Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former San Antonio Councilman Sentenced for Alleged Fraud
Jul 1 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal Has sentenced Houston attorney Bernardo Eureste to three years probation for reported workers’ compensation fraud-related charges....
Former Calif. Teacher Arrested for Alleged Auto Fraud
Jun 27 2002 // Jeremy Christian Brickner, 25, of Sacramento, was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Jail on one count of insurance fraud. The arrest was the result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance...
Ga. Agents Convicted of Fraud Have Licenses Revoked
Jun 25 2002 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has revoked the licenses of two Savannah insurance agents convicted of fraud. William Knight III and Varnedoe Hancock were indicted on fraud charges after Hancock allegedly sold...
Anaheim Agent Arrested on 13 Counts of Fraud
Jun 24 2002 // The CDI’s Fraud Division arrested Gary Stromme, 46, of Anaheim, at his business and charged him with 13 felony counts of grand theft. According to investigators, in 1999, Stromme, a Farmers Insurance Group agent,...
15 Arrested for WTC Related Frauds
Jun 21 2002 // The New York State Insurance Department announced that 15 people have been arrested in a crackdown on a series of fraudulent claims relating to the attacks on the World Trade center. Those charged have received a total of...
Beverly Hills Lawyer Sentenced for Reported Fraud
Jun 21 2002 // A California lawyer accused of scheming to sink a yacht of the coast of Italy was sentenced to 7 and-a-half years in prison June 18 by U.S. District Judge Lourdes Baird, according to the Associated Press. Rex DeGeorge, of...
21 More Persons Arrested in NY Auto Fraud Scam
Jun 20 2002 // The New York State Insurance Department announced the arrest of an additional 21 persons (112 were indicted last December), charged with participating in an auto fraud insurance ring in Queens. The NYSID said that the...
Camino, Calif. Resident Arrested on Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Jun 19 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested a Camino man on one felony count of insurance fraud and one count of attempted perjury. John Eugene...
Sacramento Resident Arrested on Fraud, Attempted Perjury Charges
Jun 18 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrest of a Sacramento resident last week on charges of insurance fraud and attempted...
Fla. Releases 2001-2002 Top 10 Fraud List
Jun 13 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance has released its 2001-2002 top 10 fraud list to kick off the Florida Insurance Fraud Prevention Week. Regulators and investigators spent much of the past year rooting out unauthorized...
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...
