV’s and light trucks (up to 1 ton). Pays...
Palm Springs, Calif. Man Gets 5 Years for Auto Fraud
Jun 4 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the sentencing of a Palm Springs man after pleading guilty to one count of insurance fraud. James Keith Simpson was sentenced to five years in state prison by the...
Trio of Calif. Residents Arrested in Claims Payment Scheme
May 31 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested three northern California residents on multiple counts ranging from insurance fraud to embezzlement and grand theft. Patricia Anne Okuniewicz, 40, of San Jose...
S.D. Bank Fined $300,000 for Alleged Fraudulent Credit Sales
May 30 2002 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Jim Bernstein announced that Hurley State Bank of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has paid a civil penalty and investigative costs totaling $300,000 as a result of the Department’s...
Prison, Restitution Ordered for Utica, NY Man for Auto Insurance Fraud
May 30 2002 // John Biagini, Sr., 50, of Utica NY was sentenced to serve 37 months in federal prison and to pay $80,900 in restitution to several insurance companies after pleading guilty to filing numerous fraudulent auto repair...
Insurance Fraud Violator Jailed
May 27 2002 // Steven W. Schermerhorn of Sandy, Utah, is spending 30 days in jail for insurance fraud. In October 1999, Schermerhorn suffered water damage in his basement as a result of a hose left running in a neighbor’s yard....
Orange County Woman Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 27 2002 // Noel DeSota of Orange County was arrested by CDI fraud investigators and was sentenced to serve 60 days in Orange County Jail, complete 120 hours of community service, three years probation, and pay a $200 court...
Doctor Files Fraudulent Workers’ Comp Claims
May 27 2002 // The CDI arrested a Redding man on six felony counts of insurance fraud, six counts of grand theft and one count of conspiracy. Richard W. Powell, M.D., 43, was arrested at his office in Redding, Calif. and booked into the...
LA Civilian Employee Convicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 27 2002 // A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) civilian employee, pled no contest to one count of felony insurance fraud for allegedly filing a false workers’ compensation claim. Richard Montellano...
Long Beach Woman Surrenders to Fraud Charges
May 27 2002 // A Long Beach, Calif., woman surrendered on an outstanding warrant related to felony insurance fraud charges. Yvonne Boyce allegedly slipped and fell while on the job in 1998 injuring her shoulder. She proceeded to receive...
NY Fraud Investigators Charge 12 in Stolen Car Insurance Scam
May 24 2002 // Twelve persons have been arrested in a sting operation in Queens, charged with falsely reporting that their vehicles had been stolen and collecting the insurance proceeds, totaling around half a million dollars. The...
Oakland Man Accused of Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 22 2002 // William Hall, 65, of Oakland, surrendered to authorities on 23 counts of insurance fraud. Hall was arrested and booked into the Alameda County Jail, but later released on $10,000 bail, according to the California...
Farmers Home Group Offers Identity Theft Protection Plan
May 16 2002 // Minnesota-based Farmers Home Group is partnering with PromiseMark, ™ Inc. of Fairfax, Va., to offer the comprehensive Identity Theft Protection Plan through the FHG Network at www.farmershome.com. Farmers Home said the...
Ventura Co., Calif. Man Arrested on Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 16 2002 // Following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, Todd Owen Balcom was arrested at his residence in Port Hueneme pursuant to an arrest warrant...
Bogus Calif. Agent Arrested on Grand Theft Charges
May 15 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Investigations Bureau arrested Scott D. Veitch, 35, vice president of Golf Marketing World Wide LLC. Veitch, who is not...
